Deaths in Custody
Executed

Fred Dickerson

35 years old · died May 19, 1939 · Arkansas

Fred Dickerson, a 35-year-old man, was executed by the State of Arkansas on May 19, 1939, while in the custody of the Arkansas Department of Corrections. The Department of Corrections records the death as an execution. The available record gives no details about his family, his work, or how he was regarded by others.

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.

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