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Ohio Penitentiary awaits 300th electric chair execution
In Columbus a 27 year old inmate Samuel W. Tannyhill faces execution by electric chair at Ohio Penitentiary, with a looming date about a week away. The piece details his calm demeanor, prior crimes, the grisly death chamber, and the fate of the 299 who preceded him as his last hours unfold.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentary
Samuel W
Ohio
Fremont
Shaley
Bradford
Mm Tannshill
Cuever
Wns
Tanny- Hill
Kansas
Priam
Wood
Tanaryshil
Hs Pasheey
Ena
Supreme Court
Lausche
Good Lord
Prison
Chapain
Bur
Morgan Smarhad
Charles Justice
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