Executed

Joshua Riles

28 years old · died July 24, 1931 · Huntsville Prison, Walker County, Texas

Joshua Riles, 28, was executed by the State of Texas in the electric chair at the state penitentiary in Huntsville (now the Huntsville Unit) on July 24, 1931.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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Electrocutions, 1924-1964 Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Executed Inmates and Electrocutions

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