Description: Charles Hart of Defiance County, Legally Executed at 12:22 A.M., April 12, 1895, for the Murder of Ashley Good and Elsie Good at Paulding, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08043
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Death row; Capital punishment; Portrait photography
 

Description: George Geschwilm of Franklin County, Legally Executed at 12:22 A.M., April 26, 1895, for the Murder of his wife at Columbus, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08044
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Death row; Capital punishment; Portrait photography
 

Description: Isaac L. Edwards of Hocking County, Legally Executed at 12:23 A.M.,September 17, 1895, for the Murder of Mrs. Sarah sellers at Murray City, Ohio, Hocking County, Logan, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08048
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Death row; Capital punishment; Portrait photography; Hocking County (Ohio)
Places: Logan (Ohio); Hocking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Frank Miller of Franklin County. Electrocuted September 3, 1897, for the Murder of Mrs. Saluda Miller. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08054
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Death row; Capital punishment; Portrait photography
 

Description: Frank Early, of Hamilton County, was electrocuted on May 14, 1895, for the Murder of his wife. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08056
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Death row; Capital punishment; Portrait photography
 

Description: Charles Nelson, of Wood County, was Electrocuted November 4, 1898, for the Murder of James Zimmerman. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08057
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Death row; Capital punishment; Portrait photography
 

Description: Charles Stimmel of Mongomery County. Electrocuted July 22, 1904, for the Murder of Joseph Shide. Born in Dayton in 1878, he was associated with crime at a young age, allegedly part of a Dayton gang called the Cook gang. Stimmel shot and killed a store-clerk at the Allen & Eminger Company's Place while attempting to rob the store. After the murder, Stimmel fled from the police and was later found and captured in New Orleans. Back in Dayton, he was found guilty and sentenced to death by electric chair. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08068
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Death row; Capital punishment; Portrait photography
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: The hospital ward in the Ohio Penitentiary. The Ohio State Penitentiary also known as the Ohio Penitentiary operated from 1834-1984 in downtown Columbus, Ohio. It was known for its poor conditions and at its peak in mid 1950s it housed more than 5000 prisoners. Some of its more famous inmates were General John H. Morgan, who famously escaped the prison during the Civil War, "Bugs" Moran, O. Henry, Chester Himes, and Sam Sheppard, whose story is said to have inspired the movie "The Fugitive." Until 1963 when death penalty was halted in the State of Ohio, it was a site of executions. In 1930 the prison experienced the deadliest prison fire in United States history as it killed 322 inmates and injured 150. For some time after the Ohio Penitentiary closed in 1984, the building was used as a training site by the Ohio National Guard and for Halloween festivities as "The Haunted Prison". It also served as the setting for the 1985 TV movie "Love on the Run.". The building was eventually sold by the state to the city of Columbus in 1995 and demolished in 1998. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07753
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Historic buildings--Ohio--Columbus; Historic sites Ohio; Prisons--Ohio; Prisoners; Capital punishment
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Food on tables in the dining hall of the Ohio State Penitentiary. The Ohio State Penitentiary also known as the Ohio Penitentiary operated from 1834-1984 in downtown Columbus, Ohio. It was known for its poor conditions and at its peak in mid 1950s it housed more than 5000 prisoners. Some of its more famous inmates were General John H. Morgan, who famously escaped the prison during the Civil War, "Bugs" Moran, O. Henry, Chester Himes, and Sam Sheppard, whose story is said to have inspired the movie "The Fugitive." Until 1963 when death penalty was halted in the State of Ohio, it was a site of executions. In 1930 the prison experienced the deadliest prison fire in United States history as it killed 322 inmates and injured 150. For some time after the Ohio Penitentiary closed in 1984, the building was used as a training site by the Ohio National Guard and for Halloween festivities as "The Haunted Prison". It also served as the setting for the 1985 TV movie "Love on the Run.". The building was eventually sold by the state to the city of Columbus in 1995 and demolished in 1998. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07751
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Historic buildings--Ohio--Columbus; Historic sites Ohio; Prisons--Ohio; Prisoners; Capital punishment
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Exterior view of the Ohio State Penitentiary. The Ohio State Penitentiary also known as the Ohio Penitentiary operated from 1834-1984 in downtown Columbus, Ohio. It was known for its poor conditions and at its peak in mid 1950s it housed more than 5000 prisoners. Some of its more famous inmates were General John H. Morgan, who famously escaped the prison during the Civil War, "Bugs" Moran, O. Henry, Chester Himes, and Sam Sheppard, whose story is said to have inspired the movie "The Fugitive." Until 1963 when death penalty was halted in the State of Ohio, it was a site of executions. In 1930 the prison experienced the deadliest prison fire in United States history as it killed 322 inmates and injured 150. For some time after the Ohio Penitentiary closed in 1984, the building was used as a training site by the Ohio National Guard and for Halloween festivities as "The Haunted Prison". It also served as the setting for the 1985 TV movie "Love on the Run.". The building was eventually sold by the state to the city of Columbus in 1995 and demolished in 1998. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07752
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Historic buildings--Ohio--Columbus; Historic sites Ohio; Prisons--Ohio; Prisoners; Capital punishment
Places: Columbus (Ohio)