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Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-12-12 | Page 14 | Chicago Killer Goes to Chair

Type issue
Date 1930-12-12
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Chicago Killer Goes to Chair
Type article
Date 1930-12-12
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 14
OCR Text CHICAGO KILLER In CHAIR t i CHICAGO iDec Dec 12 UP UP-Afew UP Afew joura Houts ours after arter he had rem remarked 1 that io lio felt Celt like a million bucks William Lenhardt of r Cleveland walked steadily to the electric ch chair in the Ute c county Jail early toda today and nd was was was' electrocuted for for the murder of a 0 cafe oWner owner during a a. hol holdup up eon on on June Juno I 19 1929 Lenhardt whom t turnkeys rp 3 td g. yas ryas was the the tou toughest guy we we ever had In this Jail jail entered tho the death chamber a rL few seconds few seconds ds after katter mid mid- night He wa was pro pronoun d. d 1214 Ho Ho spent his' his last hours hours hours' playing cards ards nt ate two two hearty meals ls and was visited b by his m mother Mrs hire Ir Julia Julin Glovka 60 who was wa-s acQuit acQuit- ted Wednesday on oh on charges of ot helping helping help help- ing him In ln n a a. r recent attempt to break brek Jail Recalling t Lenhardt's r recent cent attempt at at- nt- nt tempt to to escape official pl placed forty five special cJ t deputies around the Jail last night and took exceptional exceptional exceptional precautions precautions' hi in admitting spectators rs to the thc death chamber Besides lilts his mother mop mother r ho other persons persons were charged with crimes ID an as a a. result ot c conviction Three of them were found guilty SWEETHEART CONVICTED After Arter ho had halted his trial b by pleading guilty three persons who had hd testified ho was ln In Cleveland the the day of f the murder were we're were con convIcted convicted con convicted of 0 perjury and sentenced to Jail They Were nere Miss Iss' Iss Alva Z his his' sweetheart eth Catherine e and John TavIe Two men one one a a. Jail guard and the other a a prisoner vere acquit acquitted ted with Sirs Mrs Glovka or of charges of ot aiding Lenhardt in m his his- escape e l
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