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Red Hot Soldiers Pay for a Murder Executions in Kansas
Three Negro soldiers convicted of fatally beating taxi driver Marty Langly and stealing his cab were hanged at the state prison in Lansing Kansas in the state’s first triple execution since capital punishment resumed two decades ago. Beverly Riggins and Suttles were executed in succession after fair trials at Fort Leonard Wood and under Eisenhower’s approval.
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Lansing
Kas
Kansas
Chastine Beverly
Retty
Louis M. Suttles
Chattanooga
Tenn
James Riggins
Birmingham
Ala
Ft. Leonard Wood
Marty Langly
Wayneaville
Presi
Dent Eisenhower
Beverly
Riggins
Suttles
Ft. Leavenworth
James W. Davis