Jayne's bounty paid to have brother killed in Illinois
State witness testifies Silas Jayne paid 30000 to hire a killer for the murder of George W. Jayne in Inverness. Julius Barnes fired the shot from a rifle borrowed from a suburban officer. Four defendants including Silas Jayne were ordered held without bond to the Cook County grand jury.
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Chicago
Silas Jayne
Melvin Adams
Silas
George W. Jayne
Adams
Robert J. Sulski
Julius Barnes
Inverness
Barnes
Edward Nefeld
Chicago Heights
Markham
Joseph LaPlaca
Elgin Farm
Sulski
Cook County
Grand Jury
Nefeld
Crime
Sheriff predicts more graves in orchards north of Yuba City
Sheriff Roy D. Whiteaker says more slain transients and farm workers lie buried in concealed graves in orchards along the Feather River. Infrared aerial photography is used to locate disturbed soil with results due Friday. Juan Corona, 37, faces 10 murder counts after 23 victims were found and exhumed by court time.
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Yuba City
Calif
Roy D. Whiteaker
Feather River
Justice Court
Powell portrayed as living high on the hog in private letters
The Better Government Association and Chicago Sun-Times published private letters from the late Illinois secretary of state Paul Powell. The letters show Powell thanking yacht owners and noting dinners and campaign contributors, with claims of using associates’ resources for vacations.
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Chicago
Illinois
Paul Powell
Better Goverment Association
Chicago Sun-Times
The
Sun- Times
Powell
Art Siewert
Powernail Co
Prairie View, Ill
Sun-Times
Illinois House backs arbitration plan to ease court backlogs
The Illinois House approved a bill by Rep. Bernard McDevitt to require arbitration in personal injury cases, with volunteers possible to offset costs, while a second bill allowing judicial vacancies to be filled by other judges on the same court was rejected. Rep. George Lindberg warned that without action the state Supreme Court would fill vacancies under the 1970 constitution.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois House
House
Bernard McDevitt
Chicago
McDevitt
George Lindberg
Crystal Lake
State Supreme Court
Police caution over fake bomb on campus project
A University of Wisconsin Milwaukeecustodian found what looked like dynamite sticks wired to an alarm clock, prompting police and a bomb squad call to Ft Sheridan. The device was a fake used in a sociology project, instructor Allen Whitney said.
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Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ft. Sheridan
Ill
Allen Whitney
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