The CONCORD TRIBUNE, Concord, N. G., Deces 1976
199 SE 601--See NC Book and Mag
The CONCORD TRIBUNE, Concord, Ne. C.y Decoy
199 SE 601--See NC Book and Mag
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The CONCORD TRIBUNE, Concord
199 SE 601--See NC Book and Mag
PARNELL, William Baxter LARGE CARD
",eerarnell, a 32-year-old farmer from Cabarrus Co., was
the first man to be executed fran this county. He was
put to death Dec. 9, 1938, for the ice pick murder of his
sister-in-law, Janie Fink, According to the Concord
Daily Tribune news account of the execution, Parnell
confessed to the prison chaplain that he ‘killed the
girl in a fit of anger' at the Fink farm home in the
Rocky River Community as he, his wife and her sister
AKBA ‘knelt in a hog lot to pray.' The ne#s story stated
'Parnell breathed in the fumes deeply, his lips moving
as though he were praying..He had lost an appeal to the
Supreme Court and Gove Hoey had declined to intervene
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PARNELL, William Baxter LARGE CARD
",,eParnell, a 32-year-old farmer from Cabarrus Co., was
the first man to be executed fran this county, He was
put to death Dec. 9, 1938, for the ice pick murder of hig
sister-in-law, Janie Fink. According to the Concord
Daily Tribune news account of the execution, Parnell
confessed to the prison chaplain that he 'killed the
girl in a fit of anger! at the Fink farm home in the
Rocky River Gommunity as he, his wife and her sister
XKBR ‘knelt in a hog lot to pray.' The nes story state
'Parnell breathed in the fumes deeply, his lips moving
as though he were praying..He had lost an appeal to the
Supreme Court and Gov. Hoey had declined to intervene
for him. sees!
PARNELL, William Baxter, LARGE CARD
Parnell, a 32-year-old farmer from Cabarrus Co., was
the first man to be executed fran this county. He was
put to de Dec. 9, 1938, for the ice pick mrder of hi:
sister-in-law, Janie Fink, According to the Concord
Daily Tribune news account of the execution, Parnell
confessed to the prison chaplain that he "killed the
girl in a fit of anger! i farm home in the
Rocky River Gommunity as he, his wife and her sist
XHEK ‘knelt in a bog lot to pray.’ The nes story state
‘Parnell breathed in the fumes deeply, his lips moving
as though he were praying...He had lost an appeal to the
Suprene Court and Gove Hoey had declined to intervene
for him. see.
