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Body of Triple-Killer UnclaimedFollowing Execution at Ohio PenCOLUMBUS, Feb. 27; The bodv of Martins Ferrv’s triple-slayer, 230th person to die in Ohio Penitentiary’s electric chair, remained unclaimed today and Warden Frank Henderson said he probably would be buried by the state.William John Sevastis’ bewildered calm as he marched to the chair last night was in marked contrast to the wild rage in which he shot his employer, Mike Manos, and two others to death in a restaurant last May 5 following an argument over wages Two others were wounded.The 64-vear-oid, Greek-bornwaiter died without a word. He was pronounced dead at 8; 15 P. M.Prison officials said no relatives or friends had called on Sevastis since he entered “death row'” last July 6. He has a brother in Greece. His last meal w'as eaten in company with a life termer, E. E. Martin, sentenced from Trumbull Countv for murder.Sevastis wfas convicted of Manos* death June 20. After Governor John W. Bricker refused executive clemency, Sevastis observed: “If you gotta die, you gotta die.cK.t a11 Eb: d»»
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Washington C H Daily Herald
Washington Court House, Ohio, US
Thu, Feb 27, 1941
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