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Seadlund Executed for Kidnapping in Lindbergh Case
John Henry Seadlund, 27, condemned for kidnapping and murder, was electrocuted at 12 08 am in Cook County Jail for the Ross case. He confessed to killing accomplice James Atwood Gray and the kidnap victim after a long FBI investigation. Seadlund faced witnesses including an undertaker and reporters, maintained calm, read the Bible, and expressed no bitterness before death.
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Charles S. Ross
Cook County
Seadlund
Arthur Gooch
McAlester
Okla
Paris
Tex
Severin E Koop
Crosby, Minn
Ironton
Minn
James Atwood Gray
Ross
Ilinois
Wisconsin
North Woods
Spooner
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Gray
Mae C. Ross
Chicago
Santa Anita
California
Saeco
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Koop