Confession of Prof Snook to the Grand Jury
Dr. James H. Snook a 49 year old dismissed Ohio State University professor confessed to killing 25 year old Theora Hix his pupil and lover. He said she threatened his wife and child and that he struck her with a hammer in a car then cut her throat to end her suffering. He then disposed of evidence including the handbag in the Scioto River.
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Columbus
Ohio
James H. Snook
Ohio State University
Theora Hix
John J. Chester, Jr
Chester
Snook
Here
Dr. Snook
Dr. Snack
Ghester
Shellenbarger
Wee Willie Doody Sought in Chicago Shootings
Chicago police and federal agents hunt Wee Willie Doody after a wave of gunfire. Doody is linked to the wounding of T L Jackson and the killing of Charles Levy, Berwyn police chief, plus the killing of Oak Park druggist Leon Raymond and a recent south side restaurant shooting. He fled after firing at Valsouopolis and Dunbo, injuring a sergeant and a civilian, with a $45 robbery amid the chase.
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Chicago
Wee Willie” Doody
Muton Valsouopolis
Valsoupolis
Valsouopolis
Valsonopolis
Doody
George Dunbo
Dunbo
Denbo
Clarence Falk
Falk
Hoover Secretary's Son Injured In Street Car Crash
Walter Newton administrative assistant to President Hoover rushed home to Minneapolis to be with his six year old son John Marshall after a street car accident. Surgeons amputated one leg and may need to remove the other. Newton left Washington last night and will fly from Akron to Minneapolis.
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Walter
Newton
Hoover
Minneapolis
John Marshall
Snook Describes Arrangement With Miss Hix as Pleasant
Dr. Snook states his ties with Miss Hix were not a romance but a pleasant arrangement. He explains he helped defray her university expenses and called her a good companion, while noting they posed as man and wife.
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Snook
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