List of people executed in Washington explained

Only five people have been executed by the state of Washington since the death penalty statute was reformed following the 1976 Supreme Court decisions. Capital punishment was declared unconstitutional by the Washington Supreme Court in 2018.

Name	Date of Execution	Method	Crime	Governor
John Elfus	January 15, 1884		murder of Dan Haggerty^[1]
Jochin Henry Timmerman	April 6, 1888		murder of William Sterling^[2]
Edward Gallagher	July 11, 1890	Hanging	murder of Lewis Marr^[3]
Robert Thompson Day	June 3, 1892	Hanging	murder of Thomas Beebe^[4]	Elisha P. Ferry
Charles Brooks	September 6, 1892		murder of Christine Brooks^[5]
Charles E. Meyers	September 30, 1895		murder of Frank Sherry^[6]
Charles Asimus	January 31, 1896		murder of James Greenwood^[7]
Richard H. Straub	April 26, 1897		murder of Leo Lanterman^[8]
Gin Pong	April 30, 1897		murder of Lee Tung^[9]	John Rankin Rogers
Jack Leonard	March 25, 1898		murder of Jacob Malquist^[10]
George Webster	March 30, 1900		murder of Lise C. Aspland^[11]
Albert Michaud	April 6, 1900		murder of Julia Meuret Michaud^[12]
Martin Stickles	January 25, 1901		murder of William Shanklin, Cornelius Knapp and his wife
Eben L. Boyce	August 9, 1901		murder of Louise Bock Boyce^[13]
Charles W. Nordstrom	August 23, 1901		murder of William Mason^[14]
James G. Green	December 6, 1901		murder of E. V. Benjamin^[15]
William Alden Seaton	January 3, 1902		murder of Dan Richards^[16]	Henry McBride
Lum You	January 31, 1902		murder of Oscar Bloom
Alfred Hamilton	May 23, 1902		murder of David M. Woodbury^[17]
James Champoux	May 6, 1904		murder of Lottie Brace^[18]
Charles Clarke	September 2, 1904		murder of Leila Page^[19]
Henry Arao	June 3, 1905		murder of Sam Chong^[20]	Albert E. Mead
Frank Pasquale (WADOC lists name as Frank Pasqualie)	September 15, 1905		murder of Charles F. Gray^[21]
Angus McPhail	December 8, 1905		murder of Fred Alderson^[22]
William White	March 2, 1906		murder of Matthew Murphy^[23]
Simon Brooks	April 13, 1906 (WADOC lists date as May 13, 1906 while newspaper reports death as April 13)		murder of Adolph Miller^[24]
A.A. Armstrong	June 8, 1906		murder of Robert Patton^[25]
Fred Miller	March 22, 1907		murder of Fred Dierk^[26]
Jose Nicolos (WADOC lists name as Joe Niculas)	April 16, 1909		murder of George Brown and unnamed four-year-old^[27]	Marion E. Hay
Joseph Gauvitte(WADOC lists name as Joseph Gauviette)	August 27, 1909		murder of Mrs. Joseph Gauvitte^[28]
Bud Barnes(WADOC lists name as Hezekiah Barnes)	November 12, 1909		murder of Anna Aldrich^[29]
Richard Quinn	May 13, 1910		murder of Mrs. Richard Quinn^[30]
Frank Barker	June 20, 1910		murder of Ira Messinger^[31]
William Frederick Jahns (WADOC lists name as Frederick William Johns)	April 21, 1911		murder of Agnes Jensen^[32]
John Smith	April 1, 1921		murder of James O'Brien, Volney L. Stevens, and W.T. Angle^[33]	Louis Folwell Hart
James Mahoney	December 1, 1922		murder of Kate Mooers Mahoney^[34]
George Whitfield	June 13, 1924		murder of Anna Nosko^[35]
Ralph Waller	June 27, 1924		murder of Alfred Waldman and Ida Waldman^[36]
