Deaths in Custody
Executed

Paul H. Mardorff

50 years old · died October 27, 1941 · Florida

Paul H. Mardorff, a 50-year-old man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on October 27, 1941, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. He was held in the custody of the state's prison system when he died. The department classed the death as a homicide, meaning the state carried out 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.

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