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tained her glasses, a gold watch and a cloth money.
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that she wore, but he steadfastly maintained that he oo
aa ana oa i 1 Ldentitied by several persons wo
j “xtraditedto—~exas; he was identified by several perso
mele SO ae as cae he nme 63 a ym en PEE qa BNO
een the two together the day before the murder, Convicted and
had seen the two COPe UNEGI 218 O : Se ees 5 Ss sai
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sentenced to death, he was electrocuted on June 15, 19h2. 1s i
i ee nae ; + HA bot of Wworen wri
Erol BUADOS, WEG? “HH LOU Of women Bd
7 words; spoken to one or the prison guards, were cet
Nae ; their tears will be mv epitaph,
be mourning my death = their tears will v_epitary
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sa POLiCH Pi bas; february, 1963 Mannunt Tor thie “Ldow'r i
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stead
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y Money Bert
Watson. Page 3h.
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Brown, a white middle-aged romeo from Chicago, had a len prison
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record which included a five-year sentence in Joliet Prison for auto
‘ Si ase ee 4 Shelia LP ne gos Pe |
theft, ll-months at Leavenworth for vu oh the malls to defraud and
bd
£ ve) * Pa) Teta yen e ull vin hie
five-years in a,California prison for grand larceny, He joined a
v
De rimonzal agency through which he met Lonely women and de-
frauded women of their sayings ea ee oLgamous marriages, .In
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March, 19l1, he married a lS-year-old Marion, ind. Widow, “TS.
Leota Franc a5 Murphy, under an alias and departed on a lengthy honéy-~
moon after convincing his bride to convert all of her property to
cash. Harly on the morning of March 20, while they were: passing
through Hansford Coe, Eex., he bludgeoned her unconscious with a
claw hammer and &1lit her throat, leaving the body by the side of the
road where it was discovered shortly afterwards, Mrs. Murphy was
identif ped Dy tracing the labelsin her Oe ham to a Marion clothing
Store and one of her relatives provided officers with the Chicago
office address that Frown had used under |
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@) ai ng A CG ee Vy < i, §
HVS arias. ol
to be found of the man who had rented the office, but
gave Brown's name as a reference as well as his address
Dea om Sb Ta ae ji i Papuan eghe Vig pe a BU Ya)
noted the resemblence bet ween him and the mam deseri
nA
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rion with Mrs, “urphy and
wno had married ANG lef
Idle ~a ged romeo fror
eyoad sentence
a orkh for
Leavenworth fo
vite mi
which inc
h-mont
thea martile 4 Da SI ava eat
the mails to defraud and
4 prison for grand larceny. He joined a
geney through ene he met lonely wom
d women of ings following bigamous marriag:
» he married a )é Baga rola Marion, Ind., widow,
see under an alias and teenies on a leng
s i to convert all. of her property
a morning of March 20, while they were passing
Os, beXs,5 he | oned her unconscious with a
it her thr the body by pas side c
iscovered sh afterwards. Mrs, Murphy
a labelsin her cloth } r
atives provided officers wi bia ak Ch
Srown had used under his
the man who had re
name
arey
Maw chs,
hLeota
moon
cing
rion clot
reference ¢
tween him ar
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