Executed In the Electric Chair
Headstone marking the grave of Kelley Moss in the Crayne Cemetery
Crayne, Kentucky....
Kelley Moss was born on March 23, 1913 in Crayne. Moss spent much of his life incarcerated for a variety of crimes ranging from assault to robbery.
In September 1957, he was released from the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville, Kentucky after serving a three-year sentence for robbery. Less than two months later, Moss beat his elderly stepfather to death in the kitchen of his home.
Kelley Moss was executed in the electric chair at the Kentucky State Penitentiary on the night of March 2, 1962 for the beating death of his stepfather. He was given a porterhouse steak and steak fries for his last meal but refused to eat any of it. Those in attendance at his execution stated that tears rolled down Moss' face just before the hood was placed over his head....
Moss was the last man executed by the state of Kentucky until 1997....
The Kentucky State Penitentiary where Moss was executed....the prison is home to Kentucky's Death Row:
www.flickr.com/photos/144957155@N06/34813506426/in/photol...
Executed In the Electric Chair
Headstone marking the grave of Kelley Moss in the Crayne Cemetery
Crayne, Kentucky....
Kelley Moss was born on March 23, 1913 in Crayne. Moss spent much of his life incarcerated for a variety of crimes ranging from assault to robbery.
In September 1957, he was released from the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville, Kentucky after serving a three-year sentence for robbery. Less than two months later, Moss beat his elderly stepfather to death in the kitchen of his home.
Kelley Moss was executed in the electric chair at the Kentucky State Penitentiary on the night of March 2, 1962 for the beating death of his stepfather. He was given a porterhouse steak and steak fries for his last meal but refused to eat any of it. Those in attendance at his execution stated that tears rolled down Moss' face just before the hood was placed over his head....
Moss was the last man executed by the state of Kentucky until 1997....
The Kentucky State Penitentiary where Moss was executed....the prison is home to Kentucky's Death Row:
www.flickr.com/photos/144957155@N06/34813506426/in/photol...