THREE EXECUTED FOR SLAYING CAB DRIVER
Soldiers Hanged Today at Lansing, Kans.
LANSING, Kan, March 1---Three soldiers who killed a taxicab driver died on the gallows early today in Kansas' first triple execution since the state resumed capital punishment two decades ago. Submitted by Lori and Peggy T. - 2008

The three Negro enlisted men, hanged under army supervision, were Chastine Beverly, 25, Balty, Va.; Louis M. Suttles, 26, Chattanooga, Tenn., and James Riggins, 28, Birmingham, Ala. Submitted by Lori and Peggy T. - 2008

All wore regulation army uniforms stipped of insignia. They went to their death quietly.
They were convicted at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., of fatally beating Harry Langly, a Waynesville, Mo., cab driver and stealing his cab and money in September, 1951.
 Submitted by Lori and Peggy T. - 2008

Military authorities and President Eisenhower upheld the death sentences fixed by a court-martial.
(Chillicothe, Missouri, Tribune ~ March 1, 1955; submitted by Lori DeWinkler)