Deaths in Custody
Executed

Arthur Meyers

died June 12, 1931 · Georgia State Prison, Baldwin County, Georgia

Arthur Meyers, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, on June 12, 1931, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department's execution record is the only source cited for his death, and it gives no details about his life, family, or the circumstances of his case. Because the record is brief, no further account of how the execution was carried out or what, if anything, was disputed about it is available here.

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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