Howard Jackson, GA, 1955 April 15

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| Jackson, a lh-year-old Newnan, Gae, Negro,.andhis.wife, ‘
Carrie “Willie-Jaékson,had been separated for several days,
On Nove 17, 1953, she swore out a peace bond stating that
_ She was afraid of him. On Nov. 21, he called her at work
__and_asked that she come home in order that they might di-
vide their things. When she reached the house, he shot &
_ her’ several times with a shotgun and fled to Kansam City,
-Mo., where he was later captured and returned to Newnan
to stand trial. He was convicted and he was electrocuted

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(After killing his wife, Jackson attacked her stepmother
w ith the stock of the shotgun and inflicted several
ee bruises and cuts.) a

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| Jackson, a li-year-old Newnan, Ga., Negra,.and his. wife aod
Carrie “Willie -Jaékson,had been separated for—several days,
On Nove 17, 1953, she swore out a peace bond stating that
she was afraid of him. On Nov. 21, he called her at work
and_asked that she come home in order that they might di-=
vide their things. When she reached the house, he shot ik
her’ several times with a shotgun and fled to Kansam Citys
Mo., where he was later capturedand- returned to Newnan
to stand trial, He was convicted and he was electrocuted
on April 15, 1955.

(After killing his wife, Jackson attacked her stepmother
w ith the stock of the shotgun and inflicted several

bruises and cuts.) ;

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Mo. where he was later captured and returned to Newman
to stand trial, He was convicted and he was electrocuted
on April 15, 1955.

(After killing his wife, Jackson attacked her stepmother
w itl the stock of the shotgun and inflicted several
bruises and cuts.)

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