Wichita woman known as The Poet surrenders to police
Ruth Finley, 51, of Wichita, admitted being “The Poet” after a four year chase involving abduction claims and threatening letters. A psychiatrist said her behavior stemmed from illness and unresolved trauma from a 1946 attack. She was hospitalized. prosecutors await psychiatric test results before deciding on charges.
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Associated Press
Wichita, Kan
Ruth Finley
Wichita
Don Schrag
Mrs. Finley
Finley
LaMunyon
Sharron
Couple fatally hurt in townhouse break in Arbutus
A husband and wife, both 26, were fatally wounded by a sharp object during a townhouse break in Baltimore County suburb Arbutus. A 24 year old female boarder, bound and hurt, escaped from a second floor window and sought help. Police identified the victims as Sarah Ann Spurling and Donald Lee Spurling.
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Arbutus, Md
Baltimore
G. Sommers
Baltimore County
Jay Miller
Sarah Ann Spurling
Donald Lee Spurling
Spurling
Record $2 million verdict for unsanitary jail conditions
Worcester County Jail inmates won a 2 million dollar settlement after a federal jury found overcrowded and filthy conditions. Each convicted prisoner receives 500 dollars and each pre trial detainee 1000 dollars for jail years from 1977 onward. About two thousand inmates may collect under the award.
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Maryland
Worcester County
al Bronstein
National Prison Project
American Civil Liberties Union
Washington
Charles Kolb
Lorton Reformatory
District of Columbia
Lorton
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