Executed
Fred Ware
Fred Ware, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery, Alabama, on February 17, 1939, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. The state's record names the execution as the cause of death.
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.