Executed
Blake Ruff
Blake Ruff, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 22, 1933, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. The state's record lists the cause as execution, and no objections to the execution are reported in these sources.
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.