Executed
Purcell Mitchell
Purcell Mitchell, a 21-year-old Black man, was executed by the State of Arkansas on November 2, 1934. The Arkansas Department of Corrections records the death as an execution by the state and lists its manner as homicide. Mitchell was in the department's custody at the time of his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Arkansas Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.