Tom Steele, GA, 1918 August

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STEELE, Tom

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"The prison commission refused Monday to grant a commutatio;
of sentence to Tom Steele, a Thomas county negro under sen=-
tence of death for cutting the throat of another negro who

dddressed a girl he was with, Steele was to have been exe-
cuted last Friday, but was given a 30-day respite until the
commission heard his plea,'' JOURNAL, ALlanta, Georgia,

duly 8, 2919 (lish)

STEELE, Tom

(Need Confirmation)

"The prison commission refused Monday to grant a commutatio:
of sentence to Tom Steele, a Thomas county negro under sen-
tence of death for cutting the throat of another negro who
dddressed a girl he was with. Steele was to have been exe-
cuted last Friday, but was given a 30-day respite until the
commission heard his plea.'' JOURNAL, Ablanta, Georgia,
July 8, 1919 (11:h.)

STEEIS, Tom
(Need Confirmation)
"The prison commission refused Monday to grant a commutatioy
of sentence to Tom Steele, a Thomas county negro under sen-
tence of death for cutting the throat of another negro who
dddressed a girl he was with, Steele was to have been exe-|
cuted last Friday, but was given a 30-day respite until the
commission heard his plea." JOURNAL, Atlanta, Georgia,

July 8, 1919 (11th.)

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