This is a list of people executed in Connecticut, prior to the abolition of capital punishment in the state on April 25, 2012.[1]
List
Number | Name | Age | Race | Sex | Occupation | Crime | Date | Method | County | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nepauduck | — | Native American | Male | — | Murder | January 30, 1639 | Beheading | New Haven | |
2 | Spencer, George | — | White | Male | Servant | Sodomy | April 1, 1642 | Hanging | New Haven | Note 5 |
Plaine, William | 56 | White | Male | Sodomy | 1646 | Hanging | New Haven | Note 4 | ||
3 | ['Alse' Young, Alice Young] | — | White | Female | — | Witchcraft | May 26, 1647 | Hanging | Hartford | |
4 | Johnson, Mary | — | White | Female | Servant | Witchcraft | 1649 | Hanging | — | |
5 | Carrington, Sr, John | 37 | White | Male | Carpenter | Witchcraft | March 1651 | Hanging | Hartford | |
5 | Carrington, Joan | — | White | Female | Housewife | Witchcraft | March 1651 | Hanging | Hartford | |
5 | Bassett (Holland), Margery "Goody" | — | White | Female | Housewife | Witchcraft | 1651 | Hanging | Fairfield | |
6 | Knapp, Elizabeth | — | White | Female | Housewife | Witchcraft | 1653 | Hanging | Fairfield | |
7 | Walter Robinson | 15 | White | Male | — | Sodomy | March 1655 | Hanging | New Haven | |
8 | John Knight | — | White | Male | — | Sodomy | June 1655 | Hanging | New Haven | |
9 | Greensmith, Nathaniel | — | White | Male | — | Witchcraft | January 1663 | Hanging | Hartford | Note 1 |
10 | Greensmith, Rebecca | — | White | Female | Housewife | Witchcraft | January 1663 | Hanging | Hartford | Note 1 |
11 | Barnes, Mary | 36 | White | Female | Housewife | Witchcraft | 24 Feb 1663 | Hanging | Hartford | |
12 | Potter, William | — | White | Male | — | Sodomy | June 6, 1662 | Hanging | New Haven | |
13 | — | — | Native American | Male | — | Murder | 1700 | Hanging | New Haven | Note 2 |
14 | — | — | Native American | Male | — | Murder | 1700 | Hanging | New Haven | Note 2 |
15 | — | — | Native American | Male | — | Murder | 1700 | Hanging | New Haven | Note 2 |
16 | Garrett, Catherine | 27 | Native American | Female | Servant | Murder | May 3, 1738 | Hanging | New London | |
17 | Bramble, Sarah | — | White | Female | — | Murder | November 21, 1753 | Hanging | New London | |
18 | Frazier, Isaac | — | — | Male | — | Burglary | September 1768 | Hanging | New Haven | |
19 | Jacobs, John | — | Native American | Male | — | Murder | November 2, 1768 | Hanging | Litchfield | |
20 | Paul, Moses | — | Native American | Male | Drifter | Murder | September 2, 1772 | Hanging | New Haven | |
21 | Dunbar, Moses | 30 | White | Male | Farmer | Treason | March 19, 1777 | Hanging | Hartford | |
22 | Griswold | — | White | Male | — | Treason | 1778 | Hanging | New Haven | |
23 | Davenport, Barnet | 20 | White | Male | Servant | Murder | May 8, 1780 | Hanging | Litchfield | |
24 | Ocuish, Hannah | 12 | Native American | Female | — | Murder | December 20, 1786 | Hanging | New London | |
25 | Mountain, Joseph | 33 | Black | Male | — | Rape | January 20, 1790 | Hanging | New Haven | |
26 | Doane, Richard | — | White | Male | — | Murder | June 10, 1797 | Hanging | Hartford | |
27 | Starr, Thomas | — | White | Male | — | Murder | June 14, 1797 | Hanging | Middlesex | |
28 | Anthony | — | Black | Male | Freedman | Rape | November 8, 1798 | Hanging | Fairfield | |
29 | Adams, Caleb | 18 | White | Male | Laborer | Murder | November 29, 1803 | Hanging | Windham | |
