Deaths in Custody
Executed

Arthur Thomas

died November 17, 1958 · Arizona State Prison, Pinal County, Arizona

Arthur Thomas was put to death by the State of Arizona in the gas chamber at Arizona State Prison in Florence on November 17, 1958, according to the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry. The department's record lists the death as an execution carried out at the prison. Thomas was in the custody of the prison when he died.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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