Deaths in Custody
Executed

A. Ellwood North

37 years old · died October 4, 1954 · Florida

A. Ellwood North, a 37-year-old man, was held in the custody of the Florida prison system and was executed in the electric chair on October 4, 1954, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. The department's execution list records his death as a homicide by execution, and it is the only source cited for the details of his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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