Ed King

Ed King, a 19-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at the State Penitentiary in Little Rock, Arkansas, on December 12, 1913. A 2017 Talk Business & Politics account describes his execution as the second under the state's centralized electric chair system. The Arkansas Department of Corrections records his death as an execution carried out by the state.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Arkansas Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

News reports (2)

• Executions 1913-present Arkansas Department of Corrections, Executions
• A century of death: 196 executions, 15 governors, and Arkansas’ deadliest day Talk Business & Politics, April 1, 2017