Source

State Archives of Florida, Series L47

Description

Psychiatric evaluation of Joseph Zangara, alias Giuseppe Zangara, by Drs. I.H. Agos and T. Earl Moore in Miami in 1933. 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

1933-02-18

Contributors

Agos, Isadore Henry, 1898-1981
Moore, Thomas Earl, 1901-1988

Format

Reports

Coverage

Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)

Topic

Politics and Government

Subjects

Assassinations
Assassins
Zangara, Giuseppe, 1900-1933

Geographic Term

Miami
Miami-Dade County