Executed
James Williams
James Williams, a Black man aged 25, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on October 9, 1944, according to the Florida Department of Corrections' execution list. The Department recorded the cause as execution in the electric chair and the manner as homicide. The execution was carried out by the state while he was held in its custody under a sentence of death.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.