Deaths in Custody
Executed

Willie Vaughn

23 years old · died March 12, 1926 · Huntsville Prison, Walker County, Texas

Willie Vaughn, 23, was executed by the State of Texas in the electric chair at the state penitentiary in Huntsville (now the Huntsville Unit) on March 12, 1926.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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