Monday, January 7, 2013

HIDDEN HISTORY: Clergyman charged with murder, 1949

From Western NY-

On a warm June morning in 1966, George P. Hetenyi walked out of Attica State Prison, a free man for the first time in nearly 17 years.

He climbed into a station wagon and a corrections officer drove him to the Trailways Bus Terminal on Court Street in Batavia. A group of reporters and photographers awaited him.
Hetenyi was sharply dressed in a dark hat, blue suit, white shirt and green tie. Sunglasses covered his eyes.


The 57-year-old smiled as he walked past the assembled reporters. He quietly refused their questions and asked to be left alone.


Most people in the bus terminal probably didn't realize a convicted killer was in their midst.
Hetenyi purchased a bus ticket but instead left the terminal in a car driven by a Batavia man. He was later seen in several downtown Batavia stores and walking down Main Street carrying two newly purchased suitcases.


More here-

http://thedailynewsonline.com/blogs/mark_my_words/article_5ddbe0f6-4b79-11e2-aead-001a4bcf887a.html

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