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ILLKid sonith of•om aiorvi-Hai-10 deededloair-theemedHev.vicesmior.nple.. Me-arnoslvilleno oft ive tuter-diu-capsIre.ssverv The d b vAlendsuiud-n up ends identrose ion—THE VERDr. Fritz Skinner isFound Guilty ofMurder.Win. llob.son and Adam LargeHeld as Accessory andWarrants IssuedFor AllThe second chapter in the investigation into the cause of the deathof poor Nora Harris is ended andthe remainder depends partly on theefficiency of the officers of the lawin hunting up the guilty parties. Itis certainly one of the saddest af-fairs that ever happened in Morgancounty and the Jolrnal hopes therewill never be another like it. Ofcourse a coroner's jury hears butone side and full judgment should bewithheld until all the facts areknown, but the absence of Hobson*and Large is partly a confession of guilt. It was said on the streets that Skinner had also put out. but that was not absolutely con tinned and the report of the officers insearch will have to beheard before an opinion on that subject is expresseJust how far the Larges are crim-- —ina) it will not do at all to say until they have been heard in their own defense. A gentleman who knows them well says he doubts if the girl’s stepfather is really criminally connected with the unfortunate affair and lie says he strongly advisedLarge not to leave, as that would almost amount to a confession, butthe man s fears were so aroused that he couldn’t stand it and hastened away. Dr. Manley was called awavfrom the citv the second morning ofthe examination and wasn’t before the coroner's jury at all, though it is not fully known that he would have thrown much light on the sub-rs. IonaLarge, mother of NoraHarris, was the first witness Thurs-/day morning: Nora died Sept. 11after an illness of 18 da vs. Soon after she was taken sick she had a conversation with me in which shesaid she expected to die and thatsoon. She said her sickness wasbrought on by Dr. Skinner in the opera house block who had performed an operation on her. Win.Hobson had furnished the money to•/Skinner. The operation wasJ.pa;for a criminal purpose. It was on the 24th of August. Nora died at my home six miles southwest of Wa-verlv. about 7 a. in.THE VERDICTWe, the jury, sworn to inquire of the cause of death of Nora Harris, of Morgan county county, on oath do liud that she came to her death by a criminal operation performed for the purpose of producing a miscarriage upon the person of said Nora Harris, and t hat said operation was performed by Dr. Skinner, alias Fritz Skinner, of the city of Jacksonville. state of Illinois, and thatT 'William Hobson and Adam Large were accessory to the said criminaloperation, and from the testimony we bejievc said Fritz Skinner isguilty of the murder of said NoraHarris and her unborn child. And we recommend that said Fritz Skinner, Adam Large and William Hobson be placed under arrest and held to the next term of court.IT. M. Ticknor. Foreman.J. G. Reynolds.M. L. Hildreth,M. J. Clerihan,A. Rorfff.Frank C. Taylor, Clerk.Foot Ball at the College.Ia1wF
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Jacksonville Daily Journal
Jacksonville, Illinois, US
Fri, Oct 08, 1897
Page 4
Full Page
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