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L C Sims

Birth
Texas, USA
Death
5 Sep 1951 (aged 26)
Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, USA
Burial
Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Executed in the electric chair by the State of Texas.

Arrested at home in Josephine, Collin County, Texas, he was charged with rape and attempted murder.

He confessed to raping a 60-year-old Collin County woman and then shooting her six times when she screamed for help. She survived.

Source: The Dallas Morning News: "Charges Filed Against Negro", June 20, 1950; Sentence of Death Given", Sept. 24, 1950; "Adair Executed for Rape", Sept. 05, 1951.
Executed in the electric chair by the State of Texas.

Arrested at home in Josephine, Collin County, Texas, he was charged with rape and attempted murder.

He confessed to raping a 60-year-old Collin County woman and then shooting her six times when she screamed for help. She survived.

Source: The Dallas Morning News: "Charges Filed Against Negro", June 20, 1950; Sentence of Death Given", Sept. 24, 1950; "Adair Executed for Rape", Sept. 05, 1951.

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  • Created by: Wanell House
  • Added: Jun 13, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131367391/l_c-sims: accessed ), memorial page for L C Sims (24 Jul 1925–5 Sep 1951), Find a Grave Memorial ID 131367391, citing Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Wanell House (contributor 47478403).