Executed
Bennie Foster
Bennie Foster, a Black man, was put to death by the State of Alabama in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery on February 9, 1934, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. The record gives no further details about his life, family or work. Because this was a judicial execution, the state's own account is the only source cited, and it lists the manner of death as homicide by execution.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.