Executed
Phillip Cobb
Phillip Cobb, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 18, 1949. The Alabama Department of Corrections records his death as an execution carried out by the State. He was held in the custody of the state prison at the time of his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.