Deaths in Custody
Executed

Bessie M. Williams

died December 29, 1944 · Central Prison, Wake County, North Carolina

Bessie M. Williams was executed by the State of North Carolina in the gas chamber at Central Prison in Raleigh on December 29, 1944.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

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

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