Willie Clay, FL, 1941 December 29

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store owried by 59-year-old-and nearly blind Mrs. Mary oo |
Louise Cartes, on August 8, 1938, with two: other Negro
youths, Nathaniel Walker and Edward Powell 3 and attempted

-to rob the woman. They bludgeoned her over the head with —
an iron pipe and then ran without getting any money. About!
a month later, Walker and Powell were arrested in another

holdup attempt and confesskd-to the Curtis Killing, and

implicated Clay who also confessed when “questioned, Alix

three boys were finally electrocuted on Dec. 29, 191, _
See also: NARKERM WALKER, Nathaniel and POWELL, Edward.
Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Wale a oe

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|Clay, a 15-year-old Jacksonville, Fla., youth entered the
store owned by 59-year-old-and nearly blind Mrs. Mary —~
Louise Cartes, on August 8, 1938, with two other Negro
youths, Nathaniel Walker and Edward Powell » and attempted
-to rob the woman.— They bludgeoned her ‘over the head with ~
an iron pipe and then ran without getting any money. About
a month later, Walker and Powell were arrested in another
holdup attempt and confesskd-to the Curtis Killing, and

| implicated Clay who also confessed when questioned. Al1&
three boys were finally electrocuted on Dec, 29, 191.

See also: WARKERM WALKER, Nathaniel and POWELL, Edward.
Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Fla. :

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implicated Clay who also confessed when questioneds AL1E
three boys were finally electrocuted on Dec, 29, 19lil.
See also: HAXKERN WALKER, Nathaniel and POWELL, Edward.
Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Fla,

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