manslaughter which, upon conviction, would give him a maxi-
| mum sentence of from 10 to 20 years imprisonment, His rem
fusal means that he will also be tried for firstddegree
-murder and is in jeopardy of receiving the same sentence as
Edwards = Death in the electric chair,"
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Spot"
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EDWARDS, Ernest Lee (2.1 stem (G. ) Ge e/a
2ceyear-old white man, electrocuted Sing’ Sing (Kings Co,)
A) alma 1956. “Richard P, Connors, 2h, whose testi-
morfy sent his hot-headed buddy, Ernest Lee Edwards, to the
chair for the brutal bludgeoning and drowning of Howard
Englander ("Don't Put Me in With Him,"October FRONT PAGE,
1954) has refused to plead guilty to a charge of fisste
degree manslaughter, Shortly after Connors and Edwards
were picked up and arrested for a mugging in New York City,
Connors told police that Edwards had struck a man fishing
from a Brooklyn jetty over the head and had shoved hirh into
the water to drown, The body of Howard Englander was later
recovered and both were charged with lst-degree murder,
Connors won the right to a separate trial and testified
against Edwards who was convicted and subsequently died in
the electric &hair at Sing Sing. For his cooperation,
Connors was offered the chance to plead guilty to lst-degre
EDWARDS, Ernest Lee fegsemn & 7 EMI O——>
ing’ Sing
22-year-old white man, electrocuted g (Kings Co,)
on -28, 1956. "Richard P, Connors, 28, whose testi-
moffy sent his hot-headed buddy, Ernest Lee Edwards, to the
chair for the brutal bludgeoning and drowning of Howard
Englander ("Don't Put Me in With Him,"October FRONT PAGE,
195) has refused to plead guilty to a charge of fizst-
degree manslaughter, Shortly after Connors and Edwards
were picked up and arrested for a mugging in New York City,
onnors told police that Edwards had struck a man fishing
from a Brooklyn jetty over the head and had shoved him into
the water to drown, The body of Howard Englander was later
recovered and both were charged with lst-degree murder,
Connors won the right to a separate trial and testified
against Edwards who was convicted and subsequently died in
the electric &hair at Sing Sing. For his cooperation,
Connors was offered the chance to plead guilty to lst-degre
WARDS, Ernest Lee (2. elem > IZ, ——
as lieit tein esse G ILI SE (Kings Co.)
22<year-old white man,
on 28, 1956, "Richard P, Connors, 26, whose testi-
moffy sent his hot-headed buddy, Ernest Lee Edwards, to the
is cooperation,
guilty to 1st-degre|
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