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Appeals for Mrs Hughes Life Spare Sentences Plea Reaches Governor
In Atlanta on March 18, more than fifty letters urged Governor Walker to commute Mrs Ida Hughes's death sentence for the murder of her mother in law at Egan Park near Atlanta. Letters come from across the United States with diverse views, while a lone countercase advocate argues for the extreme penalty.
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Atlanta, Ga
Clifford Walker
Ida Hughes
Egan Park
Atlanta
United States
Fulton County
Georgia
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Bloomington
St. Paul
Minnetroit
Mich
Pullman
Wash
Crystal Springs
Fla. Holdcroft
Richmond
W. D. Upshaw
Washington
Hughes
Upshaw
Alice G. Miller
Fifth
Arkansas
Little Rock
Sarah Ruthrauff
California
South
Arnold B. Hall
Macon