Description: Robert F. Thompson, of Coshocton County, was electrocuted January 8, 1927, for the Murder of Gertrude D'Ostroph. Gertrude D'Ostroph was only ten years old. Robert Thompson was a white male, fifth four years old and his occupation was a farm laborer. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08175
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Death row
Places: Coshocton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Scott Workman, of Clermont County, was electrocuted March 31, 1927, for the Murder of his wife. He was a white male, forty years old and his occupation is listed as a farmer. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08176
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Death row
Places: Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of 29-year-old Donald Reinbolt. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Reinbolt was the 315th and final individual to be executed in the electric chair in Ohio. The caption at the bottom reads: “No. 315 Donald L. Reinbolt Franklin County, Legally Electrocuted March 15, 1963 for the murder of Edgar L. Weaver” In 1885 the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, became the location for all executions, which previously took place in the various county seats. In 1896 the Ohio General Assembly mandated that electrocution replace hanging as the form of capital punishment. The Ohio Penitentiary regularly offered tours as well as souvenir photographs and postcards of the building and prisoners on death row. A total of 315 prisoners, both men and women, were executed in the electric chair known as “Old Sparky” between 1897 and 1963. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08366
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Capital punishment--Ohio--History; Electrocution; Death row; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Portrait photography
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Three photographs showing soap and clothing items issued to early twentieth century prisoners at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio. The photograph in the upper left depicts two patterned, folded handkerchiefs or bandanas, a pair of overalls, and a folded, button-down shirt. The image on the upper right shows a pair of men's pants, with a label directly underneath that has "MEN'S PANTS" typed on it. The clothes appear to be denim fabric, which could mean they were issued for work purposes. The photograph at the bottom shows three blocks of white soap. Each block of soap appears to be stamped with the words "MADE FOR STATE USE BY OHIO BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION." A typewritten label underneath this image states "STATE BATH & LAUNDRY SOAP" with "Ca 1911-21" handwritten. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08367
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Various Items of the winter issue clothing to Ohio prisoners for both men and women. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08368
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Clothing and dress
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Three photos of state-issued men's underclothing. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08371
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Death row
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A group photo of prison personnel, many identified. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08389
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A group photo of prison personnel outside of the prison wall. All of the people are identified with last names only. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08390
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Ray McCarthy, of Crawford County, was electrocuted January 30, 1931, for the murder of Ralph Wilcox, of Galion, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08206
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Death row
Places: Galion (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio); Morrow County (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Tilby Smith, of Ashtabula County, electrocuted November 20, 1931, for the murder of his wife, Clara Smith, of Ashtabula County, Ohio. He was a black male, age 26 and his occupation is unknown. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08214
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Death row; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
Places: Ashtabula County (Ohio)
 

Description: Valentine Wagner of Morrow County, legally executed at 2:30 A.M. July 31, 1885, for the Murder of Daniel Shehan at Mt. Gilead, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08027
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Death row; Prisoners and prisons
Places: Mount Gilead (Ohio); Morrow County (Ohio)
 

Description: Before the Ohio Penitentiary’s closing in 1979, the facility's east annex housed and displayed photographs of many of the prisoners sentenced to death throughout the state’s history. This portrait of Hampton Pannell is one of them. Also located in this section of the penitentiary were the cells of prisoners awaiting execution and the death chamber itself. The Ohio Penitentiary closed in 1972 when construction of the new Southern Ohio Correctional Facility was completed in Lucasville. At this time, the execution chamber was relocated to the new Lucasville facility and the photograph collection of condemned prisoners was donated to the Ohio Historical Society. The caption at the bottom of Pannell's photograph reads, “No. 187, Hampton Pannell of Franklin County, Electrocuted January 4th, 1935, for the Murder of Fred Halten.” Pannell was executed at the age of 37. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08219
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Capital punishment--Ohio--History; Electrocution; Death row; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio)
Places: Franklin County (Ohio); Columbus (Ohio)