From "Souvenir of the West Virginia Penitentiary"
published c1929. 

Typed and submitted by Brooks Hill.


                      EXECUTIONS 

   West Virginia enforces Capital Punishment by hanging,
and any person sentenced to be executed is transferred 
to the penitentiary to await the day set for the execution.
Many years ago it was the practice to hang those sentenced 
to pay the extreme penalty in the county in which the 
conviction was secured, and the sheriff of the county had 
charge of the execution. Today, all executions are 
carried out at the penitentiary  under the supervision
of the Warden.
   The following is a list of all men executed within 
the prison up to November 1st, 1928:

    NAME         RACE   COUNTY      CRIME    EXECUTED
				
Shep Caldwell......B...McDowell.....Murder...Oct 1899
Frank Broadenax....B...McDowell.....Murder...Nov 1899
Frank Walker.......B...Fayette......Murder...Dec 1899
George Carter......B...Kanawha......Murder...Mar 1902
Louis Young........B...McDowell.....Murder...May 1902
John Mooney........W...Ohio.........Murder...May 1902
Perry Christian....W...Fayette......Murder...Jun 1902
State Henry........B...Wetzel.......Murder...Oct 1902
Wilfred Davis......W...Randolph.....Murder...Jun 1903
Geo. Williams......B...Jefferson....Rape.....Sep 1904
Frank Johnson......B...Harrison.....Murder...Jul 1908
Arthur Brown.......B...McDowell.....Murder...Aug 1909
Thomas Wayne.......B...Fayette......Murder...Dec 1910
Frank Stevenson....B...Mercer.......Murder...Feb 1911
Frank Friday.......B...Mercer.......Murder...Feb 1902?
Jesse Cook.........W...McDowell.....Murder...Mar 1911
Wm. Furbish........B...Harrison.....Rape.....Mar 1911
James Williams.....B...McDowell.....Murder...Apr 1913
John Marshall......B...McDowell.....Murder...Apr 1913
Henry Sterling.....B...McDowell.....[blank]..Apr 1913
John Hix...........W...McDowell.....Murder...Jun 1913
Henry Green........B...Mingo........Murder...Mar 1914
Silas Jones........B...Cabell.......Murder...Jul 1914
Wm. Stuart.........B...Greenbrier...Murder...Jul 1915
Wm. Thomas.........B...Ohio.........Murder...Jul 1915
Matt Jarrell.......W...Kanawha......Murder...Jul 1915
Charles Forrest....B...McDowell.....Murder...Sep 1915
Claude Sutton......W...Randolph.....Murder...Aug 1916
James Lay .........W...McDowell.....Murder...Sep 1916
Hugh Ferguson......B...Morgan.......Rape.....Aug 1919
Hugh J. Bragg......W...Webster......Murder...Apr 1920
Jacob Lutz.........W...Taylor.......Murder...Jul 1921
Hobart Grimm.......W...Brooke.......Murder...Aug 1921
Henry Harbor.......B...McDowell.....Murder...Oct 1921
Leroy Williams.....B...Kanawha......Murder...Mar 1922
Monroe Peyton......B...Berkeley.....Murder...May 1922
George Barrage.....W...Brooke.......Murder...Nov 1923
Dick Ferri.........W...Harrison.....Murder...Jan 1924
Phillip Connizzaro.W...Harrison.....Murder...Jan 1924
Nick Salamante.....W...Harrison.....Murder...Jan 1924
Sam Muratore.......W...Harrison.....Murder...Jan 1924
Tiny McCoy.........W...Pocahontas...Murder...Sep 1924
Robert Ford........B...Harrison.....Murder...Jan 1926
Harry Sawyer.......B...Mingo........Rape.....Apr 1926
Philip Enman.......B...Harrison.....Murder...Aug 1924
Henry Jackson......B...McDowell.....Murder...Sep 1926
Pierce Jeffries....B...Greenbrier...Rape.....Feb 1927
Homer Swain........W...Wood.........Rape.....Feb 1928
Andrew Brady.......B...Hardy........Rape.....Mar 1928
Lawrence Fike......W...Preston......Murder...Aug 1928
Henry Grogan.......B...Raleigh......Rape.....Feb 1929