Executed
Elbert J. Burns
Elbert J. Burns was executed in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 15, 1946, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. The department lists the cause of death as execution and the manner as homicide. The available record says nothing about his family, work, or what people remember of him.
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.