Arizona Executions From Santa Cruz Co.

Arizona State Library relates that, "Since Territorial days, Arizona law has established both county jails, kept by the sheriffs of the counties where they are located; and territorial (state) institutions for adult and juvenile offenders. In 1875, Arizona’s first Territorial Prison was constructed in Yuma. In 1908 the Arizona Prison at Florence was built by inmates and replaced the Territorial Prison at Yuma. A superintendent and board of control were responsible for operating the prisons." According to the Arizona Department of Corrections, the first hanging execution occurred on January 5, 1910. On December 8, 1916, an initiative measure went into effect eliminating the death penalty as punichment of convictions of first degree murder. The Death penalty was restored December 5, 1918. Nineteen executions by hanging occurred between April 16, 1920 and June 20, 1931. The first execuction by lethal gas was carried out on July 6, 1934.

LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	AGE	RACE	SEX	OCCUPATION	CRIME	METHOD	DATE	ADC#
Franco	Domingo	44	Hispanic	Male	Laborer	Murder	Hanging	7 Jul 1911	3497
Martinez	Manuel	28	Hispanic	Male	Criminal	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	10 Aug 1923	5981
Shaughnessy	George	19	White	Male	Escaped Convict	Murder-Robbery	Asphyxiation-Gas	13 Jul 1934	9350
Conner	Frank	22	Black	Male	Soldier	Murder-Robbery	Asphyxiation-Gas	23 Sep 1939	11253

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