Melton Carr, TX, 1926 January 1

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CARR, Melton

Black, electrocuted Texas State Prison (Walker County)

for rape on Jan. 1, 1926, "Huntsville, Jan. 1, 1926-
Fifteen minutes after the birth of the new year, Melton
Carr, negro, was executed in the electric chair at the KKXX
State Prison here, Gov, Miariam A, Ferguson refused
clemency."

CLARKSBURG DAILY TELEGRAPH, Clarksburg, W% Va., 1-1-1926

CARR, Melton

Black, electrocuted Texas State Prison (Walker County)
for rape on Jan. 1, 1926, "Huntsville, Jan. 1, 1926-
Fifteen minutes after the birth of the new year, Melton
Carr, negro, was executed in the electric chair at the XKHX
State Prison here. Gov, Miariam A. Ferguson refused
clemency."

CLARKSBURG DAILY TELEGRAPH, Clarksburg, W. Va., 1-1-1926

CARR, Melton

Black, electrocuted Texas State Prison (Walker County)

for rape on Jan, 1, 1926, "Huntsville, Jan, 1, 1926-
Fifteen minutes after the birth of the new year, Melton
Garr, negro, was executed in the electric chair at the Mi
State Prison here, Gov, Miariam A, Ferguson refused
clemency.'

CLARKSBURG DAILY TELEGRAPH, Clarksburg, ¥. Va., 1-1-1926

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