Toni Jo Henry, the Glossary
Toni Jo Henry (née Annie Beatrice McQuiston; January 3, 1916 – November 28, 1942) was the only woman ever to be executed in Louisiana's electric chair.[1]
Table of Contents
35 relations: Beaumont, Texas, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, Camden, Arkansas, Capital punishment, Cocaine, Dallas, Deadly Women, Electric chair, Film director, Film producer, Gang Busters, Hitchhiking, Huntsville Unit, Huntsville, Texas, Jaime King, Jason Lewis (actor), Jennings, Louisiana, John Hawkes (actor), Lake Charles, Louisiana, Leigh Whannell, Louisiana, Louisiana State Police, Macaroni, Murder, Red-light district, Sam H. Jones, San Antonio, Shreveport, Louisiana, South Texas, T. J. Thyne, Texas, The Pardon, The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana), Tim Guinee, Tuberculosis.
- 1940 murders in the United States
- 20th-century executions by Louisiana
- American female prostitutes
- Executed people from Louisiana
- People convicted of murder by Louisiana
- People executed by Louisiana by electric chair
Beaumont, Texas
Beaumont is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.
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Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Calcasieu Parish (Paroisse de Calcasieu) is a parish located on the southwestern border of the U.S. state of Louisiana.
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Camden, Arkansas
Camden is a city in and the county seat of Ouachita County in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The city is located about 100 miles south of Little Rock.
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Capital punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct.
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Cocaine
Cocaine (from, from, ultimately from Quechua: kúka) is a tropane alkaloid that acts as a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant.
Dallas
Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people.
Deadly Women
Deadly Women is an American true crime documentary television series produced by Beyond International Group and airing on the Investigation Discovery (ID) network.
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Electric chair
The electric chair is a specialized device used for capital punishment through electrocution.
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Film director
A film director is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision.
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Film producer
A film producer is a person who oversees film production.
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Gang Busters
Gang Busters is an American dramatic radio program heralded as "the only national program that brings you authentic police case histories." It premiered on January 15, 1936, and was broadcast over 21 years through November 27, 1957.
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Hitchhiking
Hitchhiking (also known as thumbing, autostop or hitching) is a means of transportation that is gained by asking individuals, usually strangers, for a ride in their car or other vehicle.
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Huntsville Unit
Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville or Huntsville Unit (HV), nicknamed "Walls Unit", is a Texas state prison located in Huntsville, Texas, United States.
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Huntsville, Texas
Huntsville is a city in and the county seat of Walker County, Texas, United States.
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Jaime King
Jaime King (born April 23, 1979) is an American actress and model.
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Jason Lewis (actor)
Jason Lewis (born c. 1970/1971) is an American actor and former fashion model.
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Jennings, Louisiana
Jennings is a city in, and the parish seat of, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, United States, near Lake Charles.
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John Hawkes (actor)
John Hawkes is an American actor.
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Lake Charles, Louisiana
Lake Charles is the fifth-most populous city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and the parish seat of Calcasieu Parish, located on Lake Charles, Prien Lake, and the Calcasieu River.
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Leigh Whannell
Leigh Whannell (born 17 January 1977) is an Australian filmmaker and actor.
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Louisiana
Louisiana (Louisiane; Luisiana; Lwizyàn) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States.
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Louisiana State Police
The Louisiana State Police (French: Police d’Etat de Louisiane) is the state police agency of Louisiana, which has jurisdiction anywhere in the state, headquartered in Baton Rouge.
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Macaroni
Macaroni (Italian: maccheroni) is pasta shaped like narrow tubes.
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Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse committed with the necessary intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction.
Red-light district
A red-light district or pleasure district is a part of an urban area where a concentration of prostitution and sex-oriented businesses, such as sex shops, strip clubs, and adult theaters, are found.
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Sam H. Jones
Samuel Houston Jones (July 15, 1897 – February 8, 1978) was an American lawyer and 46th Governor of Louisiana for the term from 1940 to 1944.
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San Antonio
San Antonio (Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio, the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in the 2020 US census.
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Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana.
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South Texas
South Texas is a region of the U.S. state of Texas that lies roughly south of—and includes—San Antonio.
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T. J. Thyne
Thomas Joseph Thyne (born March 7, 1975) is an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Jack Hodgins in the television series Bones from 2005 to 2017.
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Texas
Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.
The Pardon
The Pardon is a 2013 drama film directed by Tom Anton.
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The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana)
The Times is a Gannett daily newspaper based in Shreveport, Louisiana.
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Tim Guinee
Timothy S. Guinee (born November 18, 1962) is an American stage, television, and feature-film actor.
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Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria.
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See also
1940 murders in the United States
- Elbert Williams
- Lynching of Austin Callaway
- Lynching of Jesse Thornton
- Murder of Laura Law
- Toni Jo Henry
- William Johansen
20th-century executions by Louisiana
- Andrew Lee Jones
- Dalton Prejean
- Dobie Gillis Williams
- Elmo Patrick Sonnier
- Execution of Antonio James
- Feltus Taylor
- John A. Brown Jr.
- Robert Lee Willie
- Robert Sawyer (murderer)
- Robert Wayne Williams
- Thomas Lee Ward
- Toni Jo Henry
- Willie Francis
American female prostitutes
- Adeline Miller
- Air Force Amy
- Anna Wilson (madam)
- Annie Cook
- Big Nose Kate
- Calamity Jane
- Candy Barr
- Dora DuFran
- Dorothy Baker (madam)
- Eliza Haycraft
- Honeysuckle Divine
- Jean O'Hara
- Jody Gibson
- Josephine Airey
- Josie Arlington
- Julia Bulette
- Kitty Leroy
- Lisa Crystal Carver
- Lulu Devine
- Madeleine Blair
- Maggie Hall
- Margo St. James
- Mattie Blaylock
- Meg Muñoz
- Mother Featherlegs
- Norma Jean Almodovar
- Pearl Elliott
- Phoebe Doty
- Puss Pettus
- Sarah A. Bowman
- Sylvia Rivera
- Toni Jo Henry
- Tracy Quan
- Vicki Morgan
- Willie Piazza
Executed people from Louisiana
- Dalton Prejean
- Danny Rolling
- Elmo Patrick Sonnier
- Gerald Bordelon
- Herman Ashworth
- James Lee Clark
- John Allen Muhammad
- Robert Nixon (criminal)
- Robert Wayne Williams
- Toni Jo Henry
People convicted of murder by Louisiana
- Amy Hebert
- Andrew Lee Jones
- Antoinette Frank
- Billy Sinclair
- C-Murder
- Clementine Barnabet
- Dalton Prejean
- Derrick Todd Lee
- Dobie Gillis Williams
- Elmo Patrick Sonnier
- Eric Matthews (serial killer)
- Execution of Antonio James
- Feltus Taylor
- Gary Tyler
- Gerald Bordelon
- Jack Favor
- John A. Brown Jr.
- John Peter Malveaux
- Kirksey Nix
- Leslie Dale Martin
- Moreese Bickham
- Nathaniel Code
- Prosecution of Rodricus Crawford
- Robert Lee Willie
- Robert Sawyer (murderer)
- Robert Wayne Williams
- Ronald Dominique
- Sean Vincent Gillis
- Thomas Lee Ward
- Toni Jo Henry
- Vince Marinello
- Warren Harris (serial killer)
- Wilbert Rideau
- Willie Francis
People executed by Louisiana by electric chair
- Andrew Lee Jones
- Dalton Prejean
- Elmo Patrick Sonnier
- Robert Lee Willie
- Robert Wayne Williams
- Toni Jo Henry
- Willie Francis