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iaj luc luumy J*ui, escort-(Hi by deputy sheriffs, the girl laughed.Three hours before she had told her grandfather, Will Ross of Clarksburg, W. Va., she would rather die In the electric chair than go to prison for life,Members of the jury hurried to their home. They retained the slips of paper on which they had ballotted and dodged souvenir hunters.Four ballots were taken. On the first the jury voted unanimously that the Indian girl was guilty of first-degree murder, Noyes said. Three other ballots were taken before all of the members voted for the electric chair. Three of the men had held out for a recommendation of mercy.Tllby Smith was found guilty of first degree murder and twice sentenced to the electric chair for his part In the death plot. He was granted second -trial when the higher court ruled he had a right to waive a Jury trial.' His second was in the absence of a Jury. He is scheduled to dio Aug. 17..... Although Mrs, Lowther is the non first woman to be sentenced to the . 1 electric chair In Ohio penitentiary D yiil records contain the name of Esther vi
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Piqua Daily Call
Piqua, Ohio, US
Wed, Jun 10, 1931
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