Executed
Rufus Chesser
Rufus Chesser was executed by the State of Florida in the electric chair on March 23, 1927. The Florida Department of Corrections records his execution in its published list of executions, and lists the method as the electric chair. This narrative relies on that official record and does not include any other accounts of his life or death.
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.