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ed him to death with bottles and an iron coal shovel, He left a _

note on the dining room table mocking the parole board and the¥
police started checking on recently released convicts. Wodds' des-
cription matched the one of a man seen going into the cottage where
the two old men lived and the similarity in the double murder and
that of Lowman eighteen years earlier was enough to make him a sus-
pect. He was found in the New York City jail where he had been
arrested two days after the crime for fighting. Woods readily eon~
fessed not only the murders of Rescigno and Sessy but also that of
Lowman whikch he had always previously denied. He confessed to having
killed, his girl frined, Shirley Long, in 1926 when he was but lj-~year
old, by giving her some cup-cakes which he had previously doctored
with arsenic and to having killed Mrs, Pearl Robinson on July 5,
1933, who he followed as she was walking home and stabbed no less
than 12 times, His motive for the killing of Miss Longo was that
he felt that she was stringing along and his motive for the killing
of Mrs, Robinson was simply that he wanted to kill someone. He
begged to be sent to the electric chair instead of being returned

to prison and the judge obliged him b sentencing him to death, He
was electrocuted at Sing Sing on March 21, 1963. When he entered
the_death chamber, he said his last words: "Gents, this is an

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ed him to death with bottles and an iron coal shovel. He left a
note on the dining room table mocking the parole board and the¥
police started checking on recently released convicts. Wodds' des-
cription matched the one of a man seen going into the cottage where
the two old men lived and the similarity in the double murder and
that of Lowman eighteen years earlier was enough to make him a sus-
pect. He was found in the New York City jail where he had been
arrested two days after the crime for fighting. Woods readily eon-
fessed not only the murders of Rescigno and Sessy but also that of
Lowman which he had always previously denied. He confessed to havi
killed his girl frined, Shirley Long, in 1926 when he was but 1-year
old, by giving her some cup=cakes which he had previously doctored
with arsenic and to having killed Mrs, Pearl Robinson on July 5,
1933, who he followed as she was walking home and stabbed no less
than 142 times. His motive for the killing of Miss Longo was that
he felt that she was stringing along and his motive for the killing
of Mrs, Robinson was simply that he wanted to kill someone. He
begged to be sent to the electric chair instead of being returned
to prison and the judge obhiged him by sentencing him to death, He
was electrocuted at Sing Sing on March 21, 1963. When he entered

the death chamber, he said his last words: "Gents, this is an
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ed him to death with bottles and an iron coal shovel, He left a
note on the dining roan table mocking the parole board and the}
police started checking on recently released convicts, Wodds' des-
cription matched the one of a man seen going into the cottage where
the two old men lived and the similarity in the double mrder and
that of Lowman eighteen years earlier was enough to make him a sus-
pect. He was found in the New York City jail where he had been
arrested two days after the crime for fighting, Woods readily eon-
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~ educational project. You are about to witness the damaging effect
that electricity has on Wood. #njoy yourselves,"

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Macabre Sense of Humor? by Charles Walker, Page 16

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educational project. You are about to witness the damaging effect
that electricity has on Wood. Enjoy yourselves,”

MASTER DETECTIVE, September, 1971. "The Mass Murderer had a
Macabre Sense of Humor? by Charles Walker. Page h6

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educational project, You are about to witness the damaging effect
that electricity has on Wood. Enjoy yourselves,

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Macabre Sense of Humor} by Charles Walker, Page 6

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WOODS , Frederick G,

Woods, a white man who had been in trouble all of his adult life, was
paroled from Prison in May, 1960, after having served 17 years of a
20=year-to-life sentence, The parole board released him in spite of
the strenuous objections of numerous jurists and police offiers who
were will aware of his violent tendenchis, The crime for which he
had been convicted was a particularly brutal one in that he had taken
a drinking companion to a woman's apartment during her absence in
Oftover, 1942, and bludgeoned him into unconsciousness with a beer
bottle before litera lly hacking him to death with his knife, On the
afternoon of June 30, 1950, having already violated his parole by
leaving his job in an Albany laandry and going to New York City, he
me! 62-year-old John Rescigno, a pensioner, who lived tn Queens, Long
Island, with another aged bachelor, 78yearold Frederick Sess, The
two men had a few drinks and then purchased a quantity of beer and
whiskey which they took to the cabin where Sess had already retired

for the evening. When Rescigno became drowsy from the drink and lay
down, Woods bludgeoned him with the botthes, breaking five over his
_ head and then used a jagged piece of glass to cut his thnoat, He
then went into the other bedroom where Sess was. sleeping and bludgeon-

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WOODS, Frederick G.

_ Woods, a white man who had been in trouble all of his adult life, was
paroled from Prison in May, 1960, after having served 17 years of a
20~year-to-life sentence. The parole board released him in spite of
the strenuous objections of numerous jurists and police offiers who
were wbll aware of his violent tendenchés. The crime for which he
had been convicted was a particularly brutal one in that he had taken
a drinking companion to a woman's apartment during her absence in
Oftover, 192, and bludgeoned him into unconsciousness with a beer
bottle before litera lly hacking him to death with his knife, On the
afternoon of June 30, 1950, having already violated his parole by
leaving his job in an Albany laandry and going to New York City, he
me! 62-year-old John Rescigno, a pensioner, who lived tn Queens, Long
Island, with another aged bachelor, 78-yearold Frederick Sess, The
two men had a few drinks and then purchased a quantity of beer and
whiskey which they took to the cabin where Sess had already retired
for the evening. When Rescigno became drowsy from the drink and lay
down, Woods bludgeoned him with the bottihes, breaking five over his
head and then used a jagged piece of glass to cut his thpoat, He
then went into the other bedroom where Sess was sleeping and bludgeon-

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WOODS, Frederick G,

Woods, @ white man who had been in trouble all of his adult life, was
paroled from Prison in May, 1960, after having served 17 years of a
20-year-to-life sentence. The parole board released him in spite of
the strenuous objections of mmerous jurists and police offiers who
were wll aware of his violent tendenckis, The crime for which he

companion to a wanan's apartment during her absence
October, ‘oliz, and bludgeoned him into unconsciousness with a beer

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afternoon of June 30, 1950, eee Blready violated his parole by
leaving his job ated Mibary laandry and going to New York City, he
62-year-old John Rescigno, a pensioner, who lived fin Queens, Long
Island, with another aged bachelor, 78=yearold Frederick Sess, The
two men had a few drinks and then purchased a quantity of beer and
whiskey which they tock to the cabin where Sess ad already retired
for the evening, When Rescigno becane drowsy from the drink and
down, Woods bludgsoned hin with the botthes, breaking five over nis
head and then used a jagged piece of glass to cut his thnoat.
then went into the other bedroan where Sess was sleeping and bludgeon

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