HOPES TO LIVE
, CONDEMNED AMERICAN '
. ; , MELBOURNE, August. 16. . The American soldier, Edward Joseph Lednski, who is imprisoned in the. city ,watchhbuse t . hopes Washington .. will commute his death sentence: Leonski, 24-year-old private in the United States. Army, was sentenced, to death for the, murder, of three women. The trial papers .have been sent to Washington: for a decision on.the execution.
' The guards, have noticed a, distinct change, in. Lednski,. since He^has' been allowed to play, handball wfth '"thejrn in ■the wonienV exercise yard? where, he 'can see the-sun 'and 'the-sky. After-the trial,." Lednski , told-his guards he •wanted to die. ' ' ■• :■ ••■ ■ --
That; was in the dark winter months,' when the small section of the sky he could "see- through "the": high barred window -of .his 'cell was.' usually black.
.•.In tlie-last -few-weeks be -has; basked •jntth'e'sun and;seen .vast -stretches of cloudless', sky..; :< , v -.• j .!'■
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 41, 17 August 1942, Page 3
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142HOPES TO LIVE Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 41, 17 August 1942, Page 3
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