Executed
Robert Watkins
Robert Watkins, a Black man, was hanged at Evergreen, Alabama, on August 6, 1915, while a squad of militiamen stood guard. A Pine Bluff Daily Graphic dispatch published the next day described the hanging as legal. The dispatch was the only account of the execution used for this record.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: newspaper dispatch.