UNLUCKY THIRTEEN
Part in English Murder Case
The number 13 played a large part in tiie ease of Dr. Buck Ruxton, who was executed in England last month. Ruxton was arrested on October 13 and committed to Manchester Assizes , on December 13. Forty-nine days—-four and nine equal 13—elapsed between his committal and his appearance at the assizes.
His cell number in Strangeways Prison was 8401, a total of 13. He was sentenced to death on March IS-
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 225, 19 June 1936, Page 11
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77UNLUCKY THIRTEEN Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 225, 19 June 1936, Page 11
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