Executed
Saul James
Saul James, a 28-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on April 21, 1952, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. The department's execution list gives the cause as electrocution and records the manner of death as homicide, the category the state uses for judicial executions. He was held in state custody at the time of his 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.