obtain a commutation of sentence were unsuccessful. Desatinick was
electrocuted at the Massachusetts State Prison on July iy eco,
He had collapsed earlier when told that there was no chance for a
picaetin tak but he regained his composure and went to his death
calmly.
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",ee00n the night that Nathan Desatnick died in Massachusetts for
drowning his infant daughter, the rabbi urged me to keep my hat on
during the execution, I complied with his wish, ads did all the
others in the chamber,"
AGENT OF DEATH by Elliott, page 13);
obtain a commutation of sentence were unsuccessful, Desatinick was
electrocuted at the Massachusetts State Prison on July D7, 1928,
He had collapsed earlier when told that there was no chance for a
caine a but he regained his composure and went to his death
calmly.
EVENING GAZETTE, July 17, 1928
TEL GRAM, July 17, 1928
" .ee0n the night that Nathan Desatnick died in Massachusetts for
drowning his infant daughter, the rabbi urged me to keep my hat on
during the execution, I complied with his wish, ads did all the
others in the chamber,"
AGENT OF DEATH by Elliott, page 13)
obtain a commutation of sentence were unsuccessful, Desatinick was
sachusetts State Prison on July 17, 1928,
told that there was no chance for a
h
electrocuted
He had collapsed pane when
commutation, but he regained his composure and
calmly.
MORCES! NING GAZETTE, ATs 1928
CESTER TEL ORAM, July 17, 1
at Nathan Desatnick died in Massachusetts for
daughter, the rabbi urged me to keep my hat on
On the night +:
yi complied with his wish, ads did all the
irowning his infant
during tye execution,
others in the chanber,
AGENT OF DEATH by ae page 13h,
DESATNICK, Nicholas
Desatnick, a 2h-year-old Jewish fruit peddler, lived with his wife at
10 Edson Ste, Dorcester, Mass. In February, 1927, he became the fa-
ther of an illegitimate daughter who was named Stella. Desatnick took
the child and boarded it with other people. He sought to deny paterni-
ty of the child, but gossip spread. naming him as the father, Hmbarras-
ed by the talk, he took the child on June 5, 1927, and threw it into
Lake Quinsigamond where it drowned, The infant's body was musex subse-
quently found and when nobody could identify it, it was placed in the
morgue at Worcester where it remained for one month, ‘*inally a Sal-
vation Army worker who was familiar with the circumstances viewed it
and manent told the officials that it was the daughter of Nathan Desat~
nick, He was taken into custody and maintained that he had given the
child to a friend who was supposed to take it to New York and place
it in a home there and even though he could not produce the friend nor
could the police locate him, he never wavered from this story. He was
charged with being an accessory before the fact of murder, convicted
and sentenced to die. This was the first instance of the death penal -
ty being levied on this charge in Massachusetts since 1830. The case
bP ae on
VCS
s-aifirmed by the Massachusetts Supreme Court and a concerted effort
by several rabbis and other leaders of the Jewish community to
DESATNICK, Nicholas
Desatnick, a 2h-year-old Jewish fruit peddler, lived with his wife at
10 Edson Ste, Dorcester, Mass, In February, 1927, he became the fa-
ther of an illegitimate daughter who was named Stella, Desatnick took
the child and boarded it with other people. He sought to deny paterni-
ty of the child, but gossip spread. naming him as the father, mbarras-
ed by the talks he took the child on June 5, 1927, and threw it into
Lake Quinsigamond where it drowned, The infant's body was musex subse-
quently found and when nobody could identify it, it was placed in the
morgue at Worcester where it remained for one month, “inally a Sal-.
vation Army worker who was familiar with the circumstances viewed it
and mama told the officials that it was the daughter of Nathan Desat-
nick, He was taken into custody and maintained that he had given the
child to a friend who was supposed to take it to New York and place
it in a home there and even though he could hot produce the friend nor
could the police locate him, he never wavered from this story. He was
charged with being an accessory before the fact of murder, convicted
and sentenced to die, This was the first instance of the death penal.-
ty being levied on this charge in Massachusetts since 1830. The case
was—atfirmed-by the Massachusetts Supreme Court and a concerted effort
by several rabbis and other leaders of the Jewish community to
DESATNICK, Nicholas
Desatnick, a 2k-yoar-old Jewish fruit peddler, lived with his wife at
10 Edson St., Dorcester, Mass, In February, 1927, he became the fa-
ther of an illegitimate daughter who was named Stella, Desatnick took
the child and boarded it with other people. He sought to deny paterni-
ty of the child, but gossip spread. naming him as the father, mnbarras-|
ed by the talk, he took the child on June 5, 1927, and threw it into
Lake Quinsigamond where it drowned, The infant's body was im=xx subse-|
quently found and when nobody could identify it, it was placed in the
morgue at Worcester where it remained for one month, ‘inally a Sal-
vation Army worker who was familiar with the circumstances viewed it
manont
and sentenced to die, This was the first instance of the death penal-
ty being levied on this charge in Massachusetts since 1830, The case
was—affirmed-by—the Supreme Court and a concerted effort
by several rabbis and other leaders of the Jewish community to
