List of individuals Executed in Utah - wikipedia List of individuals Executed in Utah This is a list of individuals executed in the U.S. state of Utah. Individuals executed in Utah # Name Date of execution Method of execution Victim ( s ) Governor -- Patsowits and his brother Spring 1850 garroting Patsowits killed an emigrant settler and his brother had made several death threats -- -- An emigrant 1850 Beheading -- Antelope and Long Hair September 15, 1854 hanging Two sons of a Mormon bishop in Cedar Valley Brigham Young Thomas H. Ferguson October 28, 1858 hanging Alexander Carpenter Alfred Cumming William Cockcroft September 21, 1861 firing squad Robert Brown vacant -- `` Unknown Man '' 1862 firing squad Unknown person Jason R. Luce January 12, 1864 firing squad Samuel R. Bunton James Duane Doty 6 Robert Sutton October 10, 1866 firing squad Frederick White Charles Durkee 7 Chauncy W. Millard January 29, 1869 firing squad Harlem P. Swett vacant 8 John Doyle Lee March 23, 1877 firing squad Mountain Meadows massacre George W. Emery 9 Wallace Wilkerson May 16, 1879 firing squad ( botched ) William Baxter 10 Frederick Hopt ( a.k.a. Fred Welcome ) August 11, 1887 firing squad John Franklin Turner Caleb Walton West 11 Enoch Davis September 14, 1894 firing squad Enoch 's wife -- An American Indian man 1896 A white woman 12 Charles H. Thiede August 7, 1896 hanging Thiede 's wife Heber Manning Wells 13 Pat Coughlin December 15, 1896 firing squad Deputy Sherriff Dawes and Constable Stagg 14 Peter Mortensen November 20, 1903 firing squad James R. Hay 15 Frank Rose April 22, 1904 firing squad Rose 's wife 16 J.J. Morris April 30, 1912 hanging Morris ' wife William Spry 17 Jules C.E. Szirmay ( a.k.a. Jules Zirmay ) May 22, 1912 firing squad A school boy 18 Harry Thorne September 26, 1912 firing squad A grocery clerk 19 Thomas Riley October 24, 1912 firing squad A grocery clerk 20 Frank Romeo February 20, 1913 firing squad Albert Jenkins 21 Joe Hill November 19, 1915 firing squad John G. Morrison and his son Arlington 22 Howard DeWeese May 24, 1918 firing squad His wife Simon Bamberger 23 John Borich January 20, 1919 firing squad A woman for insurance money 24 Steve Maslich January 20, 1922 firing squad A man in Salt Lake City Charles R. Mabey 25 Nick Oblizalo June 9, 1922 firing squad A man in Salt Lake City 26 George H. Gardner August 31, 1923 firing squad Joseph Irvine and a police officer 27 Omer R. Woods January 18, 1924 firing squad Woods ' invalid wife 28 Henry C. Hett ( a.k.a. George Allen ) February 20, 1925 firing squad Police sergeant Pierce George Dern 29 Pedro Cano May 19, 1925 firing squad A woman in Park City 30 Ralph W. Seyboldt January 15, 1926 firing squad Patrolman David H Crowther 31 Edward McGowan February 5, 1926 firing squad Bob Blevins ( and raped his wife and daughters ) 32 Delbert Green July 10, 1936 firing squad Green 's foster father / uncle James Green, mother - in - law / aunt, and wife Henry H. Blood 33 John W. Deering October 31, 1938 firing squad Oliver R. Meredith Jr. 34 Donald Lawton Condit July 30, 1942 firing squad Harold A. Thorne Herbert B. Maw 35 Robert Walter Avery February 5, 1943 firing squad Detective Hoyt L. Gates 36 Austin Cox Jr. June 19, 1944 firing squad Judge Lewis V. Trueman ( also killed two other men and two women ) 37 James Joseph Roedl July 13, 1945 firing squad Abigail Agnes Williams 38 Eliseo J. Mares Jr. September 10, 1951 firing squad Jack D. Stallings J. Bracken Lee 39 Ray Dempsey Gardner September 29, 1951 firing squad Shirley Jean Gretzinger 40 Don Jesse Neal July 1, 1955 firing squad