Edwin Davis (executioner)
Edwin F. Davis (May 28, 1846 – May 26, 1923), of
Leon F. Czolgosz
.
Davis held a patent on certain features of the electric chair. He received U.S. Patent No. 587,649 for his "Electrocution-Chair" on August 3, 1897.
He died two days before his 77th birthday, and is buried in Barnard Cemetery in Corning, New York.[2]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 0-674-01083-3.
- ^ "E.F. DAVIS, INVENTOR OF DEATH CHAIR, DIES; State Electrical for 25 Years, He Presided at Over 300 Electro- cutions at Sing Sing". The New York Times. 27 May 1923. p. 6. Retrieved 6 September 2022.