and kicked ugtil he confessed, Both he and his wife testified that he
had not left home on the night of murder, but Smith's girl friend
positively identified him and testified that he was the-murderer, His
conviction was appealed to the Arkansas State Supreme Court which
affirmed it and on March 2, 1959, the U, S. Supreme Court denied his
petition for a writ of certiorari, The .Governor refused to grant
clemency and Lee was electrocuted at the Arkansas State Prison on
Septe 25, 1959, He passed up the privilege of specifying a last meal
and went to his deathbravely.s
ARKANSAS GAZEITE, Little Rockp Ark,, 9-2-1959; 9-25-1959
315 SOUTHWESTERN ‘2nd) 916; 79 SUPREME COURT 616
and kicked ugtil he confessed, Both he and his wife testified that he
had not left home on the night of murder, but Smith's girl friend
positively identified him and testified that he was the-murderer, His
conviction was appealed to the Arkansas State Supreme Court which
affirmed it and on March 2, 1959, the U, S. Supreme Court denied his
petition for a writ of certiorari, The Governor refused to grant
clemency and Lee was electrocuted at the Arkansas State Prison on
Sept. 25, 1959, He passed up the privilege of specifying a last meal.
and went to his deathbravelys
ARKANSAS GAZETTE, Little Rockg Ark,, 9-2-1959; 9-25-1959
315 SOUTHWESTERN Sond) 9163 79 SUPREME COURT 616
and kicked ugfbil he confessed, Both he and his wife testified that he
had not left home on the night of murder, but Smith's girl friend
positively identified him and testffied that he was the-mrderer, His
conviction was appealed to the Arkansas State Supreme Court which
affirmed it and on March 2, 1959, the U, S. Supreme Court denied his
petition for a writ of certiorari, The Governor refused to grant
clemency and Lee was electrocuted at the arkansas State Prison on
Sept. 25, 1959, He passed up the privilege of specifying a last meal
and went to his deathbravelys
ARKANSAS GAZEITE, Little Rockp Ark,, 9-2-1959 Fees
315 SOUTHWESTERN ‘2nd) 916; — 79 SUPREME COURT 616
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“LER, Leo
Lee, a 53-year-old black man, was a resident of Little Rock, Ark. On
}the night of Dec, 26, 1956, he approached an automobile parked in the
middle of the 2200 block of .2lith Street where a 25-year-old black
postman, William H, Smith, Jr,, was parked with his 19-year-old girl
friend who was home for college for the Christmas vacation, The young
lady was learning to drive and she and Smith had changed positions
with her sitting behind the steering whee], Lee approached from the
passenger side of the vehicle and threw a large tock through the
door window, He then opened the door and shot Smith in the side when
the young man asked him not to hurt the girl, He forced the girl from
the car and, at the point of a gun, made her accompany him into an
alley where she was forced to perform an unnatural sex act before he
raped her, Smith, in the meantime, had staggered to a nearby porch
and from there was taken to a hospital where he died a short time
later. When he released the girl and departed, Lee warned her not
to reveal what had happened or go provide police with his description,
He was arrested in May, 1957, following an attack on two couples who
whre parked in a var at Gilliam Park and when questioned about the
Smith murder, made a confession, At his trial, he repudiated this
confession and claimed that the arresting officer had taken him toa
lonely cemetery where he was handcuffed to a hickory tree and beaten
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LEE, Leo
Lee, a 53-year-old black man, was a resident of Little Rock, Ark. On
the night of Dec, 26, 1956, he approached an automobile parked in the
middle of the 2200 bleck of .2lith Street where a 25-year-old black
postman, William H, Smith, Jr., was parked with his 19-year-old girl
friend who was home for college for the Christmas vacation, The young
lady was learning to drive and she and Smith had changed positions
with her sitting behind the steering wheel. Lee approached from the
passenger side of the vehicle and threw a large tock through the
door window, He then opened the door and shot Smith in the side when
the young man asked him not to hurt the girl, He forced the girl from
the car and, at the point of a gun, made her accompany him into an
alley where she was forced to perform an unnatural sex act before he
raped her, Smith, in the meantime, had staggered to a nearby porch
and from there was taken to a hospital where he died a short time
later. When he released the girl and departed, Lee warned her not
to reveal what had happened or go provide police with his description,
He was arrested in May, 1957, following an attack on two couples who
wbre parked in a war at Gilliam Park and when questioned about the
Smith murder, made a confession, At his trial, he repudiated this
confession and claimed that the arresting officer had taken him toa
lonely cemetery where he was handcuffed to a hickory tree and beaten
IEE, Leo
Lee, a 53-year-old black man, was a resident of Little Rock, Ark. On
the night of Dec, 26, 1956, he approached an automobile parked in the
middle of the 2200 block of .2lith Street where a 25-year-old black
postman, William H, Smith, Jr,, was parked with his 19-year-old girl
friend who was home for college for the Christmas vacation, The young
lady was learning to drive and she and Smith had changed positions
with her sitting behind the steering wheel, Lee approached from the
passenger side of the vehicle and threw a large tock through the
door window, He then opened the door and shot Smith in the side when
the young man asked him not to hurt the girl, He forced the girl from
the car and, at the point of a gun, made her accompany him into an
alley where she was forced to perform an unnatural sex act before he
raped her, Smith, in the meantime, had staggered to a nearby porch
and from there was taken to a hospital where he died a short time
later. Vhen he released the girl and departed, Lee warned her not
to reveal what had happened or go provide police with his description,
He was arrested in May, 1957, following an attack on two couples who
wbre parked in a var at Gilliam Park and when questioned about the
Smith murder, made a confession, At his trial, he repudiated this
confession ahd claimed that the arresting officer had taken him to a
lonely cemetery where he was handcuffed to a hickory tree and beaten
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