Sentenced to chair for rape-slaying
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Sentenced to chair for rape-slaying

Associated Press · December 1, 1949

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Franklin Click (center), 23, leaves courtroom flanked by deputies after hearing Judge William Schannen sentence him to death in the electric chair for the rape-slaying of Phyllis Conine, 17-year-old high school girl. An Allen County grand jury returned a first-degree murder verdict early today after considering the case all night. Click is the father of five children.

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