Paulie Samenco
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Name: Paulie Samenco
Birth Name: Paul Semenkewitz
Hometown: Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
Died: 1994-05-25 (Age:80)
Pro Boxer: Record
Semenkewitz (Samenco) was sentenced to 15-to-20 years in New Jersey State Prison on January 9, 1936, after an escape from Middlesex County Jail with his companion Edward Metelski, who had been facing a death warrant on February 17, 1936 for the murder of a state trooper. Semenkewitz was being held on a robbery charge, when the two escaped on December 14th, he received 12-to-15 years on that count, and received an additional 3-to-5 years for intent to rob. Metelski was executed on August 4, 1936.
Photo of Samenco and Metelski after their arrests: [1]