Executed

Name not reported

died April 20, 1897 · Ohio

A person was executed by electricity in Ohio on April 20, 1897, according to a January 1898 report in The Oregon Mist, which described it as the first execution of that kind in the state. The article gives no name for the person and no details of who they were. It also does not say where they were held before the execution.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Source

The Oregon Mist, January 7, 1898, page 4 The Oregon Mist, January 7, 1898

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