Executed
Gabel Waters
Gabel Waters, a Black man, was executed by the State of Alabama in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery on June 12, 1936. The Alabama Department of Corrections records the death as an execution, which it classifies as a homicide carried out by the state while he was held in its custody. Officials are the only source for how the death occurred.
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.