Nevada State Prison Inmate Case Files
Nevada State Prison Gas Chamber
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Prior to January 1, 1912 the law prescribed hanging as the means of carrying out the death sentence in the State of Nevada, however, upon revision of the statutes in 1911 the condemned were allowed a choice between the gallows and the firing squad. This remained the law until March 28, 1921 when an amendment was adopted providing for execution by means of lethal gas. Nevada was the first state to sanction the use of the gas chamber.
The first execution by use of lethal gas took place in February 1924 and has been used as the means of carrying out the death sentence a total of thirty-one times. The last execution was held October 22, 1979.
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32 EXECUTED BY GAS
In the Nevada State Prison
1. Gee Jon, convicted of killing Tom Quong Kee, December 3, 1921. Executed, February 8, 1924. Age 28
2. Stanko Jukich, convicted of killing of Jennie Medak, February 14, 1925. Executed, April 6, 1925. Age 29
3. Robert H. White, convicted of killing of Louis Laval, October 27, 1928. Executed, June 2, 1930. Age 41
4. Luis Ceja, convicted of killing Charlie Fong, July 12, 1930. Executed, September 4, 1931. Age 28
5. John Hall, convicted of killing John O'Brien, June 15, 1931. Executed, November 28, 1932. Age 52
6. Ray Elmer Miller, convicted of murdering his estranged wife, February 16, 1933. Executed, May 8, 1933. Age 56
7. Joseph Behiter, convicted of killing Sylvia Reither, November 2, 1931. Executed, July 13, 1934. Age 34
8. Luther Jones, convicted of killing four men after a hold-up on October 16, 1936. Executed, January 26, 1937. Age 33
9. Domenico Nadal, convicted of killing Joe Urrutia, November 1, 1938. Executed, January 17, 1939. Age 47
10. Burton Franklin Williamson, convicted of killing his wife, Mrs. Pauline Williamson September 12, 1939. Executed, November 21, 1939. Age 43
11. Wilson Henry Boyd, convicted of killing Floyd Robinson and his wife, February 24, 1940. Executed, May 28, 1940.
12. John A. Kramer, convicted of killing Frances Collins, March 25, 1940. Executed, August 28, 1942. Age 64.
13. Floyd L. McKinney, convicted of killing Lieutenant and Mrs. Raymond Fisher, September 14, 1943. Executed, November 27, 1943. Age 34
14. Raymond Plunkett, convicted of killing his son on December 10, 1942. Executed, June 30, 1944. Age 31
15. Floyd Loveless, convicted of killing a policeman on November 30, 1943. Executed, September 29, 1944. Age 17
16. Albert Everette Sala, convicted of an Elko County murder, November 10, 1945. Executed, August 23, 1946. Age 35
17. Paul Maynard Skaug, convicted of killing Mrs. Marie Voss, December 12, 1944. Executed, January 10, 1947. Age 26
18. David Blackwell, convicted of killing two Reno police officers, January 7, 1948. Executed, April 22, 1949. Age 18
19. Laszlo Varga, convicted for the rape-slaying of Mrs. Rev. Morning, July 7, 1948. Executed, June 7, 1949. Age 24
20. Eugene Leo Gambetta, convicted of killing his former wife, August 20, 1948. Executed, October 18, 1949. Age 46
21. James Williams, convicted of killing a fellow worker, April 18, 1949. Executed, August 25, 1950. Age 32
22. Theodore William Gregory, convicted of killing his estranged wife, December 14, 1948. Executed, January 29, 1951. Age 46
23. Owen Caudle Butner, convicted of killing his former wife, April 27, 1948. Executed, February 10, 1951. Age 36
24. Gregorio Arellano, convicted of killing a high school girl, December 2, 1949. Executed, July 24, 1951.
25. Domingo Echaverria, convicted of killing nurse Elizabeth Catlett, November 10, 1951. Executed, April 13, 1953. Age 62.
26. Clayton Octave Fouquette, convicted of killing Donald Brown, November 24, 1948. Executed, April 13, 1953. Age 41
27. Ferdinand A. Bourdlais, convicted of killing Ward Budzien Sr., October 15, 1952. Executed, April 23, 1954. Age 27
28-29. Frank A. Pedrini and Leroy L. Linden, convicted of killing Clarence Dodd, May 11, 1954. Executed, July 15, 1954. (Only double execution using lethal gas) Both age 35
30. Earl Lewis Steward, convicted of killing Thomas Jessen. Executed, February 24, 1960. Age 42
31. Thayne H. Archibald, convicted of killing Albert Waters. Executed, August 21, 1961. Age 22
32. Jesse Walter Bishop, convicted of killing David Ballard. Executed, October 22, 1979. Age 46
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