Executed

Melvin Wade

died December 29, 1944 · Central Prison, Wake County, North Carolina

Melvin Wade was executed by the State of North Carolina in the gas chamber at Central Prison in Raleigh on December 29, 1944.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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Executions 1941-1950 North Carolina Department of Adult Correction, List of Persons Executed

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