Executed
Matthew Ezell
Matthew Ezell, a 36-year-old Black man, was executed by the State of Arkansas on February 23, 1951, while held in the state prison system. The Arkansas Department of Corrections recorded the execution and listed the cause as execution. The source gives no details of his family or work, and no objections to the execution are reported in it.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Arkansas Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.