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The Death Penalty comes to Harlem, 1925: William Hoyer murders his wife and daughter

October 27, 2010 Stephen Robertson Leave a comment

The shots with which twenty-five-year-old William Hoyer killed his wife Jennie and five-year-old daughter Sylvia were fired at 430 St…

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