Deaths in Custody
Executed

Arthur E Barker

35 years old · died July 26, 1939 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Arthur E. Barker, 35, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville on July 26, 1939, by the State of Georgia. The Georgia Department of Corrections records the execution in its history of executions in the state. The record gives no further details about his life or family.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Georgia 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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