Executed
David Williams
David Williams, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 29, 1940. The Alabama Department of Corrections lists his death as an execution carried out by the State of Alabama. Because it was a state execution, the death was carried out by the state at the prison where he was held.
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.