Executed
Edward Pugh
Edward Pugh, a 20-year-old Black man, was executed by the State of Arkansas on July 2, 1948, while held in state prison custody. The Arkansas Department of Corrections records the execution and lists the manner of death as homicide carried out by the state. The source gives no details about his family or life, and it records no objections to the execution.
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.