Executed

Jim Powell

died March 1910 · Birmingham, Alabama

Jim Powell, a Black man, was executed by hanging in Birmingham, Alabama, in March 1910. The Ogden Standard reported that the sheriff was badly injured while pulling the trap, and that the sheriff's son cut the string holding the lever. The paper published its account of the execution on March 26, 1910.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: The Ogden Standard (reporters).

Source

The Ogden Standard, March 26, 1910, page 8 The Ogden Standard, March 26, 1910

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