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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1928
Page
3
In a tense scene a physician admits the killer, a New Zealand maid, may have escaped a hospital. He suggests psychology and hypnosis explain her behavior and location, while Ashton pressures for a practical lead to locate the suspect and her supposed accomplice.
Clarence Saunders receives a threatening note demanding 5500 in old bills under a railroad trestle. He refuses to pay and offers a 1000 reward for the letter writers. A doctor uses a multi instrument device to reveal hidden alibis and a key map connected to Josiah Haines and the Morgan case. The envelope with the map disappears as investigators close in.
In a tense pursuit, Dr McAlister uses Jane Perkins under hypnosis to locate Josiah Wilkins. Ashton and Mallory join a plan to storm Wilkins room, with Jane altering into a controlled state to aid tracking by scent. The group plans to break in and pursue Wilkins through the hotel.
The district court under presiding Judge Orel Busby closed 1927 with manageable caseloads after sessions and cleanup. Four murder trials produced two acquittals and two convictions with prison terms 25 and 10 years. A major case involving Mrs Josie Mack ended with a hung jury and potential dismissal after her witness daughter Hazel faced forgery charges.
The 1927 vital statistics for Pontotoc County show 239 total deaths, with 228 natural. Auto accidents caused several fatalities, including a major early year crash near the Brick plant crossing. Gunshot and fire fatalities, as well as several rural losses, marked the year’s deaths.
Pontotoc County hosts extensive oil leasing by major firms and independents across the Allen field and northern areas. Players include Ramsey brothers, Cosden, Shelley, Magnolia, Sinclair, Marland, Reed and others, boosting farm values with royalty and lease purchases. A court inquiry and multiple criminal actions accompany steady civil filings.
The daily capacity of the Union Stock Yards in Chicago is 300000 hogs 150000 sheep 75000 cattle and 6000 horses as stated in the report.
In Los Angeles on January 9 Dr Charles M McMillan former manager of Amelia Appleby pleaded not guilty to the murder indictment. He had repeatedly claimed from jail that he did not kill the wealthy widow whose body was found in a sack near Los Angeles two weeks earlier.
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