Executed
Tom Perkins
Tom Perkins, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery on July 3, 1936, as reported by the Alabama Department of Corrections. He was held in state custody under a sentence at the time. The Department lists the cause as execution and the manner as homicide by the state.
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.