Sam Purpera portrait   Save
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections
Description: Sam Purpera, of Cuyahoga County, was electrocuted May 9, 1922, for the Murder of William C. Sly and George K. Fanner. He was a white male, age nineteen and his occupation was a gang member. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08131
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio
Places: Cuyahoga County (Ohio)