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Cn"it~l PU';iclnent,
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Lcnven"c,rth, i·:~n[;~iS, a;J 'i,'"rlt1n8 thi8 n t a t cnc nt. of ::ly ov.n IT.ill \'lith-
out any cdv I c c or sUGgc8tions fron anyone.

In t:l:) :lcBor 1028 at '. ashintSton ~ D. C., I ';ins chnrf,ed :rith

and tried for t'w cr-Lrtcs of hur[lrlr7 and grand larceny. ;\It'lOU;::h I
W'18 L'li1ty of "oth of those cri":.:;s, I c t o cd t.r-Lu L and pIG,'dcd not
guilty, but t ho jury found no ,;u11t7 on ho t.h C;L'.I'i\eS -md the ,Junge
at once ce nt enc cd 1'10 to t':o t er-m or 25 yC!U's.

For this cr-Lme I ';12C indicted b-' a U. ~. Gr~nd JU~7 ~nd

on .:,-rri}_~ "!.3t~) ".~1d lSt:l I -:;:1.5 tried in the U. ~~. Court nt 'l'o~Gk,,-,
Kan,,'cs • .l"lis court was callod and s-rt, under- the jurisdictior. of'
Judge llop~cins.

The f'lndings of' the Cour-t; a nd the o c nt e nc o of the JUGse

nect Tith :3y npr-rovnl qnd I 2.~ perfectly snti['fi~d to h:::tvc the
sentence c ar-r-Le d ou t \::ithout nnv further intorference :f1:~OQ rmvone ,

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No,", the1) I co:o!e to the reClson Why I ha.ve written this

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... or Rre .,.,!kin~ an flt~,~"I!)t t-:)
churige "7 ro nt onco to J.lfe irl;,pl"onrlent in salit2r:r c onr t ncr-errt in
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T"11R yau are d oLng witholJt my consent and ab s o Lc t.e Ly flGo.lnst

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you of s o-:o fact" wht ch I boliove you ar-o unawar-e of at this tine.

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Cup t t o.L ~un i s re-io nt ,
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d l c t ed :;0 "n7 hee'its of ce:'-7'J.8.1e7:C,""~08 of uny kind over wht.ch I
didn't 11.ve c ompLc t e control of myso Lf",

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I over been Ln 'tny lcLnd of ..n Lnc t Lt u t Lcn for rccn t a I "cfcctives.

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 My m.otto is: "Rob 'em all, rape "e rn all and kill "e rn all.
I am,

Very truly yours,

(Signed)

Copper John 11
Carl Panzram
No. 31614, Box 7
Leavenworth, Kansas