and he beat her to death with a rifles, Roush saturated
the house wifh gasoline and set fire to it in an effort
to obliterate BAE any trace of the crime, but the bodies
were removed before being destroyed. Roush was given a
lie detector test after which he confessed, stating that
he had planned to XSK#E commit suicide and tha}, with the
‘ cancellation of the note, his family would not be desti-
tute financially. He did make one attempt on his life b
slashing his throat with a razor. Roush very calmly
went to his dea th in Ohio's electric chair on April 26,
19392 His last words, mttered just before the current
was applied, were: "I shall not kill,"
- The Marion Star, Marion, Ohio. Photographs in issue of
4-27-1939. Photos of crime in issue of 4-27-1939.
and he beat her to death with a rifles. Roush saturated
the house wifh gasoline and set fire to it in an effort
to obliterate EAE any trace of the crime, but the bodies
were removed before being destroyed. Roush was given a
lie detector test after which he confessed, stating that
he had planned to X8HEB commit suicide and that, with the
‘ cancellation of the note, his family would not be desti-
tute financially. He did make one attempt on his life by
Slashing his throat with a razor. Roush very calmly
went to his dea th in Ohio's electric chair on April 26,
1939. His last words, mttered just before the current
was applied, were: "I shall not kill,"
The Marion Stary Marion, Ohio. Photographs in issue of
4-27-1939. Photos of crime in issue of }-27-1939
and he beat her to death with a rifles. Roush saturated
the house with gasoline and set fire to it in an effort
to obliterate EAE any trace of the crime, but the bodies
were removed before being destroyed. Roush was given a
lie detector test after which he confessed, stating that
he had planned to X#KEE comit suicide and tha$, with the
amily
cancellation of the note, his f¢
tute financially, He did
chair on April 26,
His last words, mttered just before the current
was applied, were: "I'shall not ill."
The Marion Star, Marion, Ohio, Photographs in issue of
4-27-1939. Photos of crime in issue of ]-27-1939.
ROUSH » Harvey Le. | | LARGE CARD
Roush, a ),8=year-old tenant farmer, had owned his own.
farm in Adams Cosy Ohio, but lost it during the depressi
He tried every way to provide for his wife and seven chil
dren and accepted a position as tenant on the Marion Co,
farm of 65-year-old master farmer Homer T. Myers. Myers
accepted his note for $11,00 representing a 1/3 interest
in the livestock on the place. On Saturday night, April
30, 1938, Roush drove his family in to Marion to go X%
4K shopping and to the theater and returned to Myers!
home where he told. the elderly man that he wanted to
Settle the note. After Myers marked the note paid,Roush,
instead of giving him money,shot him in the head. He
theh shot Mrs. Myers but the bullet didi not kill her
ROUSHs Harvey L. ee
Roush, a l8-year-old tenant farmer, had owned his own
farm in Adams Co., Ohio, but lost it during the depressio|
He tried every way to provide for his wife and seven chil,
dren and accepted a position as tenant on the Marion Co.
farm of 65-year-old master farmer Homer T, Myers. Myers
accepted his note for $11,00 representing a 1/3 interest
in the livestock on the place. On Saturday night, April
30, 1938, Roush drove his family in to Marion to go ¥&
%K shopping and to the theater and returned to Myers
home where he told the elderly man that he wanted to
settle the note. After Myers marked the note paid,Roush,
instead of giving him money,shot him in the head. He
then shot Mrs. Myers but the bullet didi not kill her
ROUSHs Harvey L, ay cee
Roush, a )8-year-old tenant farmer, had owned his own
farm in Adams Co., Ohio, but lost it during the d
He tried every way to provide for his wife and seven chill
Gren and accepted a position as tenant on the Marion Co.
accepted his note for $100 representing a 1/3 interest
in
then shot Mrs. Myers but the bullet did not kill her
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