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Crowded Death Row Spurs Transfer of 11 PrisonersHUNTSVILLE, Tex fAP-Ov ercrowded condi Lons ha v e forced Texas prison officials totransfer 1! prisoners from the drath row at Huntsville to anearbv institution Sim teen men are now awaiting execution in Texas, and the Huntsville death row can ac-eormvxiafe only eight Dr George J Beto, or’sondirector, said Mondax the otherff11 had been housed in termxerary quarters, hut that ‘his caused personnel and work load problemsHe said that since «onv werereceiving repeated stas of » \-ecution. he made the dcistonto transfer them to a maximum Mcuntv unit a? the nearbx El is installation Texas ha» not executed am-wone since July. 1964#*•'Pbose transferred to K. is were Edwin M Bertsch, Kay* e*tt County; James Lee Marion, Lubbock County; John Franklin Bums, Melvin AlexanderPaxton ami Walter I„ee Sir os,■r ■ ‘ T ^ ^ • •’ v ■*”* yHarris County; i^eon Spencer. Jefferson Countv; Harold CttfHint?, and Clifford 0 Carroll,Tarrant County; Johnny (‘lemons, Gregg County; KennethBruce Martin, Dallas Countsand Eddie FLbert Jackson, Newton Count v
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Brownwood Bulletin
Brownwood, Texas, US
Tue, Jun 21, 1966
Page 28
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