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Large number electro gaged for murders
Four white men and three Negroes were executed in the electric chair at the Western Kentucky Penitentiary in Eddyville. The record time for the executions was one hour and 57 minutes. Orlando Seymour, known as the dime bandit, narrowly avoided execution as legal steps were dismissed. The seven men included Milford Lawson, Maseeue Deckert, Charles P. Mitra, William Moore, James Howard, Clarence McQueen, and Seymour. The first execution began at 7:45 a.m. and the last ended at 2:? a.m. It was the largest single death penalty tally in U.S. history. Lawson protested innocence to the end. The other six confessed or were convicted for various murders in Kentucky.
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Western Kentucky Penitentiary
Eddyville
Erg
Orlando Seymour
Louisville
Louis
Seymour
Milford Lawsor
Corbin
Maseeue Deckert
County
Charles P. Mitra
William Moore
Louisvilfe
James Howard
Clarence McQueen
Cinthiana
United States
Milford Lawson
Sermour
Caure