Thomas Walton	December 12, 1924		murder of S.F. Burt^[37]
L.E. Mosely (WADOC lists name as L.E. Mosley)	February 19, 1926		murder of A.J. Comer^[38] ^[39]	Roland H. Hartley
Alfred Winters (WADOC also lists name as Albert Williams)	May 27, 1927
Manuel Lopez	February 15, 1928		murder of Charles Markham^[40]
Emmett Bailey	August 10, 1928		murder of Erma Skinner^[41]
Wallace Gaines	August 31, 1928		murder of Sylvia Gaines^[42]
Luther Baker	March 29, 1929		murder of Lester Wood^[43]
Preston Rae Clark	July 11, 1930		murder of A.L. Bidwell^[44]
Robert Lee Wilkins	August 15, 1930		murder of John W. Brooks^[45]
Arthur Schafer (WADOC lists name as Arthur Schaffer)	August 29, 1930		murder of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kirk^[46]
Archie Frank Moock (WADOC lists name as Archie Frank Much)	September 12, 1930		murder of Catherine Clark^[47]
George Miller	December 18, 1931		murder of John Ivester^[48]
Harold Carpenter	April 15, 1932		murder of Peter Jacobson^[49]
Walter Dubuc
Ollie Lee Stratton	July 28, 1933		murder of William Frawley^[50]	Clarence D. Martin
Ted Bradley	May 11, 1934		murder of George Ikeda^[51]
Byron Miller	October 3, 1934		murder of Marshal George Warring^[52]
Hong Yick	July 19, 1935		murder of Lee Wing Qmen^[53]
Barney Fleming	April 3, 1936		murder of La Belle Butler^[54]
Glen R. Stringer (WADOC lists name as Glenn R. Stringer)	May 29, 1936		murder of Herbert Lee Caples^[55]
Leo Hall	September 11, 1936		murder of Frank Flieder, Anna Taylor Flieder, Clifford Taylor, Eugene Chenevert, Margaret Chenevert, Magnus Jorden, and Ezra Bolcom^[56]
Clifford Hawkins	February 23, 1938		murder of Ernest Grimm and Floyd Grimm^[57]
Claude H. Ryan	February 25, 1938		murder of S.R. Jackson^[58]
Stanley Knapp	August 5, 1938		murder of William E. Walker^[59]
Joseph O'Donnell	November 21, 1938		murder of Trent A. Sickles and Theodore E. Stevens^[60]
Bernhard Leuch	August 4, 1939		murder of Lena Leuch^[61]
Paul Buttry	September 15, 1939		murder of Hugh Warren^[62]
Earl Talbott	September 18, 1939		murder of W.E. McKinney^[63]
Roy Wright	October 6, 1939		murder of John Dee Moore^[64]
Ralph Carson	December 8, 1939	murder of Lynwood Sproul^[65]
Edward L. Bouchard	September 6, 1940	murder of Cyril Ables and Ralph Allinson^[66]
Jack Marable	October 4, 1940	kidnapping and rape of Mrs. Emil Roloff^[67] ^[68]
Arley Ovoyd Lewis	January 30, 1941	murder of Jack Avent^[69]	Arthur B. Langlie
Denzel Davis	March 24, 1941	murder of Harriet Arnold^[70]
John Bruce Anderson	November 14, 1941	murder of David Johnson^[71]
Chester Montgomery	March 19, 1943	murder of Jessie Sellers^[72]
Roy Willard Jacobs	April 6, 1943	murder of Chadwick Storem and Harry Storem^[73]
Persia Williams	September 8, 1944	murder of Joseph Romaglio^[74]
Edward Heberling	December 8, 1944	murder of Harriet Louise Lindstrom^[75]
Joe Bill	September 7, 1945	murder of Irma Irene McGough^[76]	Monrad C. Wallgren
Joseph B. Wessel	January 19, 1946	murder of Mary Ann Wessel^[77]
Woodrow Wilson Clark	February 5, 1946	murder of T.P. Dillon and Jane Staples^[78]
John Henry Clark	January 7, 1947	murder of Sam Katz^[79]
