PIOLKOWSKI, Stephet 9% 29 ere9
Pleyear-old white man, electrocuted Sing Sing Prison
(Erie County) on May 29, 1930, "Stephen Ziolkowski,
Buffalo gangster, put to double use the cigar which he
took with him to the chair, Besides smoking it, he em=
ployed it in a last defiant gesture against the society
which had doomed him, ‘With a snarl, he hurled the cigar
with full force at the witnesses, It struck a stout man
in the chest, sending ashes down the front of him, ‘How's
things, Cap?! the gangster inquired a few seconds later of,
the guard attaching the leg electrode, Just before I
threw the switch, he screamed: 'téhoopee, boys} Let ‘er go!
AGENT OF DEATH by Elliott, pages 169-170
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Pli-year-old white man, electrocuted Sing Sing Prison
(Erie County) on May 29, 1930, "Stephen Ziolkowski,
Buffalo gangster, put to double use the cigar which he
took with him to the chair, Besides smoking it, he em-
ployed it in a last defiant gesture against the society
which had doomed him, ‘With a snarl, he hurled the cigar
with full force at the witnesses, It struck a stout man
in the chest, sending ashes down the front of him, ‘How's
things, Cap?! the gangster inquired a few seconds later of
the guard attaching the leg electrode, Just before I
threw the switch, he screamed: 'thoopee, boys} Let 'er go
AGENT OF DEATE by Elliott, pages 169-170
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ZLOLKONSET, Stephan" 29%
Phayear-old an, electrocuted Sing Sing Prison
(Erie County) on May 29, 1930, "Steshen Zolkowsid,
Buffalo gangster, put to double use the cigar which he
took with him to the chair, Besides smoking it, he em
ployed it in a last defiant gesture against the society
had doomed hin, ‘With a snerl, he hurled the cigar
h full force at the witnesses, It struck a stout, mn
down the éront of hin,
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the guard attaching the leg electrode.
threw the switch, he screamed: 'thoopee, boys} Let 'er gol
AGENT OF DEATH by Elliott, pages 169-170
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