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Harold Thomas LANTZ
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

  
 
 
Classification: Murderer
Characteristics: Rape
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder: August 10, 1950
Date of arrest: Same day
Date of birth: 1923
Victim profile: Miss Ada C. Park
Method of murder: ???
Location: Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Status: Executed by asphyxiation-gas in Arizona on July 18, 1951
 
 
 
 
 
 

Following herewith is a statement by the County Attorney in accordance with Section 49-119, ACA, 539:

The record shows that on or about the 17th day of October, 1950, Harold Thomas Lantz, after being found guilty by a trial jury, was sentenced to death by the Superior Court of Cochise County, State Of Arizona, for the murder of one ADA C. PARK. The facts briefly are these:

On or about the 10th day of August, 1950, Harold Thomas Lantz, a discharged Southern Pacific Railroad Employee, boarded the east bound Southern Pacific Train late at night in Tucson, Arizona, without a ticket. A short distance before arriving at the City of Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona the said Harold Thomas Lantz did kill and murder Miss Ada C. Park while committing the act of rape upon the said Miss Ada C. Park.

Very little is known about the background of this man in this area and the record of the FBI discloses that he was previously found guilty in Bucks County, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, on September 28th, 190, on a charge of assault and battery.

Dated this 28th day of March, 1951.
 

 
 
 
 
 
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