Executed
Ben Richardson
Ben Richardson was 20 years old, and the record lists him as Black. The Arkansas Department of Corrections records his death as an execution carried out by the State of Arkansas on February 2, 1923. At the time he was in the custody of the state prison system, which the department lists as the place of his death.
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.