Executed
Tom Diggs
Tom Diggs was a Black man in the custody of the State of Arkansas at the time of his death. The Arkansas Department of Corrections said the state executed him on June 22, 1917. The Department of Corrections classed the manner of death as homicide.
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.