30 | Freeman, Samuel | 25 | Black | Male | — | Murder | November 6, 1805 | Hanging | Windham | |
31 | Niles, Henry | — | Native American | Male | — | Murder | November 4, 1807 | Hanging | New London | |
32 | Babcock, Miner | — | White | Male | — | Murder | June 6, 1816 | Hanging | New London | |
33 | Lung, Peter | — | White | Male | — | Murder | June 20, 1816 | Hanging | Middlesex | |
34 | Adams, Amos | 28 | Black | Male | — | Rape | November 30, 1817 | Hanging | Fairfield | |
** | Bailey, Adonijah | 79 | — | Male | — | Murder | 1824 | Hanging | Windham | Note 3 |
35 | Washington, George | — | Native American | Male | — | Murder | June 1, 1824 | Hanging | Tolland | |
36 | Watkins, Oliver | — | White | Male | — | Murder | August 2, 1831 | Hanging | Windham | |
37 | Teller, William | 28 | White | Male | Convict | Murder | September 6, 1833 | Hanging | Hartford | Note 1 |
38 | Reynolds, Caesar | 30 | White | Male | Convict | Murder | September 6, 1833 | Hanging | Hartford | Note 1 |
39 | Sherman | — | — | Male | — | Murder | June 13, 1834 | Hanging | New London | |
40 | Potter, Andrew | — | White | Male | — | Murder | July 20, 1846 | Hanging | New Haven | |
41 | Foote, Henry | — | White | Male | — | Murder | January 2, 1850 | Hanging | New Haven | Note 1 |
42 | McCaffrey, James | — | White | Male | — | Murder | January 2, 1850 | Hanging | New Haven | Note 1 |
43 | Jennings, Michael | 18 | White | Male | — | Murder | July 11, 1854 | Hanging | New Haven | |
44 | Toole, Gerald | — | — | Male | Convict | Murder | 1862 | Hanging | Hartford | |
45 | Starkweather, Albert | 25 | White | Male | Farmer | Murder | August 17, 1866 | Hanging | Hartford | |
46 | Wilson, James | 47 | White | Male | Convict | Murder | January 13, 1871 | Hanging | Hartford | |
47 | Hamlin, Henry | — | White | Male | Convict | Murder | May 28, 1880 | Hanging | Hartford | |
48 | Smith, James "Chip" | — | White | Male | — | Murder | September 1, 1882 | Hanging | New Haven | |
49 | Palladoni, Phillip | — | White | Male | — | Murder | January 5, 1888 | Hanging | Fairfield | |
50 | Swift, John | — | White | Male | Piano player | Murder | April 18, 1889 | Hanging | Hartford | |
51 | Scheele, Jacob | — | White | Male | Saloon keeper | Murder | June 18, 1891 | Hanging | Fairfield | |
52 | Borjensen, Andrew | — | White | Male | Laborer | Murder | January 29, 1892 | Hanging | Litchfield | |
53 | Petrillo, Angelo | — | White | Male | — | Murder | November 14, 1892 | Hanging | New Haven | |
54 | Cronin, John | 38 | White | Male | — | Murder | December 18, 1894 | Hanging | Hartford | |
55 | Hartlein, Kaspar | 40 | White | Male | — | Murder | December 13, 1896 | Hanging | Hartford | |
56 | Kippie, Thomas F. | 42 | White | Male | — | Murder | July 14, 1897 | Hanging | New Haven | |
57 | Fuda, Giuseppe | 31 | White | Male | Laborer | Murder | December 3, 1897 | Hanging | Fairfield | |
58 | Imposino, Nicodemo | 22 | White | Male | Laborer | Murder | December 17, 1897 | Hanging | Fairfield | |
59 | Boinay, Charles A. | 34 | White | Male | Wire weaver | Murder | April 14, 1898 | Hanging | Fairfield | |
59 | Willis, Benjamin R. | 21 | White | Male | — | Murder | December 30, 1898 | Hanging | Fairfield | |
60 | Brockhaus, Frederick M. | 21 | White | Male | Criminal | Murder | September 6, 1899 | Hanging | Fairfield | |
61 | Cross, Charles B. | 18 | White | Male | Farmhand | Murder | July 20, 1900 | Hanging | Fairfield | |
