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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1909
Page
1
The Sumter Herald lauds Solicitor Walter H. Wells for securing five men suspected in a lynching in Florence County. It praises his courage and integrity, saying he embodies duty to the heavens fall and stands as a purifier of politics within the Third District.
In Chicago on Jap 15 Judge K Landis, walking in the cold, joked about lighting a fire with his overcoat to warm the city’s spirit. He had just sentenced white slaver Matthew Aronson. the prisoner wore no coat, so the bailiff was told to give the judge’s coat to him.
York Pa January fifteenth. Harry Keener, after severe questioning led by Detective Chief Charles White, confessed to shooting a man on July 1 in self defense. He described dragging the body to the orchard, burying it, and an ensuing plan with Lorena Tanser to dismember and burn remains, with bones later found by searchers. Tanser, denying involvement in the dissection, faces potential accessory charges.
A 22 hour jury deliberation in Flushing, New York acquits Thornton Jenkins Hains and his brother Captain Peter C. Hains Jr. of murder in the killing of William E. Annis. The verdict notes Hains’s prior acquittal for a 17 year old Hampton Roads shooting. The family reacts with relief as district attorney officials suggest Captain Hains may not be tried again.
A woman claiming to be the deceased’s daughter pressed coroner Johnson for a full investigation into Mrs Lowe’s death Sunday night. The coroner will hold an inquest and post mortem with a physician to determine if foul play occurred. All parties involved are white. Also listed is a 25 ft gasoline boat for sale in Georgetown, S C.
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