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Slayer hopes children won't visit him, I do not want Than to see me here, he would be only making a 3,000-mile journey to have his poor heart broken a(...)
Slayer hopes children won't visit him, I do not want Than to see me here, he would be only making a 3,000-mile journey to have his poor heart broken a(...)

Slayer hopes children won't visit him, I do not want Than to see me here, he would be only making a 3,000-mile journey to have his poor heart broken a(...)

Date4/22/1935
Names
(photographer)
FormatPicture
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Slayer hopes children won't visit him; I do not want Than to see me here; he would be only making a 3;000-mile journey to have his poor heart broken at the end of it; declared Harold W. Vermilyea; convicted murderer of his mother; from the death cell in Belleville jail; when told that his son; Than; shown here; sought to come from California to say farewell prior to his execution. {Incomplete}
GeographyCity, town, townshipBelleville
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Object NumberTSPA_0120954F
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