Hodge, a 28-year-old black man who was serving a term at the Jort
Pillow Prison “arm in *ennesse, was scheduled for release in October,
19l6. He escaped in September and entered the home of a Ripley,
Tenn., white woman who he raped after threatening to kill her if she
did not submit to him. When the woman's husband returned home and
found Hodge there, the convict held him atkax at bay with a gun that
he had found in the house and escaped. Subsequently captured, he
was tried and convicted of rape and sentenced to death, He was elec~
trocuted at the Tennessee “tate Prison on June LY, Lol
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NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN, gune 18 and June 20, 19)7.
HODGE, John, Jr.
ape a 28-year-old black man who was serving a term at the ort
1 Prison “arm in *emesse, was scheduled for rel in October,
191 16. He escaped in September and entered the home-of-a puage
Tenn., white woman who he raped after threatening to kill her if she
did not submit to him. When the woman's husband returned home and
found Hodge there, the convict held him atkay at bay with a gun that
he had found in the house and escapede Subsequently captured, he
was tried and convicted of r giape and sentenced to death. He was elec-~
trocuted at the tennessee “tate Prison on June Disc lol he
NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN, gune 18 and June 20, 197.
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found in the house and escaped. Subsequ tly
ied and convicted of rape and sentenced to
trocuted at the Tennessee tate Prison on June 19, 197.
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