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Richard Adolphus Birkes

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Richard Adolphus Birkes

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5 Sep 1924 (aged 27)
Burial
McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, USA
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Old Singlerow
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He was convicted of killing Frank Pitts, a bank teller, and sentenced to die in the electric chair at the McAlester State Penitentiary Feb. 1, 1924. One of his accomplices, Allison Ives, was given life without parole. In his last statements Birkes told the warden "I'm not guilty, but I'm not afraid to die". His final bid was a wave of his hands saying "Goodbye boys".

Son of Eliza Birkes and husband of Mabel
He was convicted of killing Frank Pitts, a bank teller, and sentenced to die in the electric chair at the McAlester State Penitentiary Feb. 1, 1924. One of his accomplices, Allison Ives, was given life without parole. In his last statements Birkes told the warden "I'm not guilty, but I'm not afraid to die". His final bid was a wave of his hands saying "Goodbye boys".

Son of Eliza Birkes and husband of Mabel

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Husband of Mable Birkes

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