Deaths in Custody
Executed

Walter Williams

38 years old · died July 19, 1937 · Florida

Walter Williams, 38, was executed by the State of Florida in the electric chair on July 19, 1937. The Florida Department of Corrections lists his death in its record of executions carried out by the state. The department's claim of cause is execution in the electric chair.

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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