Executed
W. Virgil Murphy
W. Virgil Murphy was executed by the State of Alabama in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery on April 23, 1927. The Alabama Department of Corrections lists the cause of death as execution. The record classifies the death as a homicide carried out 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.