Sing Sing Prison Case Files of Incarcerated Individuals Sentenced to Electrocution
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Summary:
This series consists of case files of incarcerated individuals sentenced to electrocution at Sing Sing Prison. Files contain
warrants of execution; investigation reports (personal and criminal history); receipts for, and replies to, notice of appeal
(if filed); correspondence regarding writing and visiting privileges; FBI records of past offenses; Sing Sing admission forms,
including medical examination and psychologists' examination reports; certifications of execution of death sentence, including
post-mortem reports; and outgoing reports with detailed information on the remains of the executed individual.
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Title:
Case files of incarcerated individuals sentenced to electrocution
Quantity:
Inclusive Dates:
1939-1963
Series Number:
B0145
Arrangement
Chronological by date of execution.
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of case files of incarcerated individuals sentenced to electrocution at Sing Sing Prison. Files contain
warrants of execution; investigation reports (personal and criminal history); receipts for, and replies to, notice of appeal
(if filed); correspondence regarding writing and visiting privileges; FBI records of past offenses; Sing Sing admission forms,
including medical examination and psychologists' examination reports; certifications of execution of death sentence, including
post-mortem reports; and outgoing reports with detailed information on the remains of the executed individual.
Warrants of execution contains information related to where the defendant was tried; date of trial; name of judge and court;
name of defendant and known aliases; charge, date and place of sentencing; sentence; scheduled date of execution; place of
execution; date warrant was issued; and the signatures of the presiding judge and court clerk.
Investigation reports include the case number; investigator's name; supervisor's name; record officer's name; defendant's
name; known aliases; codefendants' names; offense; plea; trial; what the individual was indicted for; indictment number; date
filed; date of conviction; date of sentence; previous court record (date, offense, court, disposition); abstract of complaint
and indictment; description of offense by investigator; mitigating and aggravating circumstances; attitude of complainant;
analysis of defendant's environment (personal history, education and early life, family and neighborhood, industrial history);
analysis of personality (physical and mental, character and conduct); and synopsis.
Sing Sing admission forms consists of a front and side view photograph of the incarcerated individual; name; number; color;
sex; fingerprints; signature and address; age; birthdate; height; weight; physical characteristics; birthplace; nationality;
citizenship status; occupation; marks; habits or peculiarities; parole data (crime, county, court, judge, sentenced, received,
jail time, term, criminal act); codefendant(s); and preview record.
In cases where the incarcerated individual was a naturalized citizen, a noncitizen crime report may be included in the files.
This record was provided by the Commissioner of Immigration's office and contains their correct name, alias, consecutive number,
sex, color, marital status, children, birthdate, birthplace, date entered U.S., place of entry, how entered, crime convicted
of, court, place, sentence, previous crime and sentences, documents of identity, relatives in U.S. and other countries, and
remarks. Many case files also contain a report of a psychologist's examination conducted at Sing Sing. These reports provide
the consecutive number, date of admission, name, date of examination, examiner, age, mental age, IQ, school grades completed,
scholastic achievement, educational age, test results (language, alphabetical, classification, type, educational examination,
school limit capacity), comments on text findings (army alpha standard, performance level, work capacity), impression, outlook,
and suggestions.
All files contain certification of the execution of the death sentence, containing the name and number of the executed individual,
date of death, time, cause, physician's signature, a list of witnesses attending the execution, and a post-mortem report stating
the condition of the vital organs at the time of death. In addition to the post-mortem report, the files include an outgoing
report containing detailed information on the remains of the executed person and applications for removal of their body to
the place of burial. These were usually filed by the funeral home making the burial arrangements. The application contains
the name of the undertaker, city permit number, place of business, name of the deceased, death date, site, present location
of body, person requesting the funeral home to retrieve the body, address, relationship to deceased, and site where remains
will be removed to.
In addition to these records, a number of other documents may be found in the case file including a record of the names, addresses,
and relationships of people allowed to visit the incarcerated individual; the names of those who did visit the prison and
when; correspondence to and from the warden of Sing Sing concerning the attendance of executions; and notifications to the
incarcerated individual that their appeals have failed and they will be executed.
