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New York State Department of Correction Inmate Execution Files


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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
This series consists of 250 files for inmates executed for capital crimes. These are not complete case files of inmates, but administrative files pertinent to their actual executions. Each file typically contains identifying documents; correspondence; blotter records; notices of stays and respites of execution; copies of court orders and other legal documents; and copies of administrative records documenting inmates' incarceration.
Creator:
Title:
Inmate execution files
Quantity:

3.5 cubic feet

250 case files

Inclusive Dates:
1930-1963
Series Number:
21832

Arrangement

Alphabetical.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of 250 files for inmates executed for capital crimes. These are not complete case files of inmates, but administrative files pertinent to their actual executions. Each file typically contains identifying documents; correspondence; blotter records; notices of stays and respites of execution; copies of court orders; and copies of other legal documents.

Files may also contain newspaper clippings concerning the inmate's criminal offense, trial, and subsequent execution; carbon copies of the inmate's social and criminal history narratives; and other administrative records of the inmate's incarceration (visitation records, etc.). Almost all case files document executions carried out by electrocution at Sing Sing Prison; scattered files relate to inmates executed in other states.

Related Material

B0145 Case Files of Inmates Sentenced to Electrocution, generally contains more detailed information for some of the same inmates found in this series. More inmates, however, are represented in this series.

Custodial History

These records were apparently created for administrative purposes by the Commissioner's Office of the Dept. of Correction.

Access Restrictions

Summary information on adult inmates is disclosable under law. State Archives staff will review records containing probation, parole, medical, and juvenile criminal history data and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law. The identity of victims of sex crimes is not disclosable. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.

