Old Newspaper Clippings
From: The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, West Virginia, Tuesday Evening, June 26, 1934 MAN PAYS WITH LIFE FOR MURDER OVER FIFTY CENTS Menard, Ill., June 16 (AP)--Warren Little, 25, paid with his life early today in the electric chair for the slaying last September 13 of Denver Carlton, McLeansboro, Ill., barber. In a subsequent confession Little admitted shooting Carlton as the climax to an argument over 50 cents he owed the barber for a haircut. |
From: Edwardsville (IL) Intelligencer, Tuesday June 26, 1934 AWAITS ELECTRIC CHAIR Chester, Ill., June 26--While his brother paced the cell where he is serving a 26 year sentence, Warren Little of McLeansboro early today was electrocuted less than 150 yards away. Little was executed for the slaying Denver Carleton, McLeansboro barber, during an argument over 50 cents for a haircut. |