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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1927
Page
4
A five person family perished in a Youngstown house fire on December 27. The victims are Wilton Duffy his wife Lettie and their three children Armen William and Johnny aged 4 6 and 4 months. The blaze started when Duffy tried to light the stove with kerosene.
Edward Hickman, captured in Oregon, confesses to kidnapping and murdering Marion Parker. He details tying, suffocation, dismemberment, and disposal of the body, saying money for college prompted the crime. He is jailed in Los Angeles amid fears of mob violence.
Washington today reported two-alarm fire at Bolling field army air field on the city edge. A telephone operator said the quartermaster hangar is burning and other details were unavailable.
Salvage operations near Provincetown press on as divers remove wreckage from the S4 deck and prepare hull markers for future lifts. Weather remains cold with divers limited to 45 minutes below, while Captain Ernest K. King leads the effort. A Provincetown Masonic club delegation laid wreaths for the forty sailors lost.
In Circle Alaska a valiant mail run by Jewell and his dog team reached Chatanika amid interior Alaska’s fiercest storm in 20 years. Despite 50 degree below zero conditions, the mail arrived on schedule and the driver and dogs endured severe frostbite to hands and face.
Harry S. New the postmaster general in Indianapolis for the Christmas holiday met personal and political friends at the Columbia club. He clarified he does not want to join Republican party disputes in Indiana and hopes a creditable state ticket is nominated next spring. He plans to return to Washington this afternoon.
Four months after Mrs. Eliza A. Hill was found shot and buried in her basement, Harry D. Hill goes on trial for murder. He was arrested in Seattle on Sept. 2 after disputes over bad checks and gambling debts. His father Dr. H. C. Hill aids in his defense as hundreds gather for the proceedings.
Mrs Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh plans to return to the United States after son Charles A. Lindbergh begins a Central America tour aboard the Spirit of St. Louis. The pair will travel by Ford plane with a fruit basket for Mrs Henry Ford, visiting Tampico San Antonio Indianapolis before reaching Detroit. Lindbergh also hosted embassy staff and Mexican officials on prior air trips at Valbuena field.
In Evansville area neighborhoods a large wolf sighting has prompted a community drive to trap the animal alive. Ras Price and neighbors organize a rope and club drive from his farm early Thursday with no firearms allowed. High school boys are invited to participate for a chance to deliver the wolf to the city park zoo if captured.
Mrs Florence Scott widow of Russell Scotips who faced murder charges connected with an alleged robbery has remarried Chicago accountant William Cook. Scott died by suicide in Cook County jail two months earlier during an insanity hearing. Mrs Scott supported his defense, once fasting thirty days in Detroit to raise funds.
December 27 Plymouth. Santa Claus left a baby girl in a basket on the doorstep of Mr and Mrs J C Crabb of Culver. The Crabb couple planned to adopt the infant. The newborn, named Carol Lee, was about five days old and in good health when found by Crabb at dawn.
In Jackson Tennessee on December 27 a cowboy suit given by Santa Claus ignited when sparks from firecrackers touched it. Robert Young, seven, suffered severe burns and died the next day after his clothing caught fire while playing in the backyard.
Evansville Ind December 27 death has claimed Addison W Igleheart a prominent figure in the flour processing industry. The bereaved family and local industry circles mourn the loss of the veteran worker who contributed to the regional milling trade for decades.
Turkish steamer Sevindi sank after a collision in the Marmora Sea near Constantinople. Twenty nine people drowned as rescuers searched the waters and local authorities reported the loss.
Paris dispatch reports wind, snow, and rain across Europe with storms and floods in Serbia, Greece, Belgium, Spain and France. Moroccan coastal weather also battered by wintry conditions. several steamers damaged off the north coast of France.
In Cil y Indiana 30 year old Harper killed Lloyd and Mrs Mosher at their home before shooting himself. The three involved were connected by a past dispute after Harper boarded with the Mosher family. A note found later attributed the act partly to outside pressure from his mother.
In Louisville Kentucky a mailed pint bottle of bourbon arrives anonymously to Captain Jed Hauser head of the Police Records Bureau. He will have the package analyzed and the liquor destroyed as the sender remains unknown and no clues exist to identify the culprit.
William Joseph Kelly 80, a Kansas City Missouri employee in Representative Sirovich's New York office, died when a fire destroyed his apartment. He reportedly awakened others and re entered the building to search for more occupants. Death believed due to asphyxiation. He is survived by his wife, mother and two sisters.
Two destroyers from Charleston and guards at Boston assisted in a rescue effort off Cape Cod and Cape Sable after reports that a plane vanished in bitter cold. Weather worsened the search as ships from Newfoundland Nova Scotia and New Brunswick remained on alert awaiting any tangible trail to the missing crew.
Indianapolis December 27. Friends report Albert J Beveridge’s life of Abraham Lincoln will be published in July or August next year. After Beveridge died in December, his widow and Mrs Ford oversee the manuscript. The project, begun by Beveridge, may extend beyond his life and could differ from his earlier Life of General Grant.
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