Deaths in Custody
Executed

Willie Noble

24 years old · died March 11, 1938 · Arkansas

Willie Noble, a 24-year-old Black man, was executed by the State of Arkansas on March 11, 1938, while in the custody of the Arkansas Department of Corrections, according to the department's execution record. The Department of Corrections lists the manner of death 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.

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