Deaths in Custody
Executed

Bernice Matthews

died December 11, 1931 · Central Prison, Wake County, North Carolina

Bernice Matthews was executed by the State of North Carolina in the electric chair at Central Prison in Raleigh on December 11, 1931.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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