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William Haas
William Haas was 17 years old and from Hamilton County when he was executed in 1897 at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus, where he was held. He was put to death in Ohio's electric chair. A Morrow County Sentinel column later described him as the first Ohioan electrocuted and the youngest known person executed in Ohio.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: historical newspaper column.