Letter recounts murder night and plea over capital punishment
A New Castle reader testifies about a drunken attack by her husband and a fatal stabbing linked to a Kleving murder. She asks the mayor to send an officer but opposes capital punishment, and urges the city to forget the events while alluding to an implicated man she knows.
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Mr. Dickey
Kleving
East Street
Treasury Office
New Castel
Defense Questions Blevins Case as Douds Trial Declares Innocence
In Commonwealth v Perry Douds the defense dismisses a lengthy Blevins murder history as irrelevant and asserts the defendant had no role in writing or receiving four anonymous letters. Douds admits writing some letters but denies authorship of the anonymous notes and insists he did not know their content until seeing them in newspapers.
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S. Lt. McCracken
Commonwealth
Perry Douds
Blevins
New Castle
Lawrence
Douds
Pittsburg
McConahy
Henry M. Robinson
Harrington
Max Livingstone
Walker
Beck
Harp
Robinson
McClain
Chambers
Esten
Iim
Henry Gates
Gates
John
Mr. Heitzmann
Jesse Dean
Frank Dean
Jesse
Croton Avenue
Hutton's
Frank
Ralph
Pittsburg Street
Mr. McConahy
Henry Voltz
Henry Muth
Witherow’s
Voltz
Ater
Pittsburg Brewing Company
Harrisburg
St. Cloud
Special
Ivestigating Committee
Council
Akens
McConnell
Miss Butler
Keller
Mr. Douds
Police Chief Letter Names Suspect in Blevins Murder
A police chief forwards a letter alleging John Beck alias J Walker alias French, an escaped convict with prior time in Greensburg and Ohio, as a suspect in the Blevins murder. The writer says Beck has been across eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania in the last three weeks and notes his mother and wife live nearby.
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Theff
John Beck
J. Walker
French
Ohio
Greensburg
Penna
Blevins
Phoo- Hee
Uves
Seasonable Offerings in Grass Linen Suits
A catalog note advertises grass linen suits priced at 3.25 dollars with white P K vest effect waist and braid trimmed skirts featuring a full flare.
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Paisley
Hutton Pharmacy
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Central Drug Store
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