Executed
Leroy Goldsmith
Leroy Goldsmith, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery, Alabama, on August 6, 1943, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. The department's record is the only account available, and it gives no information about his family, work, or life. No dispute about the execution or its circumstances is reported.
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.