Woman testifies 40 years after boys murders fear stigma kept silence
A 70-year-old Hanover Park woman told of fear her child would be branded a daughter of a mass killer, explaining why she did not contact authorities in 1955 about the Bobby Peterson and Schuessler boys murders. She faced questions about her ex-husband and conflicting memories in a Cook County court.
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Hanover Park
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Joyce Saxon
Bobby Peterson
Anton
John Schuessler
Robinson Woods
Lawrence Avenue
Count Club
Thomas Gainer
Reiling
Gainer
Saxon
Cook County
Michael P. Toomin
Toomin
Goodman
Margaret Mack
Mack
Hansen
Arlene Zielke
Herb Hollatz
Hollatz
Arizona
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Switchman Dies in Belt Railway Freight Yard Accident
Eugene Janik a 57 year old Belt Railway of Chicago switchman was killed when he was pinned between freight cars at the 6900 South Central Avenue yard in Bedford Park. He had 13 years with the company and was assigned to disconnect and reroute cars. A federal probe may follow as investigators seek the cause amid a recent spate of yard fatalities.
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Bedford Park
South Central Avenue
Eugene Janik
West von Avenue
Monee
Cook County
Janik
Belt Railway
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Coffey
Federal Railroad Administration
Beltway
Michael Mallin
Tinley Park
Mallin
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