Stanley Hoppe, OH, 1928 November 30

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confesské-to having earlier killed Lily..Dale Croy, a
Toledo. school teacher. -..Questions were raised.as..to...
Hoppe's sanity and some alienists testified that he was

a pervert and a moron while others stated that though he
was psychotic, he still knew right from wrong. Convicted,
he was electrocuted on Nov. 30, 1928,

The Toledo Blade, Toledo, Ohio, Dec. 1, 1928,

confessadto having earlier killed Lily.Dale Croy, a
Toledo. school teacher...-.Questions were raised _as,.to
Hoppe's sanity and some alienists testified that he was

a pervert and a moron while others stated that though he
was psychotic, he still knew right from wrong. Convicted,
he was electrocuted on Nov. 30, 1928,

The Toledo Blade, Toledo, Ohio, Dec. 1, 1928,

confesshd-to having earlier killed Lily Dale Croy, a
Toledo. school teacher....qQuestions were raised as to
Hoppe's sanity and some alienists testified that he was

@ pervert and a moron while others stated that though he
was psychotic, he still knew right from wrong. Convicted,
he was electrocuted on Nov. 30, 1926,

The Toledo Blade, Toledo, Ohio, Dec. 1, 1928,

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Hoppe, a 26-year-old white Toledo, Ohie,;—taxi-—driver———
kidnapped the Sleeping 7=year-old first cousin of his _
- wife, Dorothy Sielgowski, from her Toledo bedroom on the
night of May 29, 1928, _ He_assaui.ted the-child and then
beat and choked her to death, leaving the body on the.

had a missing front tooth as did Hoppe. He confessed the
crime, Stating that he had been to a wedding and gotten —~
drunk and had R8K& entered the Sielgowski house in search
of more whiskey when-he found the sleeping child, He also

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Hoppe, a 26-year-old white Toledo, Ohio, -taxi-driver
kidnapped the sleeping 7=year-old first cousin of his
-wife, Dorothy Sielgowski, from her ‘Toledo bedroom on the
night of May 2 95 1928. He assaultedthe child and then
beat and choked her to death, leaving the body on te
front porch of an Uncle's home. He was immediately sus-
pected because he had’ done: some_work-at the Sielgowski ~
house and toothmarks on the body indicated that the killer
had_a missing front tooth as did Hoppe. He confessed the
crime, stating that he had been to a.wedding-and-gotten
drunk and had 8Ks entered the Sielgowski house in search
of more whiskey when-he found the sleeping child, He also

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HOPPE, Stanley. -
Hoppe, a 26-year-old white Toledo, Ohio, taxi driver
Kidnapped the sleeping T-year-old first cousin
wife, Dorothy Siel; or

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