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The Siftings Herald
Arkadelphia, Clark County, Arkansas
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In Toledo, Ohio, Chas. J. Hoppe, 26, was sentenced to death in the electric chair on July 16 for kidnapping and murdering 7-year-old Dorothy Sielagowski, his wife's cousin, on May 20. He also confessed to killing schoolteacher Lilly Dale Croy two years prior. Execution set for October 26.
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CONFESSED SLAYER OF CHILD AND SCHOOL TEACHER.
TOLEDO, O., July 16.(AP)- Chas. J. Hoppe, 26, must die in the electric chair for the murder of Dorothy Sielagowski, 7, his wife's cousin, whom he killed after he kidnapped her from her bed May 20. The death penalty was announced today by a decision of three common pleas judges, who heard the evidence on his sanity after the confession of the slaying. Hoppe also signed an alleged confession that he killed Lilly Dale Croy, Toledo school teacher, two years ago. He was sentenced to die October 26.
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Toledo, O.
Event Date
July 16
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death penalty sentenced, to be executed october 26 in electric chair; murders of dorothy sielagowski (may 20) and lilly dale croy (two years ago)
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Chas. J. Hoppe, 26, kidnapped and murdered 7-year-old Dorothy Sielagowski from her bed on May 20; confessed to the slaying and also to killing schoolteacher Lilly Dale Croy two years prior; three common pleas judges announced death penalty after sanity hearing on July 16.