Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-09-21 | Page 8 | Murderer Sentenced to Electric Chair |

Type	issue
Date	1913-09-21
Paper	Salt Lake Tribune
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Murderer Sentenced to Electric Chair
Type	article
Date	1913-09-21
Paper	Salt Lake Tribune
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	8
OCR Text	Show MURDERER SENTENCED j TO ELECTRIC CHAIR 1 TERBE HAUTE, Ind., Sept. 20. Harry Rasico, who shot and killed his wife and 2-3rear-old son here Saturday, was sentenced today to die in the elec- H trio chair at the state prison in Michi- mm City on January 16, 1914. "He is the first person to be sentoncod to elec- trocutioD in Indiana, and the state will j have to purchase the electric chair lie- E fore Lhe sentence can bo carried out. ? The law substitutinc electrocution for C hanging was passed dj the last legisla- 9 ture. and state officials refused to E purcnase the outfit until it became necessary to use it. E
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