Deaths in Custody
Executed

Benjamin Gilbert

state penitentiary, Richmond city County, Virginia

Benjamin Gilbert was executed by electrocution at the state penitentiary in Richmond, Virginia, according to a short item in the Greene County Herald published on March 26, 1909. He was held in the custody of the penitentiary at the time of his execution. Execution is the form of death the item reports, and it names no other circumstances.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Greene County Herald (reporters).

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