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REVIEW, EAST LIVERPOOL, 01Larry FudgBtiio;jr’sics;lie i igeSent To DeathLFor MurderallMMOUNDSVILLE, W. Va. (AP)Larry Paul Fudge of Huntington,wlt;lie;a prayer on his lips, went to his death Tuesday night in the West 1Pigem-irkeear,ib-?r.?s-dsththreof]th.Virginia Penitentiary elec- ea trie chair. !a^The handsome 26-year-old son of a religious family received the first shock at 9:59 p.m. (DST) and two others at five-minute intervals. Fifteen minutes later, two physicians stepped to the electric chair and after an examination' pronounced Fudge dead.Fudge was sentenced to death for the rape-slaying of Mrs. Inez _s Booth of Huntington, 51-year-oldwife of a former city councilman. n 1 He had grown up with the vic-5 tim’s two sons. He was an honor student in high school. Somewhere along the way he made a wrongI turn, spent five years in a federal j prison for extortion. The slayingn occurred last Jan. 4, soon after he p was released from prison.For his last meal, Fudge order-t” ed tomato juice, lettuce and olive 58 salad, steak, french fried potatoes, green beans and watermelon. Iced tea and lemonade were brought to v- him all day in his cell. ar Fudge awaited death calmly andII resolutely during the day. A finalS- plea to Gov. Cecil H. Underwood st for commutation failed. ls “I have not found any extenuat-ing circumstances which would n* justify an act of clemency on my part,” said the governor.1S Warden Deniven E. Adams said y Fudge was a model prisoner.r. _
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East Liverpool Review
East Liverpool, Ohio, US
Wed, Jul 02, 1958
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