Executed
Herman Bell
Herman Bell, a Black man, was executed by the State of Alabama in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery on March 29, 1940, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. The state's account is the only one available, and no dispute about the execution is recorded here.
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.