Otha Adams, GA, 1958 November 14

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Adams was convicted of the murder of the little boy and
sentenced to die. He was electrocuted on Novamber aun

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Moultrie,;Observer, Moultrie, Ga.

Photograph of Adams on Page one, Moultrie Observer,
Nove °22 5 1957

Adams was convicted of the murder of the little boy and
sentenced to die. He was electrocuted on Novamber 1h,
1958.

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Moultrie,Observer, Moultrie, Ga .

Photograph of Adams on Page one, Moultrie Observer,
Nove 22, 1957

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Adams was convicted of the murder of the little boy and
ee to die. He was electrocuted on Novamber 1h,
1958.

Moultrie,Observer, Moultrie, Ca .

Photograph of Adams on Page one, Moultrie Observer,
y Nove ‘22 , 1957

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' gla where he worked as. an itinerant farm laborer. AG
times he would visit with his Sister, )5-year~old Mrs,
_crman Hagin-at New Elm, Colquitt Co., where he would

live and do odd jobs, _ On November15, 957. he had,

_ been there for two weeks when he got drunk and for no_

~reason-at-all brutally murdered Mrs, Hagin with a claw

: ing the same hammer... ilydgeoned to ~—
~qieath fon SoyemeSghae geasne NAME Ueogpe® ig,

his ll-month-old sister Dianne. Ca ptured in a_swamp, —

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Adams, a Sl<year-old white. native of Morgan, Ga. , had
‘Served a 33 month sentence in a Michigan prison for
grand_lakeeny,- After his release, he returned to Geor-
* gia where he worked as an itinerant farm laborer. At~
times he would visit with his sister, l5-year-old Mrs,
erman Hagin at New Elm, Colquitt Co., where he would
live and do odd jobs, On November 15,1957, he had
been there for two weeks when he got drunk ahd for no
~—Feason-at—all brutally murdered Mrs. Hagin with a claw

h ing the same hammer bl: dgeqned to. —
a ee fag ee eee arris’ Haglg dpe 2 — |
his ll-month-old sister Dianne, Ca ptured in a_swamp,

ADAMS, Otha.A. (Dick) ..

Adams, a Sheyear-old
Served a 33 month se:

live and do odd jobs,

been there for two week:

reason at-all brutally murdered Urs.
hammer and then, usi the same

“a bath her S-yesr~ola-grandsons

his ll-month-old sister Dianne.

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