Penitentiary Electrocution Story Draws 25 Cent Admission
Three Wittenberg college students visiting the Ohio Penitentiary say an Springfield undertaker charged 25 cents per person to view the body of John Nelson executed for his wife’s murder. They claim Nelson was the first Springfield negro to pay the supreme penalty and that the funeral director profited from the event.
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