Peter Heslin, NY, 1927 July 21

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THE THERD DEGREE by Emanuel Lavihe; N. Y.:-The |
Yanguard Press, p 7O#—NY BK & MAG EXCERPTS,
pounded his injured leg with a leather thong, and rubbed
cigarette ash and dirt into the open wound, They: ground
out lighted cigarettes and cigars on his genitals. When
he asked for something to drink, they threw bowls of
freezing water in his face,

"Heslin s urvived to be electrocuted in J uly the follo
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Crimes and Punishment, Volume 17, page X33X3BK 133,

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THE THIRD DEGREE by Hmanuel Lavihe; N. Y.:-The
Vanguard Press, p 7O-NY BK & MAG EXCERPTS,
pounded his injured leg with a leather thong, and rubbed
cigarette ash and dirt into the open wound. They: ground
out lighted cigarettes and cigars on his genitals. When
he asked for something to drink, they threw bowls of
freezing water in his face,

"Heslin s urvived to be electrocuted in July the following
Yearececo"

Crimes and Punishment, Volume 17, page XBXXXBH 133,

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pounded his injured leg with a leather thong, and rubbed
cigarette ash and dirt into the open wound. They: ground
out lighted cigarettes and cigars on his genitals. When
he asked for something to drink, they threw bowls of
freezing water in his face,

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Crimes and Punishment, Volume 17, page I3S43BE 133.

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"$seeereter Heslin, who held up a group of men on the
gorner of 1st Ave. and E. 105th St., New York, in the
spring of 1926. Discovered in the act by Patrolman
Charles Reilly, shots were fired, in which Heslin re-
ceived a bullet in the leg, and Reilly was mortally
wounded. Following a trail of blood, policemen found
the hoodlum higing in a friend's apartment and took him
by stretcher and patrol wagon to the E. 10th St. Station
"There Heslin was dumped on a table in a back room wearing
just his underwear. A detective took "pity" on him and
threw a blood-soaked canvas over his shivering body. "We
covered Charley Reilly with this," he snapped, "But he
won't be needing it no more.'" Then, for the next several
hours, the office6rs relentlessly tortured Heslin. They

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"$seeereter Heslin, who held up a group of men on the
dorner of 1st Ave, and E. 105th St., New York, in the
spring of 1926. Discovered in the act by Patrolman
Charles Reilly, shots were fired, in which Heslin re-
ceived a bullet in the leg, and Reilly was mortally
woundede Following a trail of blood, policemen found
the hoodlum higing in a firiend's apartment and took him
by stretcher and patrol wagon to the E. 10th St. Station,
"There Heslin was dumped on a table in a back roan wearing
just his underwear. A detective took "pity" on him and
threw a blood-soaked canvas over his shivering body. "We
covered Charley Reilly with this," he snapped, "But he
won't be needing it no more." Then, for the next several
hours, the office6rs relentlessly tortured Heslin. They

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