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The Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck, Mandan, Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota
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Jerry Gedzium, convicted of murdering Cambridge bank messenger Edward C. Ross in 1925, was executed in the electric chair at Charleston state prison on Feb. 28. His sister Genevieve is serving eight years for attempting to smuggle a loaded pistol to him in jail, hidden in a roasted chicken.
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Boston, Feb. 28.--(A.P.)--A few minutes after he had signed a statement protesting his innocence of the murder in 1925 of Edward C. Ross, Cambridge bank messenger, Jerry Gedzium, 21, was put to death in the electric chair at the Charleston state prison early this morning.
Gedzium's sister, Genevieve, 19, is serving a sentence of eight years for attempting to carry a loaded pistol to her brother in his cell at the East Cambridge jail. The weapon was concealed in a roasted chicken.
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Charleston
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Feb. 28
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jerry gedzium executed in electric chair; genevieve gedzium serving eight-year sentence for smuggling pistol.
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Jerry Gedzium, 21, signed a statement protesting his innocence of the 1925 murder of Edward C. Ross before being executed early on Feb. 28 at Charleston state prison. His sister Genevieve, 19, is serving eight years for attempting to smuggle a loaded pistol to him in East Cambridge jail, concealed in a roasted chicken.