Joseph Mckay, TN, 1939 April 10

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MARTIN, James O,, McKAY, Joseph and SMITH, James Ws hee D
All electrocuted, Tenn, State Prison, on 4-10-1939 6
murder of 22-year-old Oliver J, George in Feb,, 1938,
Martin a white service station owner, Hired McKay and
Smith, both black, to kill George to obtain proceeds from
an insurance plicy that he had taken on George's life,
George worked for Martin at station,

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All electrocuted, Tenn, State Prison, on {1-10-1939 GR
murder of 22-year-old Oliver J, George in Feb., 1938
Martin a white service station owner, Hired McKay and
Smith, both black, to kill George to obtain proceeds from
an insurance plicy that he had taken on George's life,
George worked for Martin at station,

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mirder of 22-year-old Oliver J, George in Feb,, 1938,
Martin a white service station owner, lired Mekay and
Smith, both black, to kill George to obtain proceeds from
an insurance plicy that he had taken on Georges 1

George worked for Martin at station,

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