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Woman GivenDeath VerdictPHILADELPHIA, Sept. 27— IAP)—A woman was doomed to death and a man to life imprisonment today in first-degree murder verdicts returned in Philadelphia's murder-for-insurance ring trials.Mrs. Grace Viovanelti, 45 years old. twice married, was convicted in the poison death of her first hus-Ibanrt, Pietro Piorolh. The jury j made the death sentence manda-jtory*.| A few hours later, a verdict was Pi returned against Emedio MuscelH,*• j 31-year-old baker, in the death of '• iGuiseppe di Marit.ino, The jury y | recommended life imprisonment.| Four defendants now have hcen ujjmnvlctod.* three with mandator}’ ,2;dea1h sentences, in connection with d;the 30 to 100 deaths that investi-gators have attributed to the ring :in several eastern states in the past 10 y ears.Three others have pleaded guil-ty to murder. None has been sen-? :ieiu'od.'*\ Another defendant, Paul Petrillo, --'is on trial in the poison death '“’of Luigi ]a Yecchio. id| Nearly a score of others are un-iF r-:dcr arrest. [R
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Arizona Independent Republic
Phoenix, Arizona, US
Thu, Sep 28, 1939
Page 40
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