Deaths in Custody
Executed

Nichan Martin

died September 9, 1921 · Arizona State Prison, Pinal County, Arizona

Nichan Martin was executed by the State of Arizona by hanging at the Arizona State Prison in Florence on September 9, 1921, where he had been held in the custody of the prison. The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry records the manner of death as homicide, reflecting the legal category for a judicial execution. The source gives no account of his family, work, or life beyond his name, race, and the date and place of his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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