Executed
John Burchfield
John Burchfield was executed in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 9, 1928, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. The department's record lists the manner of death as homicide and the cause as execution. The record offers nothing about his family, work, or the circumstances that led to his execution.
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.