Guillotine Idle In France as Mercy Rises
Paris dispatch reports France showing mercy in crime trials as several death sentences are commuted or not carried out. Three parricides and one lover killer were acquitted in four days amid a drop in executions. the guillotine has not operated in Paris for about three years. A newborn rise in clemency includes five women sentenced to death being remanded to re imprisonment and ten killers excused from Devil's Island for health reasons. Madame Jane Welller, who killed her husband after a late night cabaret visit, was sentenced to five years, with commentators noting possible acquittal if defended differently.
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N. Reynolds
Republic
Assassiis
Devil's Island
Jane Welller
Montmartre
Montparnasse
Bridge Repairs Delayed Until July Say County Officials
The South Street bridge will not be repaired before July 1 as commissioners urged patience. The delay follows a protest from the chamber of commerce transportation committee against a full closure for repairs. Officials indicated work would depend on the repair extent.
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Ste Weidge
Chamber of Commerce Transportation
Clos
Jurors Cleared Several Killings as “Love and Duty”
Immoral sentiment and family tragedy drive acquittals at multiple Assize Courts. Richard Corbett killed to save his mother from cancer and was freed. Joseph Amat, Louis Marchand, Georges Tortilles and others cited love or to ease a hurt family situation as reasons for the leniency. The courts attributed mercy to affectionate motives amid public sorrow.
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Auryts
Aweara
Richard Corbett
Seine
Louis Marchand
Rmi-Hand
Assize Court
The
Aude
Cast of Operetta Announce for Sunbonnet Girl in Pembury
PONBRIDGE England Mrs Emily Carter Pwasy grants a week long holiday at Pembury almshouse to the Sunbonnet Girl actress, with director Katherine Joachim naming Frances Snyder in the title role and a long list of local musicians and supporters including Edna Lowen Mirinda Meadows John Chenowith and Reuben Mespavin for the December 14 presentation.
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Direstor
Katherine Joachim
Frances Snyder
Yestrlenall
Edna Lowen
Mirinda Meadows
Bull Rifle
Abijah Seroves
Bue
John Chenowith
Mra. Scroggs
Mildred Gardner
Eyalina Sere Aliee Coody
Ezra Mespavin
the Constable
Ernest O'Dell
Reuben MeSpavin
Ray Mazella
Mra
Colemar
Mary Jane Sterr
Bob Colvmat
Billy May
Jim Coleman
George Thione
Barham Coleman
Ann Newsi
Lueila Lampton
Margierite Wree
Ludie Simpkins
Katherine Simpson Derry Jackson
John Cervill
Cube Girl
Louise Javans
Hell
Hn Peerhouse Ponbridge
Eng
Emily Carter Pwasy
Pembury Almshouse
Leg Healed After 28 Years Inspires Sufferers
Mrs J W Mertz Dee Thun Ma credits 28 years of leg sores to Dr H J Whittier of Kansas City Mo for a free copyrighted book on sore treatment. The pamphlet claims fast relief for leg sores varicose ulcers milk leg and varicose veins with no cost or obligation.
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J. W. Mertz
Dee
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