Source

State Archives of Florida, Series S12

Description

Death warrant for Giuseppe Zangara, addressed to Leonard Fielding Chapman, superintendent of the Florida State Prison at Raiford, as well as Sheriff Daniel E. Hardie of Dade County. On February 15, 1933, Zangara attempted to assassinate President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt as he gave a speech from the back of an open car in the Bayfront Park area of the city. He fired a total of five shots and wounded five people, including Chicago mayor Anton Cermak, who was standing on the running board of Roosevelt's car during the President-elect's speech. Zangara pleaded guilty to four counts of attempted murder and was sentenced to spend 80 years in prison. Following the death of Anton Cermak and another victim, Mabel Gill, Zangara was indicted for murder and sentenced to death. He was executed in Florida's electric chair at the State Prison on March 20, 1933.

Date

1933-03-13

Publisher

Printing Department. Florida Industrial School for Boys

Contributors

Sholtz, David, 1891-1953
Gray, R. A. (Robert Andrew), 1882-1975

Format

Warrants

Coverage

Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)

Topic

Politics and Government

Subjects

Assassinations
Assassins
Capital punishment
Chapman, L. F. (Leonard Fielding), 1884-1977
Executions and executioners
Florida State Prison (Raiford, Fla.)
Florida. Governor (1933-1937 : Sholtz)
Hardie, Daniel E., 1878-1952
Zangara, Giuseppe, 1900-1933

Geographic Term

Miami
Miami-Dade County
Raiford
Union County