Executed
Ed L. Patton
Ed L. Patton was held at Kilby Prison in Montgomery, Alabama, when the state executed him in the electric chair on July 20, 1945. According to the Alabama Department of Corrections, the execution took place at the prison. The department classifies his death as a homicide carried out by the state.
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.