WITT, Charles V ve Mev. A Z, (FES.
Witt, a 26-year~old white tool-maker from Bainbridge,. I indiana “ had
shot and killed Sheriff Grover Mills of Hamilton Co., Sans..-Convict-
ed, he was sentenced to life imprisonment, He escaped on. Dec. .18,
19305 and made his way back to Indiana where he teamed up with
Lewis Hamilton in Indianapolis. On May 27 » 1931, they robbed an
Indianapolis store magnet, Lafayette AL Jackson, When Jackson re-=
Sisted, they shot and killed him. They were arrested at the board-
ing house where they were staying after police received a tip from
another resident, Both were tried and convicted in Boone County on
a change of venue from Marion County and sentenced to die. They re-
quested that they be executed together but Hamilton! S kxtse excciution
was delayed because his appeal to the State Supreme Court took longer
Witt was electrocuted at the Indiana State Prison on Nov. 2h, 193%,
See also: HANILTON, Lewis
TH LEBANON REPORTER, Lebanon, Indiana,
WITT, Charles V. ov. Pe [ois
Witt, a 26-year-old white tool-maker from Bainbridgé;. Indiana, had
shot and killed Sheriff Grover Mills of Hamilton Co., Sanse.Convict-
ed, he was sentenced to life imprisonment, He escaped on Dec, -18
1930, and made his way back to Indiana where he teamed up with
Lewis Hamilton in Indianapolis. On May 27, 1931, they robbed an
Indianapolis store magnet, Lafayette A. Jackson, When Jackson re=
sisted, they shot and killed him. They were arrested at the board-
ing house where they were staying after police received a tip from
another resident. Both were tried and convicted in Boone County on
a change of venue from Marion County and sentenced to die. They re-
quested that they be executed together but Hamilton's kets execiution
was delayed because his appeal to the State Supreme Court took longer
Witt was electrocuted at the Indiana State Prison on Nov. ah, A
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See also: HANILTON, Lewis
THE LiBANON REPORTER, Lebanon, Indiana.
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delayed because his appeal to the State Supreme Court took longer
lectrocuted at the diana State Prison on Nov,
HANILION, Lewis
THE LEBANON REPORTER, Lebanon, Indiana,
