BEATEN TO DEATH
BRUTAL CANADIAN CRIME THREE MISCREANTS HANGED GUILT UNKNOWINGLY DISCLOSED ; United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright ) (Received Feb. 17, 3.15 p.m.) WINNIPEG, Feb. 16 Convicted of beating to dath an 81-years-old woman in a burglary, three men, Peter Korenowski, Daniel Prytula and William Kanuka were hanged together. Desperate for funds after a series of carousals, they plotted to rob a 91-year-old farmer, Elko Cottick, who they believed had wealth concealed on him. They broke into his farmhouse, beatin gand trussing Cottick. His wife resisted but was fatally beaten. Accused were arrested only as suspects but the trial supplied damaging evidence unknowingly by a discussion of the crime and an agreement to tell the same story in court, all of which was recorded through a hidden police radio in the cells.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20733, 17 February 1939, Page 8
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131BEATEN TO DEATH Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20733, 17 February 1939, Page 8
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