Executed
Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson, a 42-year-old Black man, was executed by the State of Florida in the electric chair on March 23, 1942, according to the Florida Department of Corrections' execution records. The department lists the manner of death as homicide by state authority, with the execution as the cause. The record gives no further details about him, and no objections to his execution are recorded in the source.
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.