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Ruth Snyder executed by electric chair...
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Ruth Snyder executed by electric chair...

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THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 13, 1928

* Murderers Ruth Snyder & Henry Judd 
* Sing Sing Prison executions - electric chair
 

The top of the front page has a three column headline: "MRS. SNYDER AND GRAY DIE IN THE CHAIR, SHE CRYING, 'FATHER FORGIVE THEM', HE CALMLY REPEATING THE BEATITUDES" with subheads. Loads of text. First report coverage on Ruth Snyder being executed by electric chair for the murder of her husband. Her execution was made famous when a journalist secretly to a photo inside the execution chamber in which was shown on the front page of the New York Daily News.
Complete with 48 pages, a little irregular along the spine, nice condition.
Category: The 20th Century
No Longer Available
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.