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Donald DeMag (December 15, 1922 -- December 8, 1954) was the last person executed by Vermont. ==Life== Donald Edward DeMag was born in Burlington, Vermont on December 15, 1922.〔Vermont Birth Records, 1909-2008, entry for Donald Edward DeMag, retrieved February 4, 2014〕 Prior to his death sentence, DeMag had been sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of murder, and had escaped and been recaptured while trying to enter Canada.〔Associated Press, Troy Record, Escaped Vermont Lifer Seized at Border, August 31, 1950〕 In 1952, DeMag and fellow-prisoner Francis Blair escaped from the state prison in Windsor by crashing a laundry truck through the front gates.〔Associated Press, Portsmouth Herald, Posse and Bloodhounds Comb Woods for Fugitives, July 31, 1952〕 While on the run, DeMag and Blair had attacked Elizabeth Weatherup and her husband in Springfield, Vermont. DeMag and Blair beat the couple with a lead pipe as they attempted to rob them. Weatherup died of her injuries. Two days after their escape, DeMag and Blair were recaptured.〔Associated Press, Atchison Daily Globe, Capture two Convicts in Vermont Manhunt, August 3, 1952〕 They were tried for first-degree murder, convicted and sentenced to death by electric chair.〔Associated Press, Nashua Telegraph, Will Appeal DeMag Murder Conviction, December 21, 1953〕 Blair and DeMag were both executed by electric chair. Blair was executed on February 8, 1954.〔United Press International, Stars and Stripes, Vermont Executes Killer of Woman, February 11, 1954〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Donald DeMag」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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