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Killer Charles Starkweather captured...
Killer Charles Starkweather captured...
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May 24, 1958
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, May 24, 1958
* Charles Starkweather death sentence
* Caril Fugate
This 40 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "MASS SLAYER, 19, SENTENCED TO DIE" with subheads and photo. (see)
Tells of the death sentence imposed on spree killer Charles Starkweather.
Other news of the day. Good condition.
wikipedia notes: Charles Raymond Starkweather (November 24, 1938 – June 25, 1959) was an American spree killer who murdered eleven people in Nebraska and Wyoming during a two-month road trip with his 14-year-old girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate. The couple was captured on January 29, 1958, with Starkweather being sentenced to death, and Fugate serving a 17-year prison sentence.
Category: The 20th Century