Executed
William E. Alston
William E. Alston was held at Kilby Prison in Montgomery, Alabama, when the state executed him in the electric chair on August 16, 1946. The Alabama Department of Corrections records the death as an execution carried out by the state. Official records list the manner of death as homicide by execution.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.