62 | Misik, Paul | 34 | White | Male | — | Murder | February 11, 1904 | Hanging | Hartford | |
63 | Watson, Joseph | 18 | Black | Male | Valet | Murder | November 17, 1904 | Hanging | Hartford | |
64 | Marx, Gershon | 73 | White | Male | Farmer | Murder | May 18, 1905 | Hanging | New London | |
65 | Sherouk, Ephriam | 24 | White | Male | Laborer | Murder | January 9, 1906 | Hanging | Tolland | |
66 | Bailey, Henry G. | 40 | White | Male | Farmhand | Murder | April 16, 1907 | Hanging | Middlesex | |
67 | Herman, Alexander | 26 | White | Male | — | Murder | May 10, 1907 | Hanging | Fairfield | |
68 | Washelesky, John | 32 | White | Male | — | Murder | July 1, 1908 | Hanging | New Haven | |
69 | Rossi, Lorenzo | 31 | White | Male | — | Murder | July 24, 1908 | Hanging | Hartford | |
70 | Zett, John | 48 | White | Male | — | Murder | December 21, 1908 | Hanging | Tolland | |
71 | Campagnolo, Giuseppe | 28 | White | Male | — | Murder | February 24, 1909 | Hanging | New Haven | Note 1 |
72 | Carfaro, Raffaele | 19 | White | Male | — | Murder | February 24, 1909 | Hanging | New Haven | Note 1 |
73 | Zawedzianczek, John | 28 | White | Male | — | Murder | February 9, 1910 | Hanging | Hartford | |
74 | Tanganelli, Andrea | 26 | White | Male | — | Murder | March 29, 1912 | Hanging | New Haven | |
75 | Redding, George, Jr. | 21 | White | Male | Produce clerk | Murder | November 1, 1912 | Hanging | New Haven | |
76 | Saxon, Louis | 29 | White | Male | — | Murder | July 27, 1913 | Hanging | Hartford | |
77 | Plew, James | 48 | White | Male | Farmhand | Murder | March 4, 1914 | Hanging | New Haven | |
78 | Rikteraitis, Matijins | 29 | White | Male | — | Murder | May 8, 1914 | Hanging | New Haven | |
79 | Buonomo, Joseph | 24 | White | Male | Criminal | Murder | June 30, 1914 | Hanging | Fairfield | |
80 | Bergeron, Joseph | 40 | White | Male | — | Murder | August 11, 1914 | Hanging | New Haven | |
81 | Montvid, Bernard | 23 | White | Male | — | Murder | August 6, 1915 | Hanging | Hartford | |
82 | Grela, Frank | 41 | White | Male | — | Murder | August 13, 1915 | Hanging | Hartford | |
83 | Roe, Harry | 22 | White | Male | — | Murder | March 3, 1916 | Hanging | Hartford[2] | Note 1 |
84 | Williams, Isaac | 30 | White | Male | — | Murder | March 3, 1916 | Hanging | Hartford[2] | Note 1 |
85 | Zuppa, Pasquale | 28 | White | Male | — | Murder | March 10, 1916 | Hanging | New Haven | |
86 | Vetere, Francisco | 25 | White | Male | Entertainer | Murder | October 5, 1917 | Hanging | New Haven | Note 1 |
87 | Castelli, Joseph | 24 | White | Male | — | Murder | October 5, 1917 | Hanging | New Haven | Note 1 |
88 | Buglione, Stephen | 20 | White | Male | — | Murder | November 16, 1917 | Hanging | Hartford | Note 1 |
89 | Donvanso, Giovanni | 21 | White | Male | — | Murder | November 16, 1917 | Hanging | Hartford | Note 1 |
90 | Wise, William | 23 | White | Male | — | Murder | December 14, 1917 | Hanging | Hartford | |
91 | Dusso, Frank | 25 | White | Male | Longshoreman | Murder | June 17, 1918 | Hanging | New Haven | Note 2 |
92 | Pisaniello, Carmine | 21 | White | Male | — | Murder | June 17, 1918 | Hanging | New Haven | Note 2 |
93 | Lanzillo, Carmine | 24 | White | Male | Laborer | Murder | June 17, 1918 | Hanging | New Haven | Note 2 |
94 | Perretta, Erasmo | 28 | White | Male | — | Murder | June 27, 1919 | Hanging | Hartford | Note 1 |
95 | Perretta, Joseph | 33 | White | Male | — | Murder | June 27, 1919 | Hanging | Hartford | Note 1 |
