Executed
Tom Melton
Tom Melton, 32, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on August 4, 1947, according to the Florida Department of Corrections' execution list. The department's record gives the manner of death as homicide and the cause as execution in the electric chair. The execution took place while he was held in the custody of the state's prison system.
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.