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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 2014
Page
11
In cooperation with the Finney County Historical Museum The Telegram starts A Page in History printing the first Saturday of each month. The feature reprints local articles from The Telegram with photos from the Historical Museum and highlights a different year in history.
Reporter Bill Brown recalls the night two inmates Perry Edward Smith and Richard Eugene Hickock were executed at the Kansas State Penitentiary. He describes the spare, cold setting a warehouse, the improvised gallows, the abrupt trap, and the emotionless ceremony as the two men died.
Perry Edward Smith and Richard Eugene Hickock were executed at the Kansas State Penitentiary after five years of legal action over the Clutter family murders near Garden City. The men, aged 36 and 33, died within minutes of each other as the case winds through courts and petitions.
Edward Smith faced the gallows early this morning voicing opposition to capital punishment stating that life should not be taken and that capital punishment is morally wrong. William Hickock, with a calm demeanor, said little at first but then told agents Roy Church Harold Nye and Clarence Duntz he was leaving for a “better place” and offered soft farewells.
Holcomb resident Mrs. Jack Linenberger begins a three acre Christmas tree project east of town with 3000 Austrian spruce seedlings. Help comes from Jerry Krebs and Gladys Shook of the Finney County Extension Office as the venture aims for first sales in about five years and potential funds for family college expenses.
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