Executed
Ed Hayes
Ed Hayes, a Black man, was put to death in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery, Alabama, on May 1, 1942. The Alabama Department of Corrections recorded the death as an execution carried out by the State of Alabama. The record gives no further account of his life, family, or the circumstances of his case.
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.