TYLER, LeRoy. recs — ery ARG CARD _ 3
_ ‘Tyler, & 3l-year-old Negro native of Washington, D. C.,
—and_a World War I veteran was-employed as~a bellhop at~
the Hotel Savoy in Youngstown, Ohio, where Myrtle Williams
~a Negro girl, was also employed. On Mave 2 elo 205 ain phe
__basement..of-the-Hotel-while perpetrating an assault on~
Miss Williams, he cut her throat with a penknife, A year
later, Tyler surrendered in Tylertown, ’ Misse, and con=
_fessed tothe crime, Returned to Ohio, he was convicted -
and he was electrocuted on March 3, 1922, At his request,
he was buried in hie old Army Uniform which he had worn
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“Tyler, & 3l-year-old Negro native of Washington, D, C.,
anda World War I veteran was-employed—as—a bellhop at
the Hotel Savoy in Youngsbown, Ohio, where Myrtle Williams
~a Negro girl, was also employed. On May 2 , 1920, in the
_basement.of the Hotel.-while perpetrating an assault on
Miss Williams, he cut her throat with a penknife, A year
later, Tyler surrendered in Tylertown, Miss., and con~
fessed tothe crime, —Returned-to Ohio; he was convicted
and he was electrocuted on March 3, 1922, At his request,
“he was buried in bie old Army Uniform which he had worn
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