Executed
Ben Evers
Ben Evers, a Black man, was executed by the State of Arkansas on January 24, 1930. He was held in state custody when he died. The Arkansas Department of Corrections' records list the cause of death as execution and the manner of death as homicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Arkansas Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.