Fred Arnell, AR, 1939 May 19

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| ARNELL, Fred

Black, electroduted, Arkansas State Prison (Miller Co,)
for rape on May 19, 1939 |

"Texarkana, Arke, April 21, 1939-Fred Arnell, 18-year-old
texarkana Negro, Friday was sentenced to die in the Ar-
kansas electric chair for a criminal attack on a local
white woman threeweeks ago, a charge to which he pleaded
guilty. Judge Dexter Bush fixed his execution date for
dawn of May 19," NEWS, Ballas, Texas, Apre 225 1939(5)-

| ARNELL, Fred

Black, electroduted, Arkansas State Prison (Miller Co,)
for rape on May 19, 1939

"Texarkana, Ark,, April 21, 1939-Fred Arnell, 18-year-old
Texarkana Negro, Friday was sentenced to die in the Ar-
kansas electric chair for a criminal attack on a local
white woman threeweeks ago, a charge to which he pleaded
guilty. Judge Dexter Bush fixed his execution date for
dawn of May 19," NEWS, Dallas, Texas, Apr. 22, 1939(5).

ARNELL, Fred

Black, electroduted, Arkansas State Prison (Miller Co,)
for rape on May 19, 1939

Texarkana, Ark, April 21, 1939-Fred Arnell, 16-year-old
Yexarkana Negro, Friday was sentenced to die in the Ar-
kansas electric chair for a criminal attack on a local
white woman threeweeks ago, a charge to which he pleaded
guilty. Judge Dexter Bush fixed his execution date for
dawn of May 19." NEWS, Ballas, Texas, Apr. 22, 1939(5)~

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