Executed
Eddie Lewis
Eddie Lewis, a 52-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on April 22, 1946, a death the Florida Department of Corrections lists as an execution carried out at a state prison. The source gives no details about his family, work, or life beyond his name, age, and the date and method of his death. Objections to the execution are not recorded in the source.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.