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Detailed Description

Contents Box

Accretion: 21832-07
Abbandando, Frank 1
Abreu, Anselmo 1
Adler, David 1
Alex, Michael 1
Allen, Henry Louis 1
Alridge, Oliver R. 1
Ancrum, Henry 1
Angelini, Americo 1
Antonio, Anna 1
Apicello, Louis 1
Applegate, Everett 1
Armington, Harry 1
Balatnicov, Hyman 1
Barone, Carlo 1
Bates, Charles 1
Bellomo, Alexander 1
Billig, Max 1
Blazek, Frank 1
Bohan, Thomas 1
Bolognia, Joseph 1
Boyd, Martin 1
Brengard, Alphonse 1
Bretagna, Santo 1
Brookins, Louis 1
Brooks, Joseph 1
Brown, Charles J. 1
Brown, Eugene 1
Brown, Jeff 1
Browne, MacDonald Francis 1
Buchalter, Louis 1
Bukvich, Nick 1
Burke, Elmer 1
Bussey, Enix 1
Byers, William 1
Caccamise, Ross 1
Canora, Frank 1
Capone, Louis 1
Caraway, Ward Beecher 1
Carosella, Joseph P. 1
Carpenter, Thomas 1
Carrato, Alfonso 1
Carrion, Alexander 1
Castellano, Frank 1
Chapman, Ronald 1
Chrostowski, Vincent 1
Clark, James 1
Cole, Stanley 1
Collins, John 1
Conroy, Thomas 1
Coo, Eva 1
Cooke, Gordon 1
Cooper, Calman 1
Cosentino, Damiano 1
Crotty, Peter 1
Crowley, Francis 1
Cullen, John 1
Cummings, Felix John 1
Cunningham, Herman 1
Cvek, George 1
D'Agosto, Arcangelo 1
Dan, Nicholas, Jr. 1
Daniel, Webster 1
Daniels, Marion 1
Davis, Walter 1
Dawkins, Ralph 1
Dawson, John 1
De Jesus, Benitez 1
De Leo, Vincent 1
De Lutro, Peter 1
De Martino, Vincent 1
Demiar, Gavino 1
Diaz, William 1
DiCristofaro, Salvatore 1
Di Donne, Theodore 1
Di Maria, Frank 1
Donly, George 1
Donaldson, George 1
Dowling, Walter 1
Downey, Patrick 1
Downs, Ralph 1
Draper, William H. 1
Dunn, John 1
Dupree, Harold 1
Dupree, Herman 1
Eckwerth, Edward 1
Edmonds, Henry 1
Edwards, Ernest Lee 1
Edwards, Lawrence 1
Edwards, Watson 1
Eickler, Howard 1
Eisenberg, Harry 1
Elling, Harold J. 1
Ertel, Benjamin 1
Esposito, Anthony 2
Esposito, William 2
Faraci, Sam 2
Fernandez, Raymond M. 2
Fiorenza, John 2
Fish, Albert 2
Flakes, Henry 2
Flores, Raymond 2
Flynn, Francis 2
Ford, Wallace 2
Forte, Vincent 2
Fowler, Frederick 2
Fowler, Helen 2
Friedman, Arthur 2
Garlaus, Anthony 2
Garrett, Dewey 2
Gati, Salvatore 2
Giallarenzi, Alfred 2
Gilmore, Thomas K. 2
Gold, Abraham 2
Grant, Willie 2
Gray, Harris 2
Green, Herbert 2
Green, John 2
Green, Major 2
Green, Walter T. 2
Greenfield, Majoe 2
Guariglia, Dominick 2
Gula, Demetrius 2
Haight, Edward 2
Ham, Charles 2
Harrison, Richard 2
Haughton, Lester 2
Haynes, Alfred 2
Hermanowski, Michael 2
Hicks, Edward 2
Hing, Lew York 2
Jacinto, Manuel 2
Jackson, Jauvhan 2
Jackson, William McKinley 2
Jacobs, Barry 2
Jenner, Franklin W. 2
Johnson, Arthur 2
Jones, Edward N. 2
Jones, Ralph Gilbert 2
Jordan, John 2
Kahkoska, Edward 2
Kasprzcak, Alexander 2
Katoff, Louis 2
Keith, Leroy 2
Kelly, Edward H. 2
King, John Joseph 2
Knight, George F. 2
Koberski, Edward Eugene 2
Kowalski, Frank 2
Kreisberg, Daniel 2
Kropowitz, Charles 2
Kulka, John 2
LaMarca, Angelo John 2
LaMarr, Harley George 2
Lazar, Louis 2
Leonti, Guiseppe 2
Lewis, George 2
Lewis, Gerald 2
Lewis, Herbert 2
Lewis, Stephen D. 2
Li, Yun Tieh 2
Liberty, Joseph 2
Lindsay, Alfred 2
Little, Oliver 2
Lucas, David 2
Maione, Harry 2
Mardavitch, Morris 2
Marino, Anthony 2
Markman, Sidney 2
Markowitz, Charles 2
Marks, Lawrence 2
Martin, John 2
Mascari, Joseph Charles 2
Maselkiewicz, Theodore 2
Mason, Ivory 2
Matthews, Henry 2
Mays, Eddie Lee 2
McDonald, Everett 2
McFarland, Thomas 2
McGale, Charles 2
McKinney, John 2
Mendez, Angelo 2
Miller, Woodrow 2
Mohlsick, Peter 2
Monge, George L. 2
Moore, George Cornelius 2
Morris, Percy 3
Murphy, Joseph 3
Myslivac, Anton 3
Negron, Frank 3
Newman, Frank J. 3
Nichols, Edward 3
Nunes, Alexander 3
O'Dell, Maurice 3
Odierno, Dominick 3
O'Loughlin, Joseph H. 3
Orley, Ray 3
Ossido, Salvatore 3
Palmer, Joseph 3
Pannell, Eugene 3
Paonessa, Joseph 3
Papa, Anthony R. 3
Parisi, Louis 3
Paskowitz, William 3
Pasqua, Frank 3
Perez, Julio Ramirez 3
Perry, Arthur 3
Phillips, Willard H. 3
Pluzrak, Stanley 3
Polewicz, Bruno 3
Power, Richard John Joseph 3
Price, Lloyd 3
Pryor, James 3
Puff, Gerhard A 3
Rabcewich, Michael [Rabasovich, Anthony] 3
Ranford, John 3
Raymond, Newman 3
Reade, Joseph 3
Reed, Clarence Marshall 3
Reeh, George Peter 3
Regan, John 3
Reilly, John [formerly John McMahon] 3
Renna, Arthur 3
Richardson, Isaac 3
Richardson, Virgil 3
Riggs, James 3
Riordan, Joseph Patrick 3
Roberts, Terence J. 3
Roche, John Francis 3
Rogas, Charles 3
Rooney, Thomas 3
Rosario, Romulo 3
Rosenberg, George 3
Rosenberg, William 3
Rosenberg, Ethel 3
Rosenberg, Julius 3
[Federal charges for Rosenbergs] 3
[Rosenberg clippings] 3
Rosewell, John 3
Roye, Norman 3
Russo, Frank 3
Rylowicz, John 3
Sacoda, William Joseph 3
Saetta, Vincent 3
Saiu, John 3
Salek, Bruno 3
Salemi, Leonardo 3
Santiago, Migel 3
Sberma, Charles 3
Schweinberger, Gus 3
Scifo, Dominic 3
Scott, Emile Hendricka 3
Senna, Joseph 3
Sealy, Winston Arthur 3
Seaman, Harold 3
Shaket, Milton 3
Sheridan, Andrew 3
Shonbrun, Eli 3
Sims, Arnold 3
Skawinski, Wallace 3
Smiley, Louis 3
Smith, John 3
Snyder, Donald H. 4
Sollami, Vincent 4
Sonsky, Joseph 4
Stein, Bernard 4
Stein, Harry 4
Strauss, Harry 4
Suckow, Henry Paul 4
Suhay, Robert 4
Swan, George 4
Taylor, David William 4
Thingstead, Betral 4
Thomas, William James 4
Tinsley, John 4
Turner, Jackson, Jr. 4
Turner, William 4
Vanderwyde, William J. 4
Vargas, Pablo 4
Vogel, William 4
Volckman, Alfred E. 4
Walker, Gilberto C. 4
Walsh, Vincent 4
Washington, William 4
Weiss, Emanuel 4
Wheelock, Norman 4
White, Chester 4
Wing, Chew 4
Williams, Norman 4
Wissner, Nathan 4
Witherbell, Stephen 4
Wojcik, Frank 4
Wood, Frederick C. 4
Zeitz, George 4