HANGED IN PYJAMAS
Legless as a result of a fierce street battle, in which he shot a G-man, “Killer" George Barrett was carried laughing to the gallows on a stretcher at Indianapolis recently. He wore the sheriff’s pyjamas. Two women were among tire oni’ial witnesses of his death. One of them swooned as the finol scene came. 4 ‘Why the pyjamas?” Barrett was asked. He grinned and replied, “1 want to save my suit for the burial. ,• .• .’’
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 112, 13 May 1936, Page 8
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