Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 31 August 1955

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

Sheppard's slight build had aided his previous prison escapes but it condemned him to a slow death by strangulation from the hangman's noose.
(16 November 1724)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 31st of August 1955 69 years ago
Mass murderer Lester Edward Bartholomew is executed by the gas chamber at the age of 38 in Arizona State Prison Complex, 1305 E Butte Avenue, Florence, Arizona, United States. Bartholomew shot and killed his wife Marie, his 3-year-old son Rickie and his 2-year-old daughter Pamela in a motel court in Phoenix, Arizona.