Deaths in Custody
Executed

Cleo Smith

29 years old · died August 24, 1948 · Huntsville Prison, Walker County, Texas

Cleo Smith, 29, was executed by the State of Texas in the electric chair at the state penitentiary in Huntsville (now the Huntsville Unit) on August 24, 1948.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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