he pleaded guilty at his trial and threw himself on the mercy of
the Courte Peterson insisted on telling the full story of the
crime, which he blamed on the whiskey that he had drank on the pre-
‘ceding day, from the witness stand and when the sentence of death
was pronounced, he stood before the Court Sobbing and begging for
mercy. The Florida State Supreme Court affirmed the conviction and
he was electrocuted at the State Prison on June_1,.1959
PANAMA CITY NEWS, June 23, 1958
HOLMES COUNTY ADVERTISER February 20, 1959 and June 5, 1959
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he pleaded guilty at his trial and threw himself on the mercy of
the Court. Peterson insisted on telling the full story of the
crime, which he blamed on the whiskey that he had drank on the pre-
‘ceding day, from the witness stand and when the sentence of death
was pronounced, he stood before the Court Sobbing and begging for
mercy. The Florida State Supreme Court affirmed the conviction and
he was electrocuted at the State Prison on June 1,.1959
PANAMA CITY NEWS, June 23, 1958
HOLMES COUNTY ADVERTISER February 20, 1959 and June 5, 1959
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he pleaded guilty at his trial and threw himself on the mercy of
the Court. Peterson insisted on telling the full story of the
crime, which he blamed on the whiskey that he had drank on the pre-
ceding day, from the witness stand and when the sentence of death
was pronounced, he stood before the Court sobbing and begging for
mercy. The Florida State Supreme Court affirmed the conviction and
he was electrocuted at the State Prison on June 1, 1959
PANAMA CITY NEWS, June 23, 1958
HOLMES COUNTY ADVERTISER February 20, 1959 and June 5, 1959
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PETERSON, Frank
Peterson, an illiterate 33-year-old black native of South Carolina,
had a criminal record that included seventeen arrests. On the morn-
ing of June 10, 1958, he was released from the Florida chain gang
at its Noma Road Camp. He caught a ride to Bonifay, Holmes Coe, on
a state truck and spant the day and evening drinking whiskey. Early
the next morning, he was prowling in a rural section when he KEKE
looked through aKX&$SK window and saw K el-year-old Mrs, IraxgGene
Carnley, wife of a share cropper, séeeping in the home that she
shared with her husband and é-year=old daughter, Earnestine. Peter-
Son entered the house through a back window, carrying an axe that he
picked up outside in case he should meet any resistance, and when Mr,
Carnely, alrefed by the noise of the forced entry got up, Peterson
hacked him to death, He then entered Mrs, Carnley's bedroom and
holding her with onex hand, killed Earnestine with the axe held in
the other, He then bludgeonedthe woman unconscious 9 raped her and
fled. Peterson was identified by bloody hand and foot prints left
at the scene of the crime, but he was not arrested for two weeks
taken into custody at Springfield, nea
Piftate ii tata, bali With the assistanee of the Na ie x ee op he Bie
fought extradition, but he was finally returned to Holme unity
PETERSON, Frank
Peterson, an illiterate 33-year-old black native of South Carolina,
had a criminal record that included seventeen arrests, On the morn-
ing of June 10, 1958, he was released from the Florida chain gang
at its Noma Road Camp. He caught a ride to Bonifay, Holmes Co, » on
a state truck and spant the day and evening drinking whiskey. Early
the next morning, he was prowling in a rural section when he KEKE
looked through aBXSKBK window and saw K al-year-old Mrs, IrayGene
Carnley, wife of a share cropper, s@eeping in the home that she
shared with her husband and 2-year-old daughter, Earnestine, Peter-
Son entered the house through a back window, carrying an axe that he
picked up outside in case he Should meet any resistance » and when Mr,
Carnely, alrefed by the noise of the forced entry got up, Peterson
hacked him to death. He then entered Mrs, Carnley's bedroom and
holding her with onex hand, killed Earnestine with the axe held fn
the other, He then bludgeonedthe woman unconscious, raped her and
fled. Peterson was identified by bloody hand and foot prints left
at the scene of the crime, but he was not arrested for two weeks
when he was located ahd taken into custod ete \ ler baa ion BS" he
I York, With the assistanee o
fount Seeeeitice, but he was finally returned to Holmes County wher
PETERSON, Frank
Peterson, an illiterate 33.
had a criminal record that
low and saw M 21-year-old Mrs, IrayGene
wife of a share cropper, sdeeping in the hone that she
shared with her husband and 2-year-old daughter, Earnestine. Peter-
Son entered the house through a back window, carrying an axe that he
Picked up outside in case he should mest any resistance, and when Mrs
farnely, alreted by the noise of the forced entry got up, Feterson
hacked him to death, He then entered Mrs, Carnley's bedroom and,
holding her with oney hand, killed Earnestine with the axe held {n
the other. He then bludgeonedthe woman unconscious, raped her and
fled. Peterson was identified by bloody hand and foot prints left
at the scene of the crime, but he was not reece mee
on he was located abd taken into custody ai felds pea
Buflelo, New orks’ @iin the assistanes of the eae eet hee al
fought extradition, but he was finally returns:
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