FEAR OF THE CHAIR
U.5.A. MUH-.DKPER. GOUGES HIS EVES OUT. [United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.] VANCOUVER. October 18. At Huntsville, Texas, prior to going to the electric chair for the murder of a sheriff and his deputy, three years ago, Joyce Shepherd, fearing the sight of the chair would unnerve him, gouged out both of bis eyes with a nail torn front bis cell ventilator.
Asked why lie did this, lie quoted scripture: “If.thine eye offendeth. pluck it out! Better for part of the body to die than be cast into hell!”
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 October 1930, Page 5
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92FEAR OF THE CHAIR Hokitika Guardian, 20 October 1930, Page 5
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