Rosario Borgia portrait   Save
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections collection
Description: Rosario Borgia, of Summit County, was electrocuted February 21, 1919, for the Murder of Partolman Gethin Richards. Borgia was allegedly the leader of one of the earliest mobs in Akron, Ohio, at the start of the 20th century. He was convicted, alongside Frank Mazzano and Paul Chiavaro, of the murder of Patrolman Gethin Richards, who was shot three times near an Akron railroad track. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08106
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment--Ohio--History
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)