Sgt. Owen T. Farley 41 42 Verne Alfred Braasch and Melvin Leroy Sullivan May 11, 1956 firing squad Howard Manzione 43 Barton Kay Kirkham June 7, 1958 hanging ( last in Utah ) David Avon Frame ( also killed Ruth Holmes Webster but was executed for murdering Frame ) George Dewey Clyde 44 James W. Rodgers March 30, 1960 firing squad Charles Merrifield 45 Gary Gilmore January 17, 1977 firing squad Ben Bushnell and Max David Jensen Scott M. Matheson 46 Dale Selby Pierre August 28, 1987 lethal injection Stanley Walker, Michelle Ansley, and Carol Naisbitt Norman Bangerter 47 Arthur Bishop June 10, 1988 lethal injection Alonzo Daniels, Kim Peterson, Danny Davis, Troy Ward, and Graeme Cunningham 48 William Andrews July 30, 1992 lethal injection Stanley Walker, Michelle Ansley, and Carol Naisbitt 49 John Albert Taylor January 27, 1996 firing squad Charla Nicole King Michael Leavitt 50 Joseph Mitchell Parsons October 15, 1999 lethal injection Richard Lynn Ernest 51 Ronnie Lee Gardner June 18, 2010 firing squad Michael Burdell ( also killed Melvyn Otterstrom and wounded George `` Nick '' Kirk but was executed for murdering Burdell ) Gary Herbert See also Capital punishment in Utah References ^ Jump up to : Schindler, Hal ( January 28, 1996 ). `` Taylor 's Death Was Quick... But Some Were n't So Lucky ''. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2010 - 06 - 26. ^ Jump up to : The Unforgiven -- 02 Jump up ^ Utah History to Go ^ Jump up to : Wilson, R. Michael ( 2010 ). Legal Executions in the Western Territories, 1847 -- 1911. McFarland & Company. p. 164. ISBN 9780786456338. Retrieved November 1, 2010. ^ Jump up to : `` Utah : Tales of the Firing Squad ''. Time. July 11, 1955. Retrieved February 13, 2011. Jump up ^ Schindler, Hal ( June 27, 1993 ). `` Lengthy Gallows Soliloquoy ( sic ) Impedes Swift Justice ''. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2010 - 11 - 01. ^ Jump up to : Wilson ( 2010 ). Legal Executions in the Western Territories. p. 165. ISBN 9780786456338. ^ Jump up to : Schindler, Hal ( August 27, 1995 ). `` The Disappearance of John Baptiste Grave : Robber 's Case Is ' A Lost Page of History ' ''. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2010 - 11 - 01. ^ Jump up to : Martz, Maxine ( January 15, 1977 ). `` Gilmore would be No. 45 on death list ''. Deseret News. p. 1. Retrieved 2010 - 11 - 10. ^ Jump up to : Elder, Robert K. ; Terkel, Studs ( 2010 ). Last Words of the Executed. University of Chicago Press. p. 107. ISBN 9780226202693. Retrieved 2010 - 11 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Affairs in Utah : A Murder Theatricals and Lectures Mercantile ''. New York Times. May 16, 1879. Retrieved 2010 - 11 - 01. ^ Jump up to : Wilson ( 2010 ). Legal Executions in the Western Territories. p. 167. ISBN 9780786456338. Jump up ^ `` The Death Penalty for Murder ''. Deseret Evening News. George Q. Cannon, Brigham Young. May 16, 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 2010 - 10 - 06. Jump up ^ Elder ; et al. ( 2010 ). Last Words of the Executed. p. 110. ISBN 9780226202693. Jump up ^ Elder ; et al. ( 2010 ). Last Words of the Executed. p. 111. ISBN 9780226202693. Jump up ^ Wilson, R. Michael ( 2007 ). Frontier Justice in the Wild West : Bungled, Bizarre, and Fascinating Executions. Globe Pequot. p. 106. ISBN 9780762743896. Retrieved 2010 - 11 - 01. Jump up ^ Salt Lake Herald December 16, 1896 also. p. 4 ; on July 30, 1895 he had killed Deputy Sheriff Edward N. Dawes of Unita County Wyoming ( 1 ) and Constable Thomas Stagg of Echo County Utah ( 2 ) See also : ( 3 ) find a grave entry ^ Jump up to : Elder ; et al. ( 2010 ). Last Words of the Executed. p. 112. ISBN 9780226202693. Jump up ^ `` Peter Mortensen Must Die -- Prisoner Stunned By News ''. Deseret News. August 13, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved 2010 - 11 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Hidden Rifles to Fulfill Execution Wish of Slayer ''. The Pittsburgh Press. 