All were convicted and, while the others received lesser sentences
La ranging from ten-years to life imprisonment s—DeBerry;—the—actuat— a
killer, was sentenced to die, The Kentucky Supreme Court mm affirmed
the convictionand sentence and he was electrocuted at the Kentucky
State Prison on November 30, 1956,
LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL, Louisville, Kentucky, Nove 30, 1956,
Ky. 289 SW 2nd 95
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All were convicted and, while the others received lesser sentences
_ranging from _ten-years to_life—impri ty-DeBerry;—the-actuak
killer, was sentenced to die, The Kentucky Supreme Court mm affirmed
the convictionand sentence and he was electrocuted at the Kentucky
State Prison on November 30, 1956.
LOUISVILLE COURLER-JOURNAL, Louisville 9 Kentucky, Nov. 30, 1956,
Ky. 289 SW 2na 95
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Prison on November 30, 1956,
LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURIAL, Louisville, Kentucky, Nov. 30, 1956,
Ky. 289 SW 2nd k95
DE BERRY, Charles C,
DeBerry, a el-year-old black Army Private, was stationed at Fort Knox,
Ky. He entered into a conspiraéy with five other blacks, 2l-year-~old
Burney Davis; 2-year-old Willie Childress, 37-year-old Curtis Lee
Coleman, h9~year-old John Lancaster and 2-year-old Nelson Meilroy,
to break into the River Road Country “lub near Louisville and steal
the contents of’ the safe, On the night of Jan. 2, 1955, they met
and formalized their plans with Coleman, a former employee of the —
Clubs; providing a layout and the usual schedule of the watchman,
Richard VY, Eddins, Lancaster drove, Coleman served as the lookout
and McKlroy, the safecracker waited outside until all was ready while
the other three men entered the club. When they heard Eddis approach-
ing, they hid in the women's locker room where they were discovered,
iddins was unarmed when he entered the room and De Berry shot him
three times and killed him, DeBerry was the last of the six to be
taken into custody when he was arrested at San Antonio, TeXey where
he had been transferred by the Army. Prior to his trial, he made two
confessions in which he admitted that he had shot Eddins, but at his
trial he repudiated them and claimed that he was high from sniffing
Cocaine and could mmkxewwex not even remember entering the Club,
DE BERRY, Charles C,
DeBerry, a 2Q-year-old black Army Private » Was stationed at Fort Knox,
Ky. He entered into a conspiraéy with five other blacks » el-year-old
Burney Davis; 22-year-old Willie Childress, 37-year-old Curtis Lee
Coleman, h9-year-old John Lancaster and l2-year-old Nelson Mciilroy,
to break into the River Road Country “lub near Louisville and steal
the contents of the safe, On the night of Jan, 2, 1955, they met
and formalized their plans with Coleman, a former employee of the
club, providing a layout and the usual schedule of the watchman,
Richard ', Eddins, Lancaster drove, Coleman served as the lookout
and McElroy, the safecracker waited outside until all was ready while
the other three men entered the club. When they heard Eddis approach-
ing, they hid in the women's locker room where they were discovered,
Hddins was unarmed when he entered the room and De Berry shot him
three times and killed him, DeBerry was the last of the six to be
taken into custody when he was arrested at San Antonio, Tex., where
he had been transferred by the Army. Prior to his trial, he made two
confessions in which he admitted that he had shot Eddins, but at his
trial he repudiated them and claimed that he was high from sniffing
Cocaine and could metxewven not even remember entering the Club,
DE BERRY, Charles C,
Deverry, a 2Q-year-old black Army Private, was stationed at Fort Knox,|
Ky. He entered into a conspiragy with five other blacks, 21-year-old
Burney Daviss 2i-year-old Willie Childress, 37-year-old Curtis Lee
Coleman, L9-year-old John Lancaster and 2-year-old Nelson Nedlroy ,
to break into the River Road Country “lub near Louisville and steai
the contents of the safe, On the night of Jan. 2, 1955, they met
confessions in which he admitted that he had shot iddins, but at his
trial he repudiated then and claimed that he was high from sri? ‘ing
Cocaine and could meaner not even remember entering the Club,
