Beiler Decker, NY, 1899 January 9

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A 30-year-old black man electrocuted at Sing Sing Prison
(Richmond County) on January 9, 1899, for the murder of
his white wifee NEWS, Birmingham, Alabama, 1-9-1899,

Affirmed: 57 NE 1018, Decker killed his wife who was
white in Richmond on May 2, 1898. He shot her in the
back with a revolver, He had often verbally abused his
wife and threatened to kill her,

DECKER, Beiler (Prnbry, O, ( G4 4

A 30-year-old black man electrocuted at Sing Sing Prison
(Richmond County) on January 9, 1899, for the murder of
his white wife. NEWS, Birmingham, Alabama, 1-9-1899,

Affirmed: 57 NE 1018, Decker killed his wife who was
white in Richmond on May 2, 1898. He shot her in the
back with a revolver, He had often verbally abused his
wife and threatened to kill her, !

DECKER, Beiler Povningy, 9, I§4 4

A 30-yeareold black man electrocuted at Sing Sing Prison
(Richmond County) on January 9, 1899, for the murder of
his white wife. NEWS, Birmingham, Alabama, 1-9-1699,

Affirmed: 57 NE 1018, Decker killed his wife who was
white in Richmond on May 2h, 1898. He shot her in the

back with a revolver, He had often verbally abused his
wife and threatened to kill her.

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