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Snow 50 dies in Texas electric chair after deadly crimes
Huntsville August 12 The man with no friends died in the electric chair this morning. F. M. Snow a woodcutter and murderer from Stephenville confessed to killing his wife and mother in law and severing his stepson’s head. He starved himself and refused meals. Chaplain read Psalm 23 as guards watched. 20 people waited in the chamber when the chair activated at 12:18. A Huntsville journalist witnessed the execution and reported the grim scene.
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