Executed
Ruffie Leundon
Ruffie Leundon, a 44-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on October 25, 1943, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. He was in the custody of the state's prison system when he died. The Department of Corrections records the manner of death as homicide, the category it uses for judicial executions.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.