Executed
Wesley Hilbreth
Wesley Hilbreth, 25, was executed by the State of Arkansas on January 16, 1949. He was in the custody of the Arkansas Department of Corrections at the time of his death. The department's record lists the cause of death as execution and the manner as homicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Arkansas Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.