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NYCHS helped
fill one gap in C. O. Joe Stickney’s research into the breakout and its
aftermath. Joe knew his great aunt had written a letter to the DA that
influenced his decision to accept Murder 2 pleas from her husband’s killers
instead of seeking mandatory death penalty Murder 1 convictions.
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But Joe, who
does not use computers, had not come across the letter’s text during research
at his local library. Using Northern NY Library Network’s on-line historical
news-papers archives, NYCHS found and posted the above image of it in our web
presentation.
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Deeply
religious and a close friend of the mother of
Wm. Moody, one of the killers, Kathleen wrote she hoped “these men
would be punished” but did “not desire of the death of these men. . . .” She noted killing them would not bring Earl
back and added “I feel sorry for their parents.”
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