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John Henry Seadlund

Name:: John Henry Seadlund
Record Type:: Documented
Espy File Record:: true
Espy File ID:: 170314
State:: Illinois
Date Execution:: 1938-07-14
Date Crime:: 1937-09-27
Age:: 27
Gender Assigned:: Male
Race:: White
Crime Convicted of:: Kidnap-Murder
Enslaved:: false
Compensation Case:: false
Execution Method:: Electrocution
Jurisdiction:: Federal
County:: Cook
County FIPS Code:: 17031
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