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Mrs. Lowlher, in whose veins flows the blood of Indian ancestors, was convicted by a jury of 12 men of murder in the first degree for the fatal shooting May 20, 1030, of Mrs.MAMMOTH METEOR FALLS IN STATEMaUna, O., June 10, (U.PJ—A mammoth meteor, measuring more than 10 feet in diameter,, struck the earth near here early today, shattering windows and rocking buildings. 'Tho force of the Impact was so great that it was felt for miles iu this vicinity.It awakened sleepers.The celestial body came with such force that It bored a hole about 12 feet into the ground, just a few feet off Highway - No. 2, a quarter of a mile north of here.RESIGNATION OF PIZZARDO ANNOUNCEDAction Taken as Stepping Stone to Solution of Italian Problem.Rome, June 10, CU.R)—Resignation of Monsignor Pizzardo as assistant general of the Catholic laymen's or-! ganlzp.Mon Azfonp Catlolica was I announced today and was deemed a•1 cum 1 non picas uuagc dames c. Ogtevee. Under Ohio Jaw the execution date must be 100 days from the day sentence is passed. This, would send her to death about Sept. 22.Mrs. Lowther’s emotional reaction to her fate. Is r.n enigma to observers, court attaches and her own attorneys.She sat white faced but composed when the death verdict was read. Ten minutes later while walking from the court house to the county jail she laughed. Four hours later she joked with newspaper photographers in the Jail.The girl's attorney. Frank L. Marvin, permitted photographers to takd picture but ordered that no questions were to be asked.Hello, boys,” Mrs. Lowther said when photographers and reporters were admitted lo the jail.The photographers busied themselves arranging various pesos.I have posed for enough pictures to paper this room with,” the Indian girl commented. The pictures never look good anyway. No, I won’t smile for you”Then she asked Marvin and Sheriff C. H. Blanche to pose with her. Get.right iip close to me, I won't mind,” she told Blanche.I can’t understand her, she’s certainly a puzzle/' Marvin said after the girl was lead back to her cell..Marvin planned to file a motion for a new trial tcday and said he would appeal the death verdict to the supreme court In event the motion is denied,It was the general opinion here today that the only medium that can save the girl from the electric chair Is Intervention by Gov. George'Continued on Page Two)
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Piqua Daily Call
Piqua, Ohio, US
Wed, Jun 10, 1931
Page 6
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