Ollie Carey, PA, 1953 May 18

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CAREY, Ollie M, Meey lL OF S.Z
50, electrocuted Pa, (Montgomery) 5-18-1953,
"Execution No, 332 - Ollie M. Carey - May 18,
1953. Carey was convicted of killing an Abing-
ton Township policeman, but he maintained his
innocence even as he was strapped into the
chair. 'I have no confession to make because

I have nothing to con ess,' he shouted at the
chaplain, Three years earlier, after he had
been convicted in Montgomery County Court, he
conveyed his fate to his deaf father, who was
in the courtroom by suddenly sitting erect in a
chair, stiffening and then falling back as thoug

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50, electrocuted Pa, (Montgomery) 408 18-1953.
"Execution No, 332 = Ollie M. Carey - May 18,
1953. Carey was convicted of killing an Abing=
ton Township policeman, but he maintained his
innocence even as he was strapped into the
chair. ‘I have no confession to make because

I have nothing to con ess,' he shouted at the
chaplain, Three years earlier, after he had
been convicted in Montgomery County Court, he
conveyed his fate to his deaf father, who was
in the courtroom by suddenly sitting erect in a
chair, stiffening and then falling back as thoug

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0, electrocuted Pa. (Montgomery) “5-18-1953,
iRxecution No, 332 - Ollie M. Carey - May 18,
1953. Carey was convicted of killing an Abing=
ton Township policeman, but he maintained his
innocence even as he was strapped into the
chair, 'I have no confession to make because

I have nothing to con ess,' he shouted at the
chaplain. Three years earlier, after he had
been convicted in Montgomery County Court, he
conveyed his fate to his deaf father, who was
in the courtroom by suddenly sitting erect in a
chair, stiffening and then falling back as thoug

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Affirmed: 82 A (2nd) 240 (States ex-convict - See)

50, electrocuted Pa, S,ate Prison (Montgomery) 5-18-1953,
",eeCareyy 50-year-old Philadelphia junk dealer, was pro-
nounced deadee.sat 1:0 a.meeo.Carey was found guilty in
1950 of the fatal shooting of Thomas J, Mathews in 19),9 in
a wooded area near Rydal, Montgomery Co, Mathews, an
Abington township patrolman, was chasing Carey at the time
Three appeals to the S,ate Supreme court for review of his
sentence weve denied Carey. The Szate Pardons Board also
refused his pleas and the U, S. Supreme Court declined

to hear argument in the case. During the time of his pe-
titioning of the court, Carey received numerous stays of
execution," MERCURY, Pottstown, Pa.e, May 18, 1983 (1/7.)
Appeal states crime on 6-29#19)9 and capture, in Virginia,

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CAREY, Ollie

Affirmed; 82 A (2nd) 20 (States ex-convict - See)

50, electrocuted Pa, Sate Prison (Montgomery) 5-18-1953,
",...Carey, 50-year-old Philadelphia junk dealer, was pro=-
nounced dead...at 1:10 a.mee.Carey was found guilty in
1950 of the fatal shooting of Thomas J, Mathews in 1919 in
a wooded area near Rydal, Montgomery Co, Mathews, an
Abington township patrolman, was chasing Carey at the time
Three appeals to the S,ate Supreme court for review of his
sentence were denied Carey. The State Pardons Board also
refused his pleas and the U., S. Supreme Court declined

to hear argument in the case. During the time of his pe-
titioning of the court, Carey received numerous stays of
execution." MERCURY, Pottstown, Pas, May 18, 1983 (1/7.)
Appeal states crime on 6-29-1919 and capture, in Virginia,

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CAREY, Ollie

Affirmed: 82 a (2nd) 20 (States ex-convict - See)

50, electrocuted Pa, Sate Prison (Montgomery) ieenees
",.Carey, 50-year-old Philadelphia junk dealer, was pro-
nounced dead.s.at 1:0 a.moe.Carey was found guilty in
1950 of the fatal shooting of Thomas J, Mathews in 1919 in|
a wooded area near Rydal, Montgomery Co, Mathews, an
Abington township patrolman, was chasing Carey ab the tine|

Three appeals to the S,ate Supreme court for review of hig|
sentence were denied Carey, The State Pardons Board also
refused his pleas and the U, S, Supreme Court declined

to hear argument in the case, During the time of his pe-
titioning of the court, Carey received numerous stays of
execution." MERCURY, cers Pas, May 18, 1983 (1/"

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