96 | Nechesnook, Nikifor | 28 | White | Male | — | Murder | December 3, 1919 | Hanging | New Haven | |
97 | Cerrone, Daniel | 31 | White | Male | — | Murder | March 5, 1920 | Hanging | New Haven | |
98 | Wade, Elwood | 24 | White | Male | — | Murder | May 20, 1921 | Hanging | Fairfield | |
99 | Kaurawskas, John | 36 | White | Male | Laborer | Murder | May 27, 1921 | Hanging | New Haven | |
100 | Schutte, Emil | 55 | White | Male | Merchant | Murder | October 24, 1922 | Hanging | Middlesex | |
101 | Chapman, Gerald | 35 | White | Male | Gangster | Murder | April 6, 1926 | Hanging | Hartford | |
102 | Wing, Soo Hoo | 19 | Asian | Male | — | Murder | November 8, 1927 | Hanging | Hartford | Note 1 |
103 | Lung, Chin | 33 | Asian | Male | — | Murder | November 8, 1927 | Hanging | Hartford | Note 1 |
104 | Feltovic, John | 19 | White | Male | — | Murder | December 10, 1929 | Hanging | Fairfield | |
105 | Dibattista, Frank | 26 | White | Male | — | Murder | February 21, 1930 | Hanging | Hartford | |
106 | Lorenzo, Henry | 26 | White | Male | — | Murder | August 12, 1930 | Hanging | Hartford | |
107 | Simborski, John | 30 | White | Male | — | Murder | April 7, 1936 | Hanging | New Haven | |
108 | McElroy, James | 45 | White | Male | Steamfitter | Murder | February 10, 1937 | Electrocution | New Haven | |
109 | Palka, Frank | 26 | White | Male | [mechanic] | Murder | April 12, 1938 | Electrocution | Fairfield | |
110 | Weaver, Ira | 36 | White | Male | Handyman | Murder | April 29, 1940 | Electrocution | Middlesex | Note 1 |
111 | Cots, Vincent | 32 | White | Male | Mechanic | Murder | April 29, 1940 | Electrocution | Middlesex | Note 1 |
112 | Gurski, Peter | 28 | White | Male | — | Murder | February 23, 1943 | Electrocution | Litchfield | |
113 | Funderburk, Wilson | 38 | Black | Male | — | Murder | April 20, 1943 | Electrocution | Hartford | |
114 | Decaro, Carlo | 20 | White | Male | Factory worker | Murder | May 3, 1944 | Electrocution | Hartford | |
115 | Rossi, Nicholas | 33 | White | Male | — | Murder | June 18, 1945 | Electrocution | Hartford | |
116 | Lewie, Raymond | 19 | White | Male | Convict | Murder | October 1, 1946 | Electrocution | Hartford | Note 2 |
117 | Tommaselli, Arthur | 25 | White | Male | Convict | Murder | October 1, 1946 | Electrocution | Hartford | Note 2 |
118 | McCarthy, James | 21 | White | Male | Convict | Murder | October 1, 1946 | Electrocution | Hartford | Note 2 |
119 | Bradley, Robert | 38 | Black | Male | Trash collector | Murder | April 12, 1948 | Electrocution | New Haven | |
120 | Lorain, William | 34 | White | Male | — | Murder | July 11, 1955 | Electrocution | Hartford | |
121 | Malm, Robert | 32 | White | Male | Dishwasher | Murder | July 18, 1955 | Electrocution | Hartford | Note 1 |
122 | Donahue, John | 22 | White | Male | Parolee | Murder | July 18, 1955 | Electrocution | Fairfield | Note 1 |
123 | Davies, George | 41 | White | Male | Machine tool operator | Murder | September 20, 1959 | Electrocution | New Haven | |
124 | Wojculewicz, Frank | 42 | White | Male | Gangster | Murder | October 26, 1959 | Electrocution | Hartford | |
125 | Taborsky, Joseph L. | 36 | White | Male | Gangster | Murder | May 17, 1960 | Electrocution | Hartford | |
126 | Ross, Michael B. | 45 | White | Male | Insurance salesman | Murder | May 13, 2005 | Lethal injection | Tolland | |
Average Age: | 30.44 |
Notes:
- On this occasion, two executions took place.
