Executed
Spencer Bates
Spencer Bates, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery on May 29, 1931, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. The state carried out the execution while he was in its custody. The department's record lists his death as an execution by the State of Alabama.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.