Deaths in Custody
Executed

Henry Glass

21 years old · died January 19, 1945 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Henry Glass, a 21-year-old Black man, was held at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, Georgia. On January 19, 1945, the state executed him in the electric chair at that prison, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department's historical record lists the manner of death as homicide by the state.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Georgia 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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