fied at his trial that he had been kicked out of his: house when he was
16-years-old and had never HH&X had a chance, Tranon's sirlfriend who |
had been raped by all three identified and testified at the trials of
each and all were convicted and sentenced to die, They were granted
five respites while the Board of Pardons considered their case because
of their youth but the Board finally decided not to intervene and they
were electrocuted at Rockview State Prison on April 25, 1938, Rose and
Oreszak, holding a grudge against Duminiak for having "squealed" ig-=
nored and refused to speak to him fren during the last hours of their
lives. All DEAS) went we oe ot SEE and 1 none Pde ) ange state-
ments,
CHESTER TIMES, Chester, Pae, April 23, 1938 (Photos) and April 25, 1938
Gat eg
fied at his trial that he had been kicked out of his: house when he was
16-years-old and had never HEX had-a-chance,Tranon's girlfriend who
had been raped by all three identified and testified at the trials of
each and all were convicted and sentenced to die, They were granted
five respites while the Board of Pardons considered their case because
of their youth but the Board finally decided not to intervene and they
were electrocuted at Rockview State Prison on April 25, 1938, Rose and
Oreszak, holding a grudge against Duminiak for having "squealed" ig-
nored and refused to speak to him #wen during the last hours of their
lives, All three went to their deaths calmly and none made anyt state-
mentse age :
CHESTER TIMES, Chester, Pas, April 23, 1938 (Photos) and April 25, 1938
ep | =
fied at his trial that he had been kicked out of his house when he was
Vayears-old and had never HXHX
had been raped by all three identified at vestigied at the Coit of
each and all were convicted and sentenced to die, They were granted
five respites while the Board of Pardons considered their case because
of their youth but the Board finally decided not to intervene and they
were electrocuted at Rockview State Prison on April 25, 1938, Rose and
Oreszak, holding a grudge against Duminiak for having "squealed" ig~
nored and refused to speak to him iaen during the last hours of their
lives. All three went to their deaths calmly and none made angt state-
ments. 7
CHESTER TIMES, Chester,. Pa,, April 23, 1938 (Photos) and April 25, 1938
Lgdiin lens Pasar agfectd
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DUMINIAK, Theodore, ORESZAK, John, and ROSE, Edward
Duminiak, 17pyears-old, Oreszak, 18-years-old, and Rose, 18-years-old,
were all Americans of Polish descent who Lived in thester, Pa, All had
been in trouble repeatedly and had served time in reformatories, They
formed a gangthat stole automobiles and used them to perpetuate numer-
ous robberies, One of their ploys was to approach a couple parked in
an out-of-the-way lover's lane, rob the man and rape the woman, On
the night of July 25, 1936, they went to a lover's lane in the High-
land Avenue section of Chester where a young black man, Floyd Tranon,
and his girl were sleeping in his automobile, After robbing him of
ld JXKHEEXUKRAWX OMAKKEL XHEXGUE and beating him, they began quarreling
over the money and Tranon sought to flee, Rose, the acknowledgede
leader, ordered the others to shoot him and when they hesitated, he
shot and killed him instantly, They then dragged the girl from the
car and each raped her, Oreszak and Rose were captured a few weeks
later in a stolen car and tried for a robbery, Both were convicted
and sentenced to 5<-to-10 year prison terms, Duminiak was taken into
custody in October as the third member of the robbery trio and he
confessed to the Tranon murder. This was the first indication that
officers had that Rose and Oreszak were involved in that crime and _
they were returned to Chester where all were indicted, Duminiak testi-
DUMINIAK, Theodore, ORESZAK, John, and ROSE, Edward
Duminiak, l7yyears-old, Oreszak, 18-years-old, and Rose, 18-years-old,
were all Americans of Polish descent who lived in thester, Pa, All had
been in trouble repeatedly and had served time in reformatories, They
formed a gangthat stole automobiles and used them to perpetuate numer-
ous robberies, One of their ploys was to approach a couple parked in
an out-of-the-way lover's lane, rob the man and rape the woman, On
the night of July 25, 1936, they went to a lover's lane in the High-
land Avenue section of Chester where a young black man, Floyd Tranon,
and his girl were sleeping in his automobile, After robbing bim of
Lyd JX XOOK AK OUAKRELIMENAKE and beating him, they began quarreling
over the money and Tranon sought to flee, Hose, the acknowledgeiix
leader, ordered the others to shoot him and when they hesitated, he
shot and killed him instantly, They then dragged the girl from the
car and each raped her, Oreszak and Rose were captured a few weeks
later in a stolen car and tried for a robbery, Both were convicted
and sentenced to 5<to-10 year prison terms, Duminiak was taken into
custody in October as the third member of the robbery trio and he
confessed to the Tranon murder, This was the first indication that
officers had that Rose and Oreszak were involved in that crime and :
they were returned to Chester where all were indicted. Duminiak testi-
DUMINIAK, Theodore, ORESZAK, John, and ROSE, Edward
Duminiak, l7syears-old, Oreszak, 18-years-old, and Rose, 18-years-old,
were all Americans of Polish descent who lived in chester, Pas
been in trouble repeatedly and had served time in reformatories.
formed a gangthat stole automobiles and used then to perpetuate numer-
ous robberies, One of their ploys was to approach a couple parked in
an out-of-the-way lover's lane, rob the man and rape the woman,
the night of July 25, 193, they went to a lover's lane in the High-
land Avenue section of Chester where a young black man, Floyd Tranon,
and his girl were sleeping in his automobile, f
After robbing him o!
Ley UO AKOOELIGNAOE and beating him, they began quarreling
over the money and Tranon sought to flee, Rose, the acknowledgedie
leader, ordered the others to shoot him and when they hesitated, he
shot and killed him instantly, They then dragged the girl from the
car and each raped her, Oreszak and Rose were captured a few weeks
Both were convicted
later in a stolen car and tried for a robbery.
and sentenced to 5-to-10 year prison terms, Duminiak was taken into
custody in October as the third member of the robbery trio and he
confessed to the Tranon murder, This was the first indication that
officers had that Rose and Oreszak were involved in that crime and
they were returned to Chester where all were indicted, Duminiak testi