Jake Bird	July 15, 1949	murder of Bertha Kludt and Beverly Kludt^[80]
Arthur Bruce Perkins	November 4, 1949	murder of Mr. L.E. Jessup and Mrs. L.E. Jessup^[81]
Wayne Leroy Williams	November 18, 1949	murder of Hallie Lucille^[82]
Wayne Dale Odell (WADOC lists name as Wayne O'Dell)	June 18, 1951	murder of Harold Rogers^[83] ^[84]	Arthur B. Langlie
Grant Ellis Rio	December 10, 1951
Utah Eugene Wilson	January 3, 1953	murder of JoAnn Dewey^[85]
Truman Galilee Wilson
Artell Bernard Farley Jr.	December 15, 1956	murder of Flora McFarland^[86]
Harvey John Collins	December 3, 1957	murder of Andrew Stolen	Albert D. Rosellini
John Richard Broderson	June 25, 1960	murder of Harold Oster^[87]
Joseph Chester Self	June 20, 1963	murder of Ralph A. Gemmill Jr.
Westley Allan Dodd	January 5, 1993	murder of Cole Neer, William Neer, and Lee Iseli	Booth Gardner
Charles Rodman Campbell	May 27, 1994	murder of Renae Wicklund, Shannah Wicklund, and Barbara Hendrickson	Mike Lowry
Jeremy Vargas Sagastegui	October 13, 1998	Lethal injection	murder of Kievan Sarbacher, Melissa Sarbacher, and Lisa Vera Acevado	Gary Locke
James Homer Elledge	August 28, 2001		murder of Eloise Jane Fitzner
Cal Coburn Brown	September 10, 2010		murder of Holly Washa	Christine Gregoire

See also

• Capital punishment in Washington (state)
• Capital punishment in the United States

Notes and References

1. News: January 18, 1884. Elfus Hanged. The Washington Standard.
2. News: April 13, 1888. Jochin Henry Timmerman paid the extreme penalty.... The Washington Standard.
3. News: Harger. Stover. September 15, 2013. The 'hanging holiday' of 1890. The Columbian.
4. News: June 9, 1892. Execution At Kalama. The Spokesman-Review. October 14, 2021.
5. Web site: George Webster is hanged for first-degree murder at Spokane County Courthouse on March 30, 1900.. 2021-10-14. www.historylink.org.
6. News: October 1, 1895. Chas. E. Meyers Hanged. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
7. News: January 31, 1896. Hanging at Kalama. The News Tribune.
8. News: April 29, 1897. Paid With His Life. Aberdeen Herald.
9. Web site: George Webster is hanged for first-degree murder at Spokane County Courthouse on March 30, 1900.. 2021-10-14. www.historylink.org.
10. News: March 25, 1898. The Wages of His Sin. Spokane Daily Chronicle.
11. Web site: George Webster is hanged for first-degree murder at Spokane County Courthouse on March 30, 1900.. 2021-10-13. www.historylink.org.
12. Web site: Pierce County Courthouse (Tacoma), 1893-1959.. October 10, 2021 .
13. Web site: Pierce County Courthouse (Tacoma), 1893-1959.. October 10, 2021 .
14. Web site: Charles W. Nordstrom is hanged on August 23, 1901, for the murder of William Mason near Cedar Mountain (King County).. May 6, 2020 .
15. "Last Words of Murderer". (December 07 1901). The Tacoma Daily Ledger, pp. 6.
16. "Kills His Uncle and Wounds Four Others". (December 07 1900). The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, pp. 1.
17. Web site: Alfred Hamilton shoots and kills attorney David M. Woodbury in Anacortes on September 7, 1899.. Washington State: HistoryLink. October 8, 2021 .
