FAULTY ELECTRIC CHAIR
KILLERS REPRIEVED* ; . ;• •) BOSTON, May 3—An official report that the electric chair in Massachusetts State prison was so obsolete’that it might- kill tlie execuioncr rather than the intended victims, to-day gave two convicted murderers two additional months to live.
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 256, 8 November 1939, Page 4
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41FAULTY ELECTRIC CHAIR Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 256, 8 November 1939, Page 4
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