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Detailed Description
Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Accretion: B0145-80 |
1939 January 5 |
Sberma, Charles: Inmate No. 95270 |
1 |
1939 January 5 |
Crati, Salvatore: Inmate No. 95271 |
1 |
1944 March 4 |
Weiss, Emanuel: Inmate No. 100390 |
1 |
1942 September 10 |
Barone, Carlo: Inmate No. 100480 |
1 |
1942 September 10 |
Hicks, Edward: Inmate No. 100630 |
2 |
1942 September 17 |
Jacinto, Manuel: Inmate No. 100701 |
2 |
1944 March 4 |
Capone, Louis: Inmate No. 100391 |
2 |
1943 January 14 |
Sileo, Edward: Inmate No. 100644 |
2 |
1943 March 4 |
Elling, Howard: Inmate No. 100837 |
2 |
1942 September 17 |
Edwards, Lawrence: Inmate No. 100839 |
3 |
1942 September 17 |
Clark, James: Inmate No. 100840 |
3 |
1943 January 14 |
Sonsky, Joseph: Inmate No. 101085 |
3 |
1943 January 21 |
Mendez, Angelo: Inmate No. 101172 |
3 |
1943 June 29 |
Shonbrun, Edward: Inmate No. 101253 |
3 |
1943 April 29 |
Cullen, John: Inmate No. 101254 |
4 |
1943 January 21 |
Castellano, Frank: Inmate No. 101258 |
4 |
|
Epstein, Harry: Inmate No. 101393 (discharged) |
4 |
|
Weiss, Jacob: Inmate No. 101394 (discharged) |
4 |
|
Simmons, Jacob: Inmate No. 101395 (discharged) |
4 |
1942 August 10 |
Davino, Frank: Inmate No. 100421 |
4 |
1943 April 26 |
Flynn, William: Inmate No. 101592 |
4 |
1943 July 8 |
Haight, Edward: Inmate No. 101698 |
5 |
|
Peller, Mike: Inmate No. 101826 (discharged) |
5 |
1943 July 8 |
Diaz, William: Inmate No. 101827 |
5 |
1943 July 15 |
Haynes, Alfred: Inmate No. 101864 |
5 |
1944 February 10 |
Regan, John: Inmate No. 102014 |
5 |
|
Munford, Wilton: Inmate No. 102035 (discharged) |
5 |
1943 September 16 |
Almodovar. Anibal: Inmate No. 102054 |
5 |
Unknown |
Green, John: Inmate No. 102056 |
5 |
1944 January 6 |
Mascari, Joseph: Inmate No. 102166 |
6 |
1944 June 22 |
Sealy, Winston: Inmate No. 102167 |
6 |
1944 June 22 |
Cooke, Gorden: Inmate No. 102168 |
6 |
1944 January 20 |
Valle, Louis: Inmate No. 102266 |
6 |
|
Taddio, Dominick: Inmate No. 102331 (discharged) |
6 |
1944 January 13 |
Lewis, Herbert: Inmate No. 105362 |
6 |
1944 March 2 |
Palmer, Joseph: Inmate No. 102381 |
6 |
1944 March 2 |
Salami, Vincent: Inmate No. 102382 |
7 |
|
Cuozzo, Joseph: Inmate No. 102494 (stay) |
7 |
|
Williams, John: Inmate No. 102511 (discharged) |
7 |
|
Luscomb, Leroy: Inmate No. 102584 (commutation) |
7 |
1944 June 22 |
DiMaria, Frank: Inmate No. 102654 |
7 |
|
Bellomo, Alex: Inmate No. 102655 (commutation) |
8 |
1944 July 29 |
Delitro, Peter: Inmate No. 102656 |
8 |
1944 August 31 |
Li, Yun Tieh: Inmate No. 102807 |
8 |
1944 August 31 |
Ming, Lew York: Inmate No. 102808 |
8 |
1944 November 16 |
Fowler, Helen Ray: Inmate No. 102981 |
8 |
1944 November 16 |
Knight, George F.: Inmate No. 102982 |
8 |
1944 March 4 |
Buchalter, Louis: Inmate No. 102894 |
8 |
1946 January 17 |
Little, Oliver: Inmate No. 103965 |
9 |
1946 April 25 |
Gold, Abraham: Inmate No. 104118 |
9 |
1946 March 7 |
