Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Electric Chair" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
electric chair, electrocution, murder, capital punishment, Sing Sing, death chair
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between 1880 and 1920.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

Death in the Dynamo"
Wichita Eagle (Wichita, KS), April 17, 1887, Page 10, Image 10, col. 2.
"A Plan Proposed"
The Great Falls Leader (Great Falls, MT), December 13, 1888, Image 2, col. 1-2.
"How Kemmler Died"
Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA), August 7, 1890, Image 1, col. 1-2.
"Mrs. Halliday Tries Again"
The Washington Bee (Washington, DC), September 7, 1895, Page 4, Image 4, col. 4.
"The Death in the Chair"
The Princeton Union (Princeton, MN), June 1, 1899, Page 3, Image 3, col. 4.
"No Word of Repentance"
Akron Daily Democrat (Akron, OH), October 29, 1901, Image 1, col. 1-2.
"Three Van Wormers Die in Chair in Fifteen Minutes"
The Evening World (New York, NY), October 1, 1903, Image 1, col. 1.
"Nine Victims for Death Chair in One Day"
Bisbee Daily Review (Bisbee, AZ), August 11, 1912, Page 6, Image 12, col. 3.
"Electric Chair Gets Men Who Murdered Rosenthal"
Ottumwa Tri-Weekly Courier (Ottumwa, IA), July 31, 1915, Page 8, Image 8, col. 4-6.
"How It Feels to Die in the Electric Chair"
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA), March 5, 1916, Image 48, Magazine Section, col. 1-6.
"Deans of Death Watch Tell of Sing Sing's Most Tragic Hour"
The Sun (New York, NY), August 3, 1919, Page 3, Image 27, col. 1-8.

Electric Chair: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America