Horace DeVauhan

Horace DeVauhan

Horace DeVauhan (died April 8, 1927), of Birmingham, Alabama, was the first prison inmate in Alabama to be executed by the Alabama electric chair, nicknamed "Yellow Mama" because it was painted with bright yellow highway paint. DeVaughan was electrocuted on April 8, 1927.

References

*"Montgomery Advertiser", October 7, 2002.


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