Executed
Richard Smith
Richard Smith, a 21-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on February 4, 1943. The Georgia Department of Corrections records the cause of death as execution by electric chair. The state's record classifies the manner of death as homicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Georgia Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.