FREED AFTER 64 YEARS.—Richard Honeck, aged 84, wearing civilian clothes for the first time since he was 20, prepares to leave Menard Penitentiary, Chester, Illinois, after 64 years in prison for the murder of a former schoolteacher. He received no mail or visitors for 59 years. Lieutenant J. Sharp, a prison warder, who guarded Honeck for 35 years, is shown bidding him farewell.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30325, 28 December 1963, Page 13
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63FREED AFTER 64 YEARS.—Richard Honeck, aged 84, wearing civilian clothes for the first time since he was 20, prepares to leave Menard Penitentiary, Chester, Illinois, after 64 years in prison for the murder of a former schoolteacher. He received no mail or visitors for 59 years. Lieutenant J. Sharp, a prison warder, who guarded Honeck for 35 years, is shown bidding him farewell. Press, Volume CII, Issue 30325, 28 December 1963, Page 13
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