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ANDERSON, John

"John Anderson, 27, Negro of Purcellville, Va., was

electrocuted at the Virginia State Prison on Feb, 10,
1939, for a criminal attack on a white woman in
November, ‘he matron testified at his trial that he

forcibly entered her home while she was alone with her
baby,"

ARKANSAS GAZETTE, Little Rock, Ark, 9 2mll-1939

"John Anderson, 27, Negro of Purcellville, V
electrocuted at the Virginia State Prisc
1939, for a criminal attack on a white woman
vember, ‘The matron testified at his trial that he

forcibly entered her home while she was alone with her
baby."

ARKANSAS GAZETTE, Little Rock, Ark,, 2-11-1939

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