55 ( 123 ). United Press International. October 27, 1938. p. 2. Retrieved February 8, 2011. ^ Jump up to : Elder ; et al. ( 2010 ). Last Words of the Executed. p. 113. ISBN 9780226202693. Jump up ^ Pratt, Harmel L. ( 1914 ). Reports of cases decided in the Supreme Court of the state of Utah, Vol. 42. A.L. Bancroft & Company. p. 48. Retrieved 2010 - 11 - 01. ^ Jump up to : Cutler, Christopher Q. ( 2002 ). `` Nothing less than the Dignity of Man : Evolving Standards, Botched Executions and Utah 's Controversial Use of the Firing Squad ''. Cleveland State Law Review. Retrieved 2010 - 11 - 10. ( subscription required ) Jump up ^ Elder ; et al. ( 2010 ). Last Words of the Executed. p. 116. ISBN 9780226202693. ^ Jump up to : Elder ; et al. ( 2010 ). Last Words of the Executed. p. 117. ISBN 9780226202693. Jump up ^ Gillespie, L. Kay ( 1997 ). The Unforgiven : Utah 's Executed Men. Signature Books. p. 100. ISBN 9781560850984. Retrieved 2010 - 11 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Firing Squad Kills Slayer ''. Los Angeles Times. January 16, 1926. p. 6. Retrieved 2010 - 11 - 10. ( subscription required ) ^ Jump up to : Elder ; et al. ( 2010 ). Last Words of the Executed. p. 118. ISBN 9780226202693. Jump up ^ Gillespie ( 1997 ). The Unforgiven. p. 105. ISBN 9781560850984. Jump up ^ `` Utah Firing Squad Executes Slayer ''. The Evening Independent. Associated Press. July 10, 1936. p. 8. Retrieved 2010 - 10 - 28. Jump up ^ Elder ; et al. ( 2010 ). Last Words of the Executed. p. 119. ISBN 9780226202693. Jump up ^ `` Murderer Killed By Firing Squad ''. The Palm Beach Post. Associated Press. July 31, 1942. p. 5. Retrieved 2010 - 11 - 10. Jump up ^ Elder ; et al. ( 2010 ). Last Words of the Executed. p. 120. ISBN 9780226202693. Jump up ^ `` Killer of Five Executed by Utah Firing Squad ''. The Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. June 19, 1944. p. 5. Retrieved 2010 - 10 - 28. ^ Jump up to : Elder ; et al. ( 2010 ). Last Words of the Executed. p. 121. ISBN 9780226202693. Jump up ^ `` Utah Firing Squad Executes Slayer ''. The Pittsburgh Press. United Press International. September 10, 1951. p. 2. Retrieved 2010 - 10 - 28. Jump up ^ `` Condemned Killer Dies Before Utah Firing Squad ''. Oxnard Press - Courier. United Press International. July 1, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved 2010 - 10 - 28. Jump up ^ Benedict, Howard S. ( May 11, 1956 ). `` Utah Executes Two Murderers ''. Kentucky New Era. Associated Press. p. 2. Retrieved 2010 - 10 - 28. Jump up ^ `` Utah Killers Face Firing Squad oday ''. The Lewiston Daily Sun. Associated Press. May 11, 1956. p. 20. Retrieved 2010 - 10 - 28. Jump up ^ `` Slayer Shot By Firing Squad ''. The Milwaukee Sentinel. United Press International. March 31, 1960. p. 3. Retrieved 2010 - 10 - 28. Jump up ^ Beecham, Bill ( November 11, 1976 ). `` Convicted Killer Gets His Wish : Firing Squad Monday ''. The Telegraph ( Nashua ). Associated Press. p. 22. Retrieved 2010 - 10 - 28. Jump up ^ `` Grim Jokes Are Tossed Before Death ''. The Spokesman - Review. Associated Press. March 31, 1960. p. 19. Retrieved 2010 - 10 - 29. 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Answer: Ronnie Lee Gardner