18. Web site: Washington State carries out its first execution on May 6, 1904.. Washington State: HistoryLink. February 28, 2014 .
19. "Ask for Rehearing". (May 4, 1904). The Seattle Times, pp. 2.
20. "Pays His Penalty Bravely". (June 3, 1905). The Seattle Times, pp. 4.
21. "Appeals Dismissed by Supreme Court". (May 26, 1905). The Seattle Times, pp. 4.
22. "Fight Made for Man's Life". (July 19, 1905). The Seattle Times, pp. 3.
23. "Mackintosh Says White Should Hang". (February 22, 1906). The Seattle Times, pp. 1.
24. "Sentence of Death is Given Simon Brooks". (February 17, 1906). The Seattle Times, pp. 10.
25. "Murderer Armstrong Sentenced to Hang". (April 16, 1906). The Seattle Times, pp. 2.
26. "Fred Miller Hanged at State Penitentiary". (March 22, 1907). The Seattle Times, pp. 15.
27. "Double Murderer Goes to his Doom". (April 16, 1909). The Seattle Times, pp. 8.
28. "Wife Murderer Hanged". (August 27, 1909). The Seattle Times, pp. 25.
29. "Murderer Forfeits Life on Gallows". (November 12, 1909). The Seattle Times, pp. 12.
30. "Execution Bungled". (May 13, 1910). The Seattle Times, pp. 7.
31. "Walks to Scaffold Laughing and Joking". (June 20, 1910). The Seattle Times, pp. 5.
32. "Execution May Spoil Solution of Mystery". (April 13, 1911). The Seattle Times, pp. 10.
33. "Captor of Slayer Honored by Mayor". (April 1, 1921). The Seattle Times, pp. 3.
34. "Mahoney is Executed in Prison Yard for his Deed". (December 1, 1922). The Seattle Times, pp. 1.
35. "Whitfield Hanged at State Penitentiary". (June 13, 1924). The Seattle Times, pp. 10.
36. "Slayer Blames Divorce Evil on Way to Gallows". (June 27, 1924). The Seattle Times, pp. 5.
37. "Thomas Walton Hanged at State Penitentiary". (December 12, 1924). The Seattle Times, pp. 24.
38. "Seattle Slayer Pays Penalty on Gallows". (February 19, 1926). The Seattle Times, pp. 4.
39. "Longview Slayer Hanged". (May 27, 1927). The Seattle Times, pp. 22.
40. "Lopez Hanged at State Prison for Riparia Murder". (February 15, 1928). The Seattle Times, pp. 7.
41. "Bailey is Hanged for Murder of Wife". (August 10, 1928). The Seattle Times, pp. 20.
42. "Dawn Brings Message of Hanging". (August 31, 1928). The Seattle Times, pp. 1.
43. "Luther is Hanged for Slaying of Clark Sheriff". (March 29, 1929). The Seattle Times, pp. 18.
44. "Clark Goes to Gallows". (July 11, 1930). The Seattle Times, pp. 2.
45. "Wilkins Dies for Slaying of Attorney". (August 15, 1930). The Seattle Times, pp. 2.
46. "Shelton Logger is Hanged". (August 29, 1930). The Seattle Times, pp. 13.
47. "Moock Hangs as Killer in Wedding Plot". (September 12, 1930). The Seattle Times, pp. 11.
48. "Express Slayer Meets Death on State's Gallows". (December 18, 1931). The Seattle Times, pp. 21.
49. "Man, Youth Pay Penalty on Gallows for Murder". (April 15, 1932). The Seattle Times, pp. 1.
50. "Ollie Stratton, Port Townsend Slayer, Hangs". (July 28, 1933). The Seattle Times, pp. 28.
51. "Ready to Kill". (May 11, 1934). The Seattle Times, pp. 6.
52. "Ready to Kill". (October 3, 1934). The Seattle Times, pp. 17.
