dO day stay of execution. He was electrocuted at
the state prison. in Huntsville on April 16, 1944"
Letter dated July 27, 1988, oie Bill Stein,
A rohivist, Nesbitt Memorial liprary, 52g
Washington. Street, Columbus, Texas 78934...
dO day stay of execution. He was electrocuted ay
the state prison in Hujtsville on April 16, 1944!
Letter dated July 27, 1988, from Bill Stein,
A vchivist, Nesbitt “emorial Library, 529
Washington. Street, Columbus, Yexas 78934...
stay of execution. He was electrocuted aq
prison in Hugteyiile on April ae 1944
y 27, 1988
W aokivict, Nosbete Fonoriga Lib
ington Street, Columbus, Texas "Tbo5h..
JORDAN, By,uce Eyton
White, electrocuted Texas (Colorado County) on h-16-19))
See exgerpt from INSIDEDETECTIVE, September, 1913, p, 12
TEXAS BOOM AND MAGAZINE EXCERPTS. J_rdan 2) at time
of crime was produce laborer working for Tom Dype who he
killed and robbed, near Columbus, Also murdered Clarence
Harrison (robbery motive)
“Bruce Elton Jordan (aka B. J. Johnson): On Apri
17, 1943, Jordan shot Tom Dype, a Houston produce
man, five times on a road near Columbus. Jordan
fled the scene with Dype' s bank roll, $732.
Within.a week, Jordan had been arrested and had
Signed a confession. He was tried and convicted
in Septtember, 1943. In February, 1944, the dis
trict judge sentenced him to die and set an exe-
Cution date of “arch 17. The governor granted a
JORDAN, B,uce Eyton
White, electrocuted Texas (Colorado County) on }j-16-19)));
See exgerpt from INSIDEDETECTIVE, September, 1943, p. 12
TEXAS BOOM AND MAGAZINE EXCERPTS. J _rdan 2) at time
of crime was produce laborer working £8r Tom Dype who he
killed and robbed, near Columbus, Also murdered Clarence
Harrison (robbery motive)
"Bruce Elton Jordan (aka B, J. Johnson): On Apri
17, 1943, Jordan shot Tom Dype, a Houston produce
man, five times on a road near Columbus. Jordan
fled the scene with Dype' s bank roll, $732.
Within a week, Jordan had been arrested and had
Signed a confession, He was tried and convicted
in Septtember, 1943. In February, 1944, the dis
trict judge sentenced him to die and set an exe-
cution date of “arch 17. The governor granted a
JORDAN, B,uce Eyton
White, electrocuted Texas (Colorado County) on h-16-19)il,
See exgerpt from INSIDEDETECTIVE, gentenier, nee Pp. 12
TEXAS BOOK AND MAGAZINE RXCERPIS. J rdan 2l, at time
of crime was produce laborer working Be Tom ae who he
killed and robbed, near Columbus, Also mrdered Clarenc
Harrison (robbery motive)
"Bruce Elton Jordan (aka B, J. Johnson): On Apri
17, 1943, Jordan shot Tom Dype, a Houston producd
men, five times on a road near Columbus, Jordan
fled the scene with Dype' s bank roll, $732.
Within a week, Jordan had been arrested and had
signed a confession, He was tried and convicted
in Septtember, 1943. In February, 1944, the dis
sentenced him to die and set an exe-
e verch 17, The governor granted a
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