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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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In Philadelphia, 20-year-old housemaid Corrine Sykes faces execution for stabbing her employer Freda S. Wodlinger to death in 1944. Convicted of first-degree murder, her appeal was denied, and Governor Martin set the electrocution date for late April.
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PHILADELPHIA, -(NNPA.)-
Mrs. Corrine Sykes, 20-year-old house maid convicted of the murder of her employer, Mrs. Freda S. Wodlinger, will be executed in the week beginning Monday, April 29. Governor Martin Friday last fixed as the date for electrocution.
Mrs. Wodlinger was stabbed to death in the bathroom of her home, 6305 North Camac Street, on December 7, 1944.
Corrine's lawyer, Raymond Pace Alexander, asked for a new trial following her conviction of first-degree murder last March 17. The State Supreme Court upheld the death sentence on Jan. 7.
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Philadelphia, Pa; 6305 North Camac Street
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Murder: December 7, 1944; Conviction: March 17; Appeal Upheld: Jan. 7; Execution: Week Beginning Monday, April 29
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Mrs. Corrine Sykes, a 20-year-old housemaid, was convicted of first-degree murder for stabbing her employer, Mrs. Freda S. Wodlinger, to death in her home bathroom on December 7, 1944. Her lawyer requested a new trial, but the State Supreme Court upheld the death sentence. Governor Martin set the execution date for the week beginning April 29.