[News Script: Death sentence]
Description:
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about an emotional scene in a Brownsville courtroom where a 37 year old Jerry Joe Bird was sentenced to die in the electric chair for the murder of a Harlingen gun collector.
Date:
July 10, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner:
UNT Libraries Special Collections