Donaldson, George: Inmate No. 104139 |
9 |
1946 September 12 |
Brookins, Louis: Inmate No. 104300 |
9 |
1947 March 7 |
Kahkoska, Edward: Inmate No. 105069 |
9 |
1947 May 7 |
Koberski, Edward: Inmate No. 105070 |
9 |
1947 March 7 |
Suckrow, Henry: Inmate No. 105071 |
9 |
1947 April 17 |
Johnson, Arthur: Inmate No. 105091 |
9 |
1947 April 17 |
Washington, William: Inmate No. 105092 |
10 |
1947 July 10 |
DiCristofara, Salvatore: Inmate No. 105331 |
10 |
1947 July 10 |
Thomas, William: Inmate No. 105362 |
10 |
1947 July 3 |
Caraway, Ward: Inmate No. 105407 |
10 |
1947 August 21 |
Webster, Daniel: Inmate No. 105546 |
10 |
1947 December 4 |
Bussey, Enix: Inmate No. 105812 |
10 |
1948 January 9 |
Jackson, Jauvhan: Inmate No. 105850 |
10 |
1948 July 22 |
Moore, George: Inmate No. 105873 |
10 |
1948 July 22 |
Haughton, Lester: Inmate No. 105874 |
11 |
1949 January 20 |
Monge, George: Inmate No. 106175 |
11 |
1949 January 20 |
Grant, Willie: Inmate No. 106176 |
11 |
1948 September 16 |
Reilly, John: Inmate No. 106531 |
11 |
1948 September 16 |
Shaket, Milton: Inmate No. 106532 |
11 |
1949 July 7 |
Sheridan, Andrew: Inmate No. 106726 |
11 |
1949 July 7 |
Dunn, John: Inmate No. 106724 |
12 |
1949 January 6 |
Gray, Harris: Inmate No. 106890 |
12 |
1949 January 13 |
Smilely, Louis: Inmate No. 106937 |
12 |
1949 January 20 |
Pannell, Eugene: Inmate No. 107007 |
12 |
1949 March 3 |
Rosenberg, William: Inmate No. 107312 |
12 |
1949 March 3 |
Bretagna, Santo: Inmate No. 107313 |
12 |
1950 May 25 |
Perez, Julio: Inmate No. 107645 |
13 |
1949 June 30 |
Dupree, Harold: Inmate No. 107698 |
13 |
1949 June 30 |
Dupree, Herman: Inmate No. 107699 |
13 |
1949 September 1 |
Arrington, Floyd: Inmate No. 107756 |
13 |
1949 September 1 |
Jackson, William: Inmate No. 107757 |
13 |
1949 September 8 |
Davis, Walter: Inmate No. 107952 |
13 |
1950 January 5 |
Bruno, Frank: Inmate No. 107952 |
14 |
|
Shaver, James: Inmate No. 108375 (transferred to Auburn) |
14 |
|
Reeh, George: Inmate No. 108376 (discharged) |
14 |
1951 March 8 |
Beck, Martha: Inmate No. 108594 |
14 |
1951 March 8 |
Fernandez, Raymond: Inmate No. 108595 |
15 |
|
Witnesses for Beck, Fernandez, King, and Powers |
15 |
|
File on Rosenbergs (requests for electrocution) |
15 |
1951 February 15 |
Bunch, Winston: Inmate No. 109110 |
16 |
1952 October 30 |
Ford, Wallace: Inmate No. 111433 |
16 |
1951 March 1 |
Walker, Gilberto: Inmate No. 109610 |
16 |
1951 April 12 |
Saiu, John: Inmate No. 109635 |
16 |
1951 January 11 |
LaMoor, Harley: Inmate No. 109333 |
16 |
|
Cooper, Calman: Inmate No. 110139 (stay) |
17 |
1951 March 8 |
King, John: Inmate No. 109615 |
17 |
1951 March 8 |
Power, Richard: Inmate No. 109616 |
17 |
1953 January 15 |
Paonessa, Joseph: Inmate No. 110806 |
17 |
1952 March 6 |
Stein, Bernard: Inmate No. 109944 |
18 |
1952 October 30 |
Kelly, Edward: Inmate No. 111412 |
18 |
1954 July 22 |
Vanderwyde, William: Inmate No. 112120 |
18 |
1954 January 7 |
O'Dell, Maurice: Inmate No. 113865 |
