Executed
R. P. Vaughan
R. P. Vaughan, a Black man, was executed by the State of Alabama in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery on January 28, 1938, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. The department's record lists the cause as execution and the manner as homicide, which is how the state classified the death. No other account of Mr. Vaughan's life or of objections to the execution is included in the source material. His name, race, and the date and place of his death are the only details available from this source.
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.