53. "Seattle Tong Slayer Hanged". (July 19, 1935). The Seattle Times, pp. 32.
54. "Meyers Studies Hanging Case". (April 3, 1936). The Seattle Times, pp. 15.
55. "Reward Posted for Asserted Slayer". (May 29, 1936). The Seattle Times, pp. 2.
56. "Last Minute Fight Made to Prevent Execution". (September 11, 1936). The Seattle Times, pp. 1.
57. "State Executes Skagit Slayer". (February 23, 1938). The Seattle Times, pp. 9.
58. "Deputy's Killer to Hang". (January 14, 1938). The Seattle Times, pp. 5.
59. "Killer Hanged; Warns Others". (August 5, 1938). The Seattle Times, pp. 5.
60. "O'Donnell Blames Frame-Up as he Calmly Goes to Death". (November 21, 1938). The Seattle Times, pp. 1.
61. "Shelton Slayer Dies on Gallows". (August 4, 1939). The Seattle Times, pp. 16.
62. "Doomed Slayer Hopes". (September 14, 1939). The Seattle Times, pp. 13.
63. "Ranch-Slayer is Hanged, Calm to End". (September 18, 1939). The Seattle Times, pp. 7.
64. "Young Killer, on Gallows, Warns Youth Against Crime". (October 6, 1939). The Seattle Times, pp. 11.
65. "Clallam County Slayer Hanged". (December 8, 1939). The Seattle Times, pp. 9.
66. "Slayer Hanged at State Prison". (September 6, 1940). The Seattle Times, pp. 5.
67. "Kidnaper Hangs, Denouncing Troy". (October 4, 1940). The Seattle Times, pp. 10.
68. "The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Jack Marable, Appellant" (June 22, 1940).
69. "Slayer to Give Life Tomorrow at Walla Walla". (January 29, 1941). The Seattle Times, pp. 17.
70. "David Dies for Killing Mother". (March 24, 1941). The Seattle Times, pp. 24.
71. "John B. Anderson, Slayer, Is Executed". (November 14, 1941). The Seattle Times, pp. 15.
72. "Man Hanged for Woman's Death". (March 19, 1943). The Seattle Times, pp. 2.
73. "Jacobs Denies Slaying as He Dies on Gallows". (April 6, 1943). The Seattle Times, pp. 4.
74. "Seattle Slayer Dies on Gallows". (September 8, 1944). The Seattle Times, pp. 13.
75. "Heberling Dies for Girl Murder". (December 8, 1944). The Seattle Times, pp. 21.
76. "Joe Bill, Child's Slayer, Hanged". (September 7, 1945). The Seattle Times, pp. 18.
77. "Wessel is Hanged at Pen". (1947, January 17). Union-Bulletin.
78. "Hatchet Slayer Dies on Gallows". (February 5, 1946). The Seattle Times, pp. 3.
79. "Slayer Dies on Prison Gallows". (January 7, 1947). The Seattle Times, pp. 20.
80. "Final Appeal Failing, Jake Bird is Hanged". (July 15, 1949). The Seattle Times, pp. 11.
81. "Perkins Dies on Prison Gallows". (November 4, 1949). The Seattle Times, pp. 9.
82. "Williams, Wife Slayer, Hanged". (November 18, 1949). The Seattle Times, pp. 37.
83. "Clemency Denied Condemned Youth". (June 14, 1951). The Seattle Times, pp. 14.
84. "Slayer is Denied Stay of Execution". (December 10, 1951). The Seattle Times, pp. 2.
85. "Langlie Refuses to Stop Execution of Wilsons, Due Tonight". (January 2, 1953). The Seattle Times, pp. 1.
86. "Farley, Tacoma Slayer, Hanged". (December 15, 1956). The Seattle Times, pp. 3.
87. "Broderson Hanged at State Prison". (June 25, 1960). The Seattle Times, pp. 11.