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Show I : DEATH ENDSBQY'S I LITE SENTENCE H j THOMASTON, Me., April 4. Death H bi ought to an early end today the fifo H sentence which Sidney Kennisou Pre- H ble, 18 years old, was serving in the state prison here for tho murder of M his chum, Norris W. Heath. B Young Preble, was nut 15 years old, H and weighed only SO pounds when H' committed to prison in September, M 1007. His health had failed during H hib Imprisonment. ic was fear of a H bigger boy that led Preble to commit fl the crime, according to the lad's con- H fession. "Because I kicked Morns' dog lie said he'd kill me. He was bigger M than me, so I had to kill him," was fl tUo substance of the boy's statement. |