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YOUNT EXECUTEDt!PbaIN MISSISSIPPIGREENVILLE, Miss., Jan, 9.—(IP)— j J. A. Yount, Hollandale merchant E convicted of the slaying of Clifton j Pope, Hollawiale town marshal, was 1 electrocuted early today. eJimmy Thompson, state executioner, j a strapped him into the electric chair at! c 12:37 am. Me was pronounced dead at r IZM.Yount said as he was about to be I taken to the chair that he was ' ready ♦ a to go. SThe 60-year-old grocer, father of j n seven children, lost his last hope of ? n clemency when Governor Paul John- j son said, following the decision of a S jury of six physicians that Yount was d sane, that he would not intervene to a prevent the execution. j aThe execution had originally been set for December 19, but was stayed by the governor until today to permit the sanity hearing.tlThe Hollandale merchant, according] to testimony at his trial, shot and ; ( i killed the officer after Pope visited ! Yount's grocery in an effort to stop j a quarrel between Yount and his jjPope was called to the grocery one t night and threatened to arrest Yount j u if he did not quit drinking and become quiet, witnesses said The next dav Yount entered the marshal’s of-fice, drew a gun and shot the officer several times through the body, killing hi.r immediately, state witnesses said.ailtvEcseYount maintained that he shot in aeif-deiense.
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Monroe News Star
Monroe, Louisiana, US
Fri, Jan 09, 1942
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