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Youth 19 Not Likely to Be Given Parole
Lester Benson, 20, of Lorain, sentenced to Mansfield reformatory on June 25 1928 for an attack on a Lorain girl, is unlikely to be paroled this month. A Mansfield superintendent’s letter and a county prosecutor’s inquiry found that releasing him would endanger local girls. Benson, jailed with Adam Jeancola and John Botchick, faced rape and robbery charges and 15 year penalties in the state penitentiary.
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Lester Benson
Lorain
Mansfield Reformatory
Reformatory
Don W. Myers
T. C. Jenkins
Mansfield Prison
Benson
Adam Jeancola
John Botchick
State Penitentiary
Grand
Myers
Mansfield
Jenkins