Catawba County Executions

 

NAME

AGE

RACE

SEX

OCCUPATION

CRIME

METHOD

DATE

MTPL

COVINGTON, THOMAS

26

WHITE

MALE

LABORER

MURDER-BURGLARY

HANGING

FEB

13

1896

 
KALE, AVERY

19

WHITE

MALE

DISTILLERY

MURDER

HANGING

JAN

19

1899

 
GWYNN, TOM

 

BLACK

MALE

LABORER

RAPE

ELECTROCUTION

JUN

27

1919

 
HELLER, LEE

47

BLACK

MALE

PAROLEE

MURDER

ASPHYXIATION-GAS

JAN

6

1950

 

 

 

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Source: This page developed from materials originally featured on

"Before the Needles"  online  2002 - 2009 which read as follows:

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Rob Gallagher

This page was developed from the data file "Executions in the United States, 1608-1987: The ESPY File", Espy, M. Watt, and John Ortiz Smykla, Principal Investigators. Funded by the National Science Foundation. This dataset represents the most complete list of executions in the United States compiled to date

 

 

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