Anthony Wilson, LA, 1944 March 6

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The first man to be electrocuted in Orleans Parish, Lag
Affirmed on appeale Electrocuted on March 6, 19),
Crime was rape, Black man,

"SENTENCED TO DIE. = New Orleans, Jane 15. (AP) = Judge
Je A yrthur Charbonnet KXGAKX¥a teday sentenced Anthony
Wilson, 29, negro, to die in the electric chair for a
criminal attack on a white woman June 25," CLARION -
LEDGER, Jackson, Missey Jane 16, 193 (10/8)

WIBSON, Anthony

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The first man to be electrocuted in Orleans Parish, Lae
Affirmed on appeale Electrocuted on March 6, 19hh,
Crime was rape. Black mane

"SENTENCED TO DIE. = New Orleans, Jane 15. (AP) = Judge
Je A ythur Charbonnet KX@XKX#@ today sentenced Anthony
Wilsen, 29, negro, to die in the electric chair for a
criminal attack on a white woman June 25." CLARION -
LEDGER, Jackson, Missey Jane 16, 1943 (10/8)

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