Joseph Ernst, NJ, 1962 July 31

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years in the Death House. A devotee of Adolph
Hitler, Ernst was mad as a hatter. He believed |
Ghat revorcse: of tne Extermination of Jews were
fabrications by Zionists His final act in’ thie
world was. to delay his execution while he fin-
ished a bowl’ of ice cream.’ BRIEF AGAINST
DEATH by Edgar Smith, page 3h5 :

years in the Death House. A devotee of Adolph
Hitler, Ernst was mad as a hatter. He believed
that reports of the sxtermination of Jews were
fabrications by Zionists. His final act in this
world was. to delay his execution while he fin-
ished a bowl of ice cream.' BRIBE AGAINST

EATH by Edgar Smith, page 3h5 :

ERNST, Joseph B, LARGE CARD

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go out with him. Infuriated by her refusdas, Ernst
went to the home where she was baby-sitting in Camden,
Ne dey and shot her to death, XKSKEXEK The ee~year-old
murderer was convicted and died in the electric chair
at Trenton on July 31, 1962,

Sources Master Detective, Nove 1962 a
"Joseph Ernst, twenty-seven years old, convicte
of shooting to death a former girl friende
He was-executed—June—30,-1963, after four

ERNST, Joseph B, LARGE CARD

Ernst, recently paroled from the New Jersey reformatory,
sought to date 17-year-old Joan Conner who refused to
go out with him. Infuriated by her refushas, Ernst
went to the home where she was baby-sitting in Camden,
Ne Je, and shot her to death, ESHEXEX The 22-year-old
murderer was convicted and died in the electric chair
at Trenton on July 31, 1962,

Source: Master Detective, Nov. 1962 ste)
"Joseph Ernst, twenty-seven years old, convicted
of shooting to death a former girl friend.

He was executed June 30, 1963, after four

ERNST, Joseph B, LARGE CARD

Ernst, recently paroled from the New Jersey reformatory,|
sought to date 17-year-old Joan Conner who refused to
go out with him. Infuriated by hei i

went to the home where she was bat ing in Camden,
Ne Jey and shot her to dea WSHELEX The 22-year-old
murderer was convicted and died in the electric chair
at Trenton on July 31, 1962.

old, convicted

~after four

He was executed June 30, 1963,



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