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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1921
Page
7
A lengthy critique analyzes Nevada’s new death method by gas chamber for lethal punishment, arguing it masks suffering and replaces older methods. It contrasts firing squads and hanging, notes the condemned may endure weeks of confinement and uncertainty, and questions the moral impact on witnesses and the public.
In Braxton county West Virginia Centralia faced gang activity moonshine and highway robbery threats. State police under Lt Harvey Rexroad staged a rapid cleanup driving out outlaws and closing bars and gambling joints while arresting two gunmen and seizing moonshine operations. Citizens praised the decisive operation as Centralia became safer and more orderly.
Teniry Sepp was arraigned by Troopers Jennings, Cotiine, Tucker and Tichardeet after officers found a coal operation inside his home. Stapp, attending a movie, was arrested leaving the theater as DIs searched nearby homes. He received two years in the West Virginia penitentiary, ordered by Judge Hailey of the Mingo County Circuit Court.
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