CROONING MURDERER
DANCED A JIG ON THE GALLOWS.
NEW- ORLEANS. Ala i-eli 8
The “crooning murderer,” Louis Kenneth Neu, found guilty of two murders, Avalked to his death to-day. avL sec-racking Avhile the rope Avas being adjusted around his f neek. As the hangman fixed the rc.pe, Neu said in a firm x'oicci: “I AA'ant to thank you for th-oso shrimps you sent me,” Stepping on. to the galloavs he carried - out a jig to AA-hich he had given the name of “Galloavs Strut.” An hour before bus execution ho sang “'L-ove in Bloom” iii his death cell. He tolj liis guards that he aaus in the same position as a parachutejumper. “It isn’t the falling one fears, it is the sudden stop.” During his trial he caused a sensation by entering the court singing “I’m as fit as a fiddle and ready to hang.” He admitted having killed Mr Clark in a Ncav Orleans'hotel alter that business man had refused a rcouest for money.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12528, 13 April 1935, Page 4
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165CROONING MURDERER Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12528, 13 April 1935, Page 4
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