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KANSAS = Capital Punishment,

"Topekay Kansas, Nov. 29, 1933=-Aroused over the slaying
of a Topeka jailer by a prisoner last night and the
lynching of a negro in St. Joseph, Mo., the Kansas Senate
today passed a bill providing’ for the death penalty in
Kansas for crimes of violence, . The House had passed the
bill last night. However, it was considered doubtful the
law can become effective, even though it may be signed by
Governor Alfred Landon, The bill failed to specify how
executions were to be carried out." TIMES-PICAYUNE, New
Orleans, La., Nov. 30, 1933 = li-h.

KANSAS = Capital Punishment.

"Topeka, Kansas, Nov, 29, 1933-froused over the slaying
of a Topeka jailer by a prisoner last night and the
lynching of a negro in St. Joseph, Mo., the Kansas Senate
today passed a bill providing’ for the death penalty in
Kansas for crimes of violence, The House had passed the
bill last night. However, it was considered doubtful the
law can become effective, even though it may be signed by
Governor Alfred Landon, The bill failed to specify how
executions were to be carried out," TIMES-PICAYUNE, New
Orleans, La,, Nov. 30, 1933 = ll-h.

KANSAS + Capital Punishment,
29, 1933-froused over the slaying
a prisoner Last night d the
a negro in St. Joseph, Mo., the Kansas Senate
a bill providing for the death penalty in
mes of violence, The House had passed the

bill last night. However, it was considered doubtful the

law can become effective, even though it may be signed by
Governor Alfred Landon, The bill failed to specify how
executions were to be carried out,” TIMES-PICAYUNE, New
Orleans, La., Nov. 30, 1933 ~ 11-h.



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