Executed
Spurgeon Buck
Spurgeon Buck was a 30-year-old Black man. The Arkansas Department of Corrections records his death as an execution carried out by the State of Arkansas on June 27, 1924, while he was held in the custody of the state prison system. The department's record lists the manner of death as homicide by state execution.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Arkansas Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.