Executed
Merlin J. Leiby
Merlin J. Leiby, a 25-year-old man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on June 30, 1952, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. The Department's execution list records the manner of death as homicide, which is the Department's own classification. The source material does not describe his family, work, or what others remembered about him, and it does not record any objection to the execution.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.