Executed
John (Downing) Downer
John Downing Downer, 28, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, on March 16, 1934, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections' execution history. The department lists the manner of death as homicide by judicial execution. The record gives no further information about his life or family.
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.