Francis Blair

Francis Blair, 32, was executed in the electric chair at Windsor State Prison, the fourth person put to death in that chair. On his final evening he played several games of checkers with a Catholic priest. Sixteen witnesses were present, and he was pronounced dead about three minutes after the current was applied, according to the Valley News reporting. He was buried in the prison cemetery in Windsor, where his grave is marked by a cross and a flowering vine that someone planted.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Windsor State Prison (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

Source

• Windsor prison's electric chair rests at Vermont Historical Society John Lippman, Valley News (via VTDigger), August 9, 2017