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Assault in the Evening Journal, 1900 & 1920

Effort to save the boy murderer

Item

Title
Effort to save the boy murderer
Source
The sun (NY)
Date
1900-06-18
page
4
Identifier
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1900-06-18/ed-1/?sp=4&q=murder&r=0.239,0.916,0.265,0.126,0
Crime
Murder
Subject
murder; death sentence
Gender of alleged offender
male alleged offender
Gender of alleged victim
Female alleged victim
Stage of the Legal System
trial
Location
In-State; stamford
Length of story
552
Description
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