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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. Married to Claude 'Cowboy' Henry, she decided to break her husband out of jail where he was serving a fifty-year sentence in the Texas State Penitentiary for murder.
Apr 9, 2023 · Toni Jo Henry was a sex worker who killed a salesman to free her husband from prison in 1940. She was the only woman executed in Louisiana's electric chair after three trials and a lot of media attention.
Toni Jo Henry was the only woman executed in Louisiana for killing Joseph P. Calloway in 1940. She confessed to the murder and was put to death by electric chair in 1942.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA (KPLC) - Toni Jo Henry is the only woman to be executed by Louisiana’s electric chair, and it happened at the Calcasieu Parish Courthouse. Married to Claude 'Cowboy' Henry, she decided to break her husband out of jail where he was serving a 50-year sentence in Texas for murdering a law enforcement officer.
- Sophia Landry
LAKE CHARLES, La., Nov. 28 (AP) -- Clutching a tiny crucifix, Mrs. Annie Beatrice (Toni Jo) Henry, 26, of Shreveport, La., was executed in the electric chair here at 12:12 P.M. today for the...
Nov 29, 2022 · Toni Jo Henry was executed in 1942 for killing a stranger to get a car for her husband, Claude \"Cowboy\" Henry. She was a young, troubled woman who found love, faith and a pet rat in prison.
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. Married to Claude 'Cowboy' Henry, she decided to break her husband out of jail where he was serving a fifty-year sentence in the Texas State Penitentiary for murder.
