Executed
James Burke
James Burke, 24, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville, Georgia, on April 19, 1937, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department lists his death as an execution by the state. Other details of his life and the circumstances of his death are not recorded in this account.
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.