- On this occasion, three executions took place.
- This is what the chart claimed in 2005, but contrary to popular belief, Adonijah Bailey was not the oldest person executed at age 79 in 1824; instead, he was tried and sentenced to death at age 80 in January 1825 for the murder of Jeremiah W. Pollock, and hanged himself on May 24, over 2 weeks before he was to be executed.[3][4] The title of the oldest person executed goes instead to Gershon Marx, hanged on May 18, 1905, for murder at age 73.[5]
- James Savage, ed., John Winthrop, The History of New England from 1630 to 1649, Vol. 2, (Boston:Little, Brown, 1853), page 324. See also Goodheart, where there are 158 death penalty victims identified for Connecticut.[6]
- Posthumously pardoned.
Summary
Age | Frequency | Percent |
---|---|---|
19 and below | 9 | 7% |
20 to 29 | 39 | 31% |
30 to 39 | 25 | 20% |
40 to 49 | 12 | 10% |
50 and above | 2 | 2% |
Unknown | 39 | 31% |
Race | Frequency | Percent |
White | 104 | 83% |
Native American | 10 | 8% |
Black | 7 | 6% |
Asian | 2 | 2% |
Unknown | 3 | 2% |
Sex | Frequency | Percent |
Male | 117 | 93% |
Female[7] | 9 | 7% |
Crime | Frequency | Percent |
Murder | 109 | 87% |
Witchcraft | 7 | 6% |
Sodomy | 4 | 3% |
Rape | 3 | 2% |
Treason | 2 | 2% |
Burglary | 1 | 1% |
Date | Frequency | Percent |
1600 to 1699 | 12 | 10% |
1700 to 1799 | 16 | 13% |
1800 to 1899 | 32 | 25% |
1900 to 1999 | 65 | 52% |
2000 to present | 1 | 1% |
Method | Frequency | Percent |
Hanging | 107 | 85% |
Electrocution | 18 | 14% |
Lethal injection | 1 | 1% |
County | Frequency | Percent |
Hartford | 42 | 33% |
New Haven | 39 | 31% |
Fairfield | 18 | 14% |
New London | 8 | 6% |
Litchfield | 6 | 5% |
Middlesex | 6 | 5% |
Windham | 3 | 2% |
Tolland | 3 | 2% |
Unknown | 1 | 1% |
Total: | 126 Executions |
See also
References
External links
🔥 Top keywords: Main PageSpecial:SearchPage 3Wikipedia:Featured picturesHouse of the DragonUEFA Euro 2024Bryson DeChambeauJuneteenthInside Out 2Eid al-AdhaCleopatraDeaths in 2024Merrily We Roll Along (musical)Jonathan GroffJude Bellingham.xxx77th Tony AwardsBridgertonGary PlauchéKylian MbappéDaniel RadcliffeUEFA European Championship2024 ICC Men's T20 World CupUnit 731The Boys (TV series)Rory McIlroyN'Golo KantéUEFA Euro 2020YouTubeRomelu LukakuOpinion polling for the 2024 United Kingdom general electionThe Boys season 4Romania national football teamNicola CoughlanStereophonic (play)Gene WilderErin DarkeAntoine GriezmannProject 2025