Executed
Samuel J. Hornbeck
Samuel J. Hornbeck, a 38-year-old man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on December 12, 1955. The Florida Department of Corrections records his death as an execution carried out under state authority. At the time of his death he was in the custody of the State of Florida.
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.