18 |
1954 July 16 |
Snyder, Donald: Inmate No. 112748 |
19 |
1954 August 26 |
Green, John Dale: Inmate No. 113291 |
19 |
1953 April 16 |
Wojcik, Frank: Inmate No. 112176 |
19 |
1953 January 22 |
Lewis, Stephen: Inmate No. 112153 |
19 |
1953 August 23 |
Draper, William: Inmate No. 112155 |
20 |
1954 August 26 |
Jacobs, Barry: Inmate No. 113290 |
20 |
1954 January 7 |
Griffin, Walter: Inmate No. 113866 |
20 |
1954 August 12 |
Puff, Gerhard: Inmate No. 113970 |
20 |
1957 February 28 |
Salemi, Leonardo: Inmate No. 114193 |
21 |
1954 March 11 |
Allen, Henry Louis: Inmate No. 114314 |
21 |
1954 July 15 |
Scott, Emile: Inmate No. 114658 |
21 |
1954 March 11 |
Martin, John: Inmate No. 114315 |
21 |
1955 February 17 |
Rosario, Romulo: Inmate No. 115664 |
22 |
1955 August 25 |
Roche, John: Inmate No. 116513 |
22 |
|
Roche, John: Inmate No. 116513 - Letters |
22 |
|
Roche, John: Inmate No. 116513 - Letters |
22 |
1955 February 10 |
Matthews, Henry: Inmate No. 115478 |
22 |
1955 September 8 |
Reed, Clarence: Inmate No. 116536 |
23 |
1955 September 8 |
Nichols, Edward: Inmate No. 116537 |
23 |
1955 January 12 |
Byers, William: Inmate No. 116859 |
23 |
1956 January 19 |
Roye, Norman: Inmate No. 117007 |
23 |
1956 June 28 |
Edwards, Ernest Lee: Inmate No. 117231 |
23 |
1956 august 23 |
Newman, Frank: Inmate No. 118346 |
23 |
1956 August 30 |
Reade, Joseph: Inmate No. 118347 |
23 |
1958 January 9 |
Burke, Elmer: Inmate No. 118395 |
23 |
1957 November 21 |
Taylor, David: Inmate No. 119076 |
23 |
1958 August 7 |
LaMarca, Angelo: Inmate No. 120086 |
24 |
|
LaMarca, Angelo: Inmate No. 120086 - Letters to |
24 |
1954 August 15 |
Santiago, Miguel: Inmate No. 120110 |
24 |
1958 November 20 |
Richardson, Virgil: Inmate No. 120833 |
24 |
1959 May 22 |
Eckwerth, Edward: Inmate No. 120390 |
24 |
1959 July 16 |
Turner, Jackson: Inmate No. 121817 |
25 |
1959 July 16 |
Dawkins, Ralph: Inmate No. 121818 |
25 |
1959 July 23 |
Keith, LeRoy: Inmate No. 121976 |
25 |
1960 June 23 |
Phillips, Willard: Inmate No. 123182 (1 of 2) |
25 |
|
Phillips, Willard: Inmate No. 123182 (2 of 2) |
25 |
1960 May 12 |
Vagras, Pablo: Inmate No. 123636 |
25 |
1960 January 14 |
Mason, Ivory: Inmate No. 124002 |
25 |
1960 May 19 |
Flakes, Henry: Inmate No. 123881 |
26 |
1961 June 8 |
Miller, Woodrow: Inmate No. 126142 |
26 |
1963 March 21 |
Wood, Frederick: Inmate No. 128751 (1 of 2) |
26 |
|
Wood, Frederick: Inmate No. 128751 (2 of 2) |
26 |
1958 August 3 |
Dan, Nicolas: Inmate No. 121093 |
26 |
1947 July 10 |
Sims, Arnold: Inmate No. 104777 |
26 |
1960 May 19 |
Green, Walter: Inmate No. 123880 |
26 |
1961 January 5 |
Downs, Ralph: Inmate No. 125056 |
26 |
|
Mays, Eddie Lee: Inmate No. 130622 |
26 |
1943 July 8 |
DeJesus, Benitez: Inmate No. 101824 |
27 |
1944 June 3 |
Parisi, Louis: Inmate No. 103095 |
27 |
1957 March 14 |
Browne, MacDonald: Inmate No. 118807 |
27 |
1947 July 10 |
Jones, Edward: Inmate No. 104778 |
27 |
1944 May 25 |
Ranford, John: Inmate No. 102682 |
27 |