Deaths in Custody
Executed

Walter Williams

31 years old · died October 8, 1934 · Florida

Walter Williams, a 31-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on October 8, 1934, according to the Florida Department of Corrections' execution list. He was in the custody of the Florida Department of Corrections at the time of his death. The record gives no further account of his life or of the circumstances of his death.

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.

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