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GREEN, ae April 21, 1949
lJeyeareold black man, electrocuted Flprida State Prison

(Dade County) for rape on April 21, 1917
Victim, Myra Whitenter, white child less than
10-years-old, daughter of Army Sargeant; date
of crime 10-10-1916; Sentenced: 12-9-1916;
"Me father returned home at night and saw

through window man atta ding his daugntere He
chase d & apprehended him, & cut his throat,

The appointed lawyer plead him guilty « there
was no appeal; apparently he had no family or |
friends; Green had been in service." Informa-=
tion in Vandiver-Radel&s& papers,

GREEN, Lewis ports ate

lJeyeareold black man, electrocuted Flprida State Prison
(Dade County) for rape on April 21, 197

Victim, Myra Whitenter, white child less than
l0-years-old, daughter of Army Sargeant; date
of crime 10-10-1946; Sentenced: 12-9-1916;
"The father returned home at night and saw
through window man atta ding his daughter, He
chase d & apprehended him, & cut his throat,
The appointed lawyer plead him guilty & there
was no appeal; apparently he had no family or
friends; Green had been in service." Informa=
tion in Vandiver-Radelté papers,

GREEN, Lewis SIE8. Bo Ely

19-year-old black man, electrocuted Florida State Prison
(Dade County) for rape on April 21, 19h7

Victim, Myra Wnitenter, white child less than
l0-years-old, daughter of Army Sargeant; date
of crime 10-10-1916; Sentenced: 12-9-1946;
"The father returned home at night and saw

through window man atta dcing his daughter.

He
chase d & apprehended him, &% cut his throat,
The appointed lawyer plead him guilty & there
was no appeal; apparently he had no family or
friends; Green had been in service."
tion in Vandiver-Radeles papers,

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