Ambrosia Alford, AR, 1930 June 20

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| ALFORD, Ambrosia :
Black, electrocuted Ark, State Prison (Ouachita County) on.
| June 20, 1930. "June 19, 1930-Ambrosia Alford, negro, wil}
| be electrocuted at the state penitentiary for the killing —
of Sam Katz, Russian cobbler of Camden, last July, Last
January the negro was granted a stay of execution the night
| before he was to be put to death when his attorneys filed
an appeal,..Gladys Alford, wife of Ambrosia, is serving a
life sentence at the state prison farm for her part in the
Slaying, which allegedly was motivated by robbery," TIMBS-
PICAYUNE, N, O., Lae, 6-20-1930 (11/1). Affirmed on
appeals 26 SOUTHWESTERN -2nd= 576,

ALFORD, Ambrosia |
Black, electrocuted Ark, State Prison (Ouachita County) on
June 20, 1930. “June 19, 1930-Ambrosia Alford, negro, will
be electrocuted at the state penitentiary for the killing |
of Sam Katz, Russian cobbler of Camden, last July, Last
January the negro was granted a stay of execution the nigh
before he was to be put to death when his attorneys filed
an appeal,..Gladys Alford, wife of Ambrosia, is serving a
life sentence at the state prison farm for her part in the
slaying, which allegedly was motivated by robbery," TIMES-
PICAYUNE, N. O., Lae, 6-20-1930 (11/1). Affirmed on
appeals 26 SOUTHWESTERN -2nd~ 576.

ALFORD, Ambrosia
Black, electrocuted Ark, State Prison (Ouachita County) on
June 20, 1930

mted a stay of execution the night
before he was to be put to death when his attorneys filed
an appeal, Gladys Alford, wife of Ambrosia, is serving a
life sentence at the state prison farm for her part in the

slaying, which allegedly was motivated by robbery," TIMES-

PICAYUNE, N, 0,, Lay, 6-20-1930 (11/1). Affirmed on
appeal: 26 SOUTHWESTERN -2nd- 576,

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