Executed
Y. Z Lewis
Y. Z Lewis, a 26-year-old Black man, was executed by the State of Georgia in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on November 26, 1942, while held there under a sentence. The Georgia Department of Corrections, which keeps the state's official execution record, lists the death as a judicial execution. The record gives no further account of Lewis's life, family, or the circumstances of the case.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Georgia Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.