Guilty of murder
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Guilty of murder

International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) · October 18, 1951

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Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Pressing a handkerchief to his face, George Lettrich, Jr.,was stunned as he heard himself found guilty of murder in a Chicago courtroom today and sentenced to death in the electric chair. sheriff Robert Ferguson had the unhappy task of leading the condemned man to his cell. a jury convicted Lettrich of the murder three years ago of Roberta Rinearson, after deliberating for only one hour and 14 minutes.

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