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Will Thornton

Name:: Will Thornton
Record Type:: Documented
Espy File Record:: true
Espy File ID:: 180077
State:: Indiana
Date Execution:: 1920-12-10
Date Crime:: 1920-06-13
Age:: 21
Gender Assigned:: Male
Race:: Black
Crime Convicted of:: Murder-Burglary
Enslaved:: false
Compensation Case:: false
Execution Method:: Electrocution
Jurisdiction:: State
County:: Lake
County FIPS Code:: 18089
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