Executed
Willie C. Williams
Willie C. Williams, a Black man, was executed by the State of Alabama in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery on June 14, 1940, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. The department's record lists the manner of death as homicide, with execution given as the cause. He was in the custody of Kilby Prison at the time of his death.
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.