Horace DeVauhan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Horace DeVauhan, of Birmingham, Alabama, was the first prison inmate in Alabama to be executed by electric chair, nicknamed “Yellow Mama” because it was painted with bright yellow highway paint. DeVaughan was electrocuted on April 8, 1927. (Montgomery Advertiser, Oct. 7, 2002)

Crime bio stubThis U.S. biographical article related to crime is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.