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BARNES, Henry YH VIE
32-year-old black man, electrocuted Toe S rison

(Orange County) on April h, 1922,

"Orange, Va., March Zl, 1921=Clarence Brown and Henry
Barnes, negroxconvicts, will die in the electric chair
for the mrder of a guard, W E. Snow, during a sensa-
tional dash for liberty by five prisoners, according to
action of the jury trying the case here today, Brown,
who confessed on the stand to the actual mrder of the
guard will die on June 28, and Barnes tgo days later."
BIRMINGHAM AGE HERALD, B'ham, la. 5 Jofh-1921.

See also: BROWN, Ernest,

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BARNES, Henry LH ITs
32-year-old black man, electrocuted Tene Ss) rison

(Orange County) on April h, 1922,

"Orange, Va., March 21, 1921=Clarence Brown and Henry
Barnes, negroxconvicts, will die in the electric chair
for the murder of a guard, W, E. Snow, during a sensa-
tional dash for liberty by five prisoners, according to
action of the jury trying the case here today. Brown,
who confessed on the stand to the actual mrder of the
guard will die on June 28, and Barnes tgo days later."
BIRMINGHAM AGE HERALD, B'ham, Ala., ee

See also: BROWN, Ernest,

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BARNES, Henry rane L422
32-year-old black man, electrocutéd Virginia State Prison

(Orange County) on April h, 1922,

"Orange, Va. March Zl, 1921-Clarence Brown and Henry

Barnes, negroxconvicts, will die in the electric chair

for the mrder of a guard, W, E. Snow, during a sensa-

tional dash for liberty by five prisoners, according to

action of the jury trying the case here today. Brown,

nip confessed on the stand to the actual murder of the
on June 28, and Barnes t Besp RP

SraNINSHAN AGE HERALD, Btham, Ala, , 4og6.

See also: BROW, Ernest

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