Deaths in Custody
Executed

William B. Ward

died June 20, 1924 · Arizona State Prison, Pinal County, Arizona

William B. Ward, a Black man, was executed by hanging at the Arizona State Prison in Florence, Pinal County, on June 20, 1924, according to the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, which lists the death as an execution by the state. The agency's record is the only source for this death, and it gives no further detail about him. No objections to the execution are reported in the material available.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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