imprisonment, while Willis, the triggerman, was sentenced to die, He
was electrocuted at the Tennessee State Prison on January 28, 1936,
NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN, Nashville, Tenne, 9-16-1933; 1-28-1936
imprisonment, while Willis, the triggerman, was sentenced to die,
was electrocuted at the Tennessee State Prison on January 28, 1936.
NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN, Nashville, Tenne, 9-16-1933; 1-28-1936
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imprisonnent, while Willis, the triggerman, was sentenced to die, He
was electrocuted at the Tennessee State Prison on January 28, 193%.
NASEVILLE TENNESSEAN, Nashville, Tenn,, 9-16-1933; 1-28-1936
/ WILLIS, Louis
Willis, a 25-year-old black native of Chattanooga, Tenn,, had been
sentenced to the Tennessee State Prison in 1927 after he had kidnapped
and held for $2,000 ransom the.3-year-old daughter of a former Chatta-=
nooga City Commissioner, Early in September, 1933, he joined in a
pad formed by Lonnie Taylor to escape from the prison and when work
was over on the afternoon of Sept. 15, he Taylor and two other priso-
ners hid in the shops until their fellow inmates began eating SUPPErs
They then approached a gate leading into the tuberculosis sanitarium
portion of the hospital and persuaded YKEXROXKKARKAKAKKKUER
Lowry, the 70-year-old white trusty who was tending the gate, to pass
portion of the prison and Taylor and one other convict managed to es=
cape before a third was shot in the back while scaling the wall,
.Willis then surrendered and shortly afterwards confessed that he had
fired the shot that had killed Lowry Ki geo a Reouccoument che
managed to escape were captured shortly afterwards and Anderson, who
had held the aged trusty when he was shot was sentenced to 99-years=
‘WILLIS, Louis
Willis, a 25-year-old black native of Chattanooga, Tenn,, had been
sentenced to the Tennessee State Prison in 1927 after he had kidnapped
and held for $2,000 ransom the .3-year-old daughter of a former Chatta=
nooga City Commissioner, Early in September, 1933, he joined in a
pad formed by Lonnie Taylor to escape from the prison and when work
was over on the afternoon of Sept. 15, he Taylor and two other priso-
ners hid in the shops until their fellow inmates began eating Suppers
They then approached a gate leading into the tuberculosis sanitarium
portion of the hospital and persuaded Edward
Lowry, the 70-year-old white trusty who was tending the gate, to pass
them through for the purpose of delivering a box of books, Onee they
were through the gate, they drew pistols on and disarmed the guard,
When Lowry became suspicious and stepped over to the Guard's station,
Taylor held him while Willis shot him in the back at close range, kill-|
ing him, They threw a rope ladder over the wall from the sanitariun
portion of the prison and Taylor and one other convict managed to es=
cape before a third was shot in the back while scaling the wall,
. Willis then surrendered and shortly afterwards cont RES net he had
e
fired the shot that had killed Lowr esr a wo men who
managed to escape were captured shortly afterwards and Anderson, who
had held the aged trusty when he was shot was sentenced to 99-years=
WILLIS, Louis
Willis, a 25-year-old black native of Chattanooga, Tenn,, had been
sentenced to the Tennessee State Prison in 1927 after he had kidnapped
and held for $2,000 ransom the.3-year-old daughter of a former Chatta-
nooga City Commissioner, Early in September, 1933, he joined in a
pik formed by Lomie Taylor to escape from the prison and when work
was over on the afternoon of Sept, 15, he Taylor and two other priso=
ners hid in the shops until their fellow inmates began eating supper.
They then approached a gate leading into the tuberculosis sanitarium
portion of the hospital and persuaded Edward
Lowry, the 70-year-old white trusty who was tending the gate, to pass
them through for the purpose of delivering a box of books, Onee they
were through the gate, they drew pistols on and disarmed the guard,
When Lowry became suspicious and stepped over to the Guard's station,
Taylor held him while Willis shot him in the back at close range, kill.
ing him, They threw a rope ladder over the wall from the sanitarium
portion of the prison and Taylor and one other convict managed to es-
cape before a third was shot in the back while scaling the wall,
. Willis then surrendered and shortly aft. d that he neg
ly
fired the shot that had killed Lowry,
managed to escape were captured short: on, who
had held the aged trusty when he was shot was sentenced to 99-years-
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