lis paid with his life for the murder of a Y.,unestown painobtman,
Joseph Ruby, who was killed last November, ®he. negro, a World ‘ar
veteran, who was honorably discharged from the army, was accompanied
to the electric chair from the preparation chamber by Chaplain T, 0,
Read, He went silently and with no signs of breaking down at the ace
minute, He had come north from Pellun, Gaey to find work at the close
of the war, He obtained employment in Youngstown, While there he
became engaged in a fight with two Greeks and in a struggle which
followed an attempt to arrest him, Patrolman Ruby was killed, The
prisoner leaves a widow and two daughters, aged 11 and 13, The
Shaw-Davis Coe, took charge of the body. The place of interment,
according to undertakers, has not been determined."
DISPATCH, C,lumbus, Ohio, March 28, 192).
lis paid with his life for the mrder of a Y,ungstown pattodmam,
Joseph Ruby, who was killed last November. Phe negro, a World ‘ar
veteran, who was honorably discharged from the army, was accompanied
to the electric chair from the preparation chamber by Chaplain T, 0,
Read, He went silently and with no signs of breaking down at the last
minute. He had come north from Pellumy Gaey to find work at the close
of the war. He obtained employment in Youngstowne While there he
became engaked in a ficht with two Greeks and in a struggle which
followed an attempt to arrest him, Patrolman Ruby was killed, The
prisoner leaves a widow and two daughters, aged 11 and 13. The
Shaw-Davis Coes took charge of the body. The place of interment,
according to undertakers, has not been determined,"
DISPATCH, C,lumbus, Ohio, March 28, 192h,.
lis paid with his life for the mrder of a Younastown patto&mam,
Joseph Ruby, who was killed last November. The negro, a World ‘:
veteran, who was honorably discharged from the army, was accompanied
to the electric chair from the preparation chanber by Chaplain T. 0,
Read. He went silently and with no signs of breaking down et the last
He had come north from Pellum Ga. to find work at the close
He obtained employment in Youngstown, While there he
became engaged in a fight with two Greeks and in a struggle which
followed an attempt to arrest him, Patrolman Ruby was killed, The
i a widow and two daughters, aged 11 and 13, The
took charge of the body. The place of interment,
according to undertakers, has not been determined."
DISPATCH, C,lumbus, Onio, March 28, 192).
HOLLES, Willian
Hollis, a 2l-year-old black native of Pelham, Ga., tifmkxiex left his
wife and two children and moved to Youngstown, Ohio, shortly after
the end of the First World War, He obtained employment as a laborer
at the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. and established residence in
East Youngstown, On Sunday afternoon, Nov. 11, 1923, East Youngs-
town Police Captain Joseph Ruby and another officer went to Hollis!
residence to arrest him on a charge of suspicion, Hollis resisted
arrest and shot and killed Ruby. He was, in turn, injured by a
bullet fired from the other officer's gun and taken to the hospital.
He was indicyed for the murder xm one week after it occurred and
tried, found guilty and sentenced to die three weeks later, At the
time of his sentencing, he asked for mercy and told the judge that he
hoped to "meet him in Heaven." Hollis went to his death in the elec-
tric chair at the Ohio S tate Prison on Mar. 28, 192).
THE YOUNGSTOWN VINDICATOR, Youngstown, Ohio, 3-28~192
“POLICEMAN'S MURDERER PAYS WITH HIS LIFE, - William Hollis Eyectrocutec
at Penitentiary, early Friday Morning, - William Hollis, colored, deat]
row prisoner, after three applications of electficity, was pronounced
dead at 12:02 Friday morning by Prison Physician W. A. Whitman, Hol-
HOLLES, William
Hollis, a 2year-old black native of Pelham,’ Ga., iefmexicx left his
wife and two children and moved to Youngstown, Ohio, shortly after
the end of the First World War. He obtained employment as a laborer
at the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. and established residence in
East Youngstown, On Sunday afternoon, Nov. 11, 1923, East Youngs-
town Police Captain Joseph Ruby and another officer went to Hollis’
residence to arrest him on a charge of suspicion, Hollis resisted
arrest and shot and killed Ruby. He was, in turn, injured by a
bullet fired from the other officer's gun and taken to the hospital.
He was indicyed for the murder mm one week after it occurred and
tried, found guilty and sentenced to die three weeks later, At the
time of his sentencing, he asked for mercy and told the judge that he
hoped to "meet him in Heaven." Hollis went to his death in the elec-
tric chair at the Ohio S tate Prison on Mar. 28, 192).
THE YOUNGSTOWN VINDICATOR, Youngstown, Ohio, 328-192)
"POLICEMAN'S MURDERER PAYS WITH HIS LIFE, - William Hollis Eyectrocuted
at Penitentiary, early Friday Morning. - William Hollis, colored, death
row prisoner, after three applications of electficity, was pronounced
dead at 12:02 Friday morning by Prison Physician W. A, Whitman, Hol-
HOLLIS, William
Hollis, a ee seaens black native of Pelham, Ga,, tific left his
wife and two children and moved to Youngstown, Ohio, shortly after
the end of the First World War. He obj nt as a laborer
at the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. and established residence in
East Youngstown, On Sunday afternoon, Nov. 11, 1923, East Youngs-
town Police Captain Joseph Ruby and another officer went to Hollis'
residence to arrest him on a charge of suspicion, Hollis resisted
arrest and shot and killed Ruby. He was, in turn, injured by a
bullet fired from the other officer's gun and taken to the hospital.
He was indicyed for the murder mm one week after it occurred and
tried, found guilty and sentenced to die three weeks later, At the
time of his sentencing, he asked for mercy and told the judge that he
hoped to "meet him in Heaven," Hollis went to his death in the elec-
tric chair at the Ohio S tate Prison on Mar. 28, 2
THE YOUNGSTOWN VINDICATOR, Youngstown, Ohio, 3-28-192h
"POLICEMAN'S MURDERER PAYS on HIS LIFE
at Penitentiary, early Friday ing. -
row prisoner, after three serials 3
dead at 1:
= William Hollis Eyectrocuted
it]
Pe eat, Sean et ay
