framed by personal enemies and that his confession had been forced
from him, After eating a last meal consisting of fried chicken , ©
fresh shrimp with cocktail sauce, a plate of relish, cherry pie with
ice cream, rolls, butter, jelly, coffee, soda and cigarettes, he went
to the electric chair calmly, wearing a peaceful smile on his face
when he entered the death chamber,
CLEVELAND CALL AND POST, Cleveland, Ohio, July 1, 19563; July 21, 1956
(Photograph)
framed by personal enemies and that his confession had been forced
from him, After eating a last meal consisting of fried chicken , ©
fresh shrimp with cocktail sauce, a plate of relish, cherry pie with
ice cream, rolls, butter, jelly, coffee, soda and cigarettes, he went
to the electric chair calmly, wearing a peaceful smile on his face
when he entered the death chamber,
CLEVELAND CALL AND POST, Cleveland, Ohio, July lj, 1956; July 21, 1956
(Photograph)
framed by personal enemies and that his confession had been forced
from hin, After eating a last meal consisting of fried chicken ,
fresh shrimp with cocktail sauce, a plate of relish, cherry pie with
ice cream, rolls, butter, jelly, coffee, soda and cigarettes, he went
to the electric chair calmly, wearing a peaceful smile on his face
when he entered the death chambers
CLEVELAND CALL AND POSIT, Cleveland, Ohio, July lj, 1956; July 21, 1956
(Photograph)
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WILSON, Walter T.
Wilson, a 29=year@old black man, was a native of Chattanooga, Tenn,,
who had served four years in a prison in that State for larcenty be-~
fore he was released in 1952 and moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he
worked as a laborer, On January 17, 1955, he robbed the grocery
sdbre of 73-year-old Morris Weintaub, shooting and wounding Weintaub
in the process, On the evening of January 19, 1955, he entered a
saloon Located at 3331 Scovill Avenue, leaped on the bar and shot
the owner's son, Joseph Fena, through the heart, after which he
took the money from Fena's pocket and the cash register and fled, A
man with whom he had previously had difficulties resulting in a fight
in which Wilson was cut and the other man beaten with an axe handle
and two others identified Wilson as being Fena's murderer and he was
taken into custody five days later at the Wayfarer's Lodge, After in=
tensive questioning, he signed a confession but at his trial he repud-
diated it and said that it had been beaten and forced from him, The
prosecution maintained that he was a narcotics addict who had staged
the two robberies for money for drugs, but Wilson denied that he had
ever taken any form of narctbice, He was convicted by a jury and
when the Governor HXAXHaK refused to grant clemency after granting
one reprieve, he was electrocuted at the Ohio State Prison on July 13,
1956, Wilson continued to maintain to his death that he had been
WILSON, Walter T,
Wilson, a 29-year-old black man, was a native of Chattanooga, Tenn,,
who had served four years in a prison in that State for larceny be-
fore he was released in 1952 and moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he
worked as a laborer, On January 17, 1955, he robbed the grocery
sdbre of 73-year-old Morris Weintaub, shooting and wounding Weintaub
in the process. On the evening of Jamary 19, 1955, he entered a
saloon located at 3331 Scovill Avenue, leaped on the bar and shot
the owner's son, Joseph Fena, through the heart, after which he
took the money from Fena's pocket and the cash register and fled, A
man with whom he had previously had difficulties resulting in a fight
in which Wilson was cut and the other man beaten with an axe handle
and two others identified Wilson as being Fena's murderer and he was
taken into custody five days later at the Wayfarer's Lodge, After ine
tensive questioning, he signed a confession but at his trial he repud-
dated it and said that it had been beaten and forced from him, The
prosecution maintained that he was a narcotics addict who had staged
the two robberies for money for drugs, but Wilson denied that he had
ever taken any form of narcbbice, He was convicted by, a jury and
when the Governor AXAXHaK refused to grant clemency after’ granting
one reprieve, he was electrocuted at the Ohio State Prison on July 13,
1956, Wilson continued to maintain to his death that he had been
WILSON, Walter T,
Wilson, a 29-year-old black man, was a native of Chattanooga, Tenn,
who had served four years in a prison in that State for larcengg be-
fore he was released in 1952 and moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he
worked as a laborer, On January 17, 1955, he robbed the grocery
sbbre of 73-year-old Morris Weintaub, shooting and wounding Weintaub
in the process, On the evening of Jamary 19, 1955, he entered a
saloon located at 3331 Scovill Avenue, leaped on the bar and shot
the owner's son, Joseph Fena, through the heart, after which he
took the money from Fena's pocket. and the cash register and fled, A
and two others identified Wilson as being Fena's murderer and he was
taken into custody five days later at the Vayfarer's Lodge, After in=
tensive questioning, he signed a confession but at his trial he repud-
dated it and said that it had been beaten and forced from him, The
prosecution maintained that he was a narcotics addict who had staged
the two robberies for money for drugs, but Wilson denied that he had
ever taken any form of narcbbice, He iced by a 4
when the Governor BXMXMAK refused to prank clones Meer wee
one reprieve, he was electrocuted at the Ohio State Prison on July 13,
1956, Wilson continued to maintain to his death that he had been
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