Herman Hamilton photograph   Save
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections collection
Description: Photograph of Herman Hamilton of Scioto County. Electrocuted March 24, 1905, for the Murder of Lee Culver. Hamilton killed Culver in the railroad yards in Portsmouth, where they both worked. The murder occurred after Hamilton attempted to rob Culver. Hamilton was born in Kentucky and had spent 5 years in a reformatory there before coming to Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08074
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment--Ohio; Scioto County (Ohio)
Places: Portsmouth (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)