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The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
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Two Miami youths, Charles L. Lawrence and Lewis Richard Killen, charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Eastern Air Lines steward William T. Simpson during an attempted robbery on a lover's lane. Preliminary hearing set for August 13, 1954, before Justice Edwin Lee Mason. Lawrence admitted the shooting.
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Hearing Set For Youths Held In Miami Murder
MIAMI (A)--Two Miami youths charged with first degree murder in the "lover's lane" slaying of an air lines steward will be given a preliminary hearing tomorrow afternoon.
The youths, Charles L. Lawrence, 19, and Lewis Richard Killen, 20, will appear before Peace Justice Edwin Lee Mason.
They were arrested Saturday night five days after the body of William T. Simpson, 26-year-old Eastern Air Lines steward, was discovered on a lonely north Dade road.
An autopsy showed Simpson had been shot in the right side and that death was due to loss of blood.
Dade County Sheriff Thomas J. Kelly said Lawrence had admitted the shooting in a statement to North Miami Police Chief Karl Engel.
Lawrence was quoted as saying it occurred during an attempted robbery in a scheme conceived by the pair to "roll" men for money.
Both youths were born and brought up in Miami. Killen was married four months ago to an 18-year-old girl he had been going steady with in high school.
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Miami
Event Date
Hearing Tomorrow Afternoon (August 13, 1954); Body Discovered Prior To August 7, 1954
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simpson shot in the right side, death due to loss of blood; lawrence admitted shooting during attempted robbery
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Two Miami youths arrested for first-degree murder in the slaying of an airline steward on a north Dade road during an attempted robbery to 'roll' men for money. Preliminary hearing set before Peace Justice Edwin Lee Mason.