showed identification papers that he vee Solon the austen’ before.
Returned to Cleveland, he admitted killing Haas but claimed that
when he whirled on the stairs and pointed the pistol at the officerk
Haas went for his own gun. Ross showed no remorse, stating that
Haas "wasn't thinking of his family when he pulled.a gun on me."
Convicted, he went to his death in Ohio's electric chair on Jan,
16, 1953, refusing to make angt statement and showing ho emotion.
THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER, Cleveland, Ohio 1-17-1953.
FACT DETECTIVE Yearbook, 1952. "No Place to Hide.® Page 32,
showed identification papers that he had stolen. the night befores
Returned to Cleveland, he admitted killing Haas but claimed that
when he whirled on the stairs and pointed the pistol at the officerk
Haas went for his own gun. Ross showed no remorse, stating that
Haas “wasn't thinking of his family when he pulled.a gun on me."
Convicted, he went to his death in Ohio's electric chair on Jan.
16, 1953, refusing to make angt statement and showing ho emotione
THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER, Cleveland, Ohio 1-17-1953.
FACT DETECTIVE Yearbook, 1952. "No Place to Hide. Page 32.
showed identification papers that he had stolen the night before.
Returned to Cleveland, he admitted killing Haas but claimed that
when he whirled on the stairs and pointed the pistol at the officer
Haas went for his own gun, Ross showed no remorse, stating that
Haas "wasn't thinking of his family when he pulled.
Convicte:
16, 1953, refusing to make angt statement and showing ho emotions
THE CLEVELAND PIAIN DEALER, Cleveland, Ohio 1-17-1953.
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ROSS, George *ra ncis, (hertz)
Ross, the 20-year-old product of a broken San Francisco,. Calif.,. home
was. continuously in trouble from-his early teen age for robbery and
.burglary. In 1951, he was paroled from Folsom Prison and worked for _
a short while at a bottling plant when he reverted to burglary as a
—source of income. -When-a-warrant-was—issued_for-his-arrest, he -made—
his.way to Seattle, Wash., in a stolen automobile and there teamed _
up with another criminal named Angell, After taking the pistol from
—a-Seattlepolieeman-who-had-sought-to-question—them, they-made their —
way across the country, supporting themselves by armed robberies, to
Chicago where they split up. Ross went on to Cleveland, Ohio, in the
-—stolen-automobile—and-checked into-a Cleveland boarding house, While
in Cleveland, he pulled off a couple of burglaries in prosperous
neighborhoods eA On Dec. 8, 1951, he was stopped by Patrolman Forney
I. Haas-who was suspicious of the car with a California license plate
Ross told him that his driver's license and the registration to the
automobile were in his room at the boarding house and Haas agreed to
~ accompany him-in order that he might prove ownership of the automo-
bile, As they walked up the stairs to Ross's room, he Se ere a_pis-
tol BRX@ and killed the officer, Ross made his way to Baltimore,
Maryland, where he-was—captured-on Dec. 17. _At_the time, Ress————_—
attempted to pass himself off as a man named Crosby and he had
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ROSS, George ‘ra neis, While) it i abmeeaiaiera tN) |
| Ross, the 28-year-old product of a broken San Francisco,. Calif., home
was continuously in trouble from_his early teen-age for robbery and
burglary. In 1951, he was paroled from Folsom Prison and worked for
a short while at a bottling plant when he reverted to burglary as a
source _of—income.__When-a-warrant-was-issuedfor-his-arrest, he-made—
his. way to Seattle, Wash., in a stolen automobile and there teamed
up with another criminal named Angell, After taking the pistol from
a Seattle policeman-who-had- ‘sought-to question them, they made their —|
way across the country, supporting themselves by armed robberies, to_
Chicago where they split up. Ross went on to Cleveland, Ohio, in the
—stolen-automebile—and-checked—i house. While |
in Cleveland, he pulled off a couple of burglaries in prosperous
neighborhoods SA# On Dec. 8, 1951, he was stopped by Patrolman Forney
i, Haas-who was suspicious of the car witha California license plate J
Ross told him that his driver's license and the registration to the
automobile were in his room at the boarding house and Haas agreed to
accompany him-in-order that he might prove ownership of the automo-
bile. As they walked up the stairs to Ross's room, he pulled a pis=
tol EXXA and killed the officer. Ross made his way to Baltimore,
Maryland, where he was-captured-on Dec, 17. At_the time, Ross
attempted to pass himself off as a man named Crosby and he had
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ar-old product of a broken San Francisco, Calif., home
was continuously_in trouble from his early teen age for robbery and
burglary. ‘In 1951, he was paroled from Folsom Prison and worked for
a short while at a bottling plant when he reverted to burglary as a
source -of- income. When-a-warrant-was-issued-for-his-arrest, he made
his. way to Seattle, Wash, in a stolen automobile and there teamed
up with another criminal named Angell. After taking the pistol from
a Seattle policeman-who-had sought-to-question-them,—they made their
way across the country, supporting themselves by armed robberies, to
Chicago where they split up. Ross went on to Cleveland, Ohio, in the
stolen-automobile-and-checked into-a Cleveland boarding house. While
in Cleveland, he pulled off a couple of burglaries in prosperous
neighborhoods .H#M On Dec. 8, 1951, he was stopped by Patrolman Forney
I, Haas who was-suspicious ofthe car witha California license plate
Ross told him that his driver's license and the registration to the
automobile were in his room at the boarding house and Haas agreed to
accompany him in order that he might prove ownership of the automo-
bile. As they walked up the stairs to Ross's room, he
tol WK and killed the officer. Ross made his way to
Maryland, where he was-captured on Dec. 17. At-the time, Ross
attempted to pass himself off as a man named Crosby and he had
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