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v-. ., . GEO. H; JACKS. /McGee to. be there by IX Q-oiock the following day. He assured them that*he would be there and.carried-out. the; agreement. Jacks was there concealedin .the hallway Waitingor him,_ an# ^hen. the aged -man* entered thederer 'dealt him a blow on the 'head with a bludgeon and killed him. He * then went through the victim’s pcckefca • and secured $26. -_WiIlown ls tiow serving-a fovrfceefi-year sentence in tW penitentiary for the crime. He plead-* ed gtiilly and' tu rned stntc's ,;evidenc*,against Jacks. “ 'Z7J? • * . .-X ■Jacks was one^of^ho most uniQue criminals ever executed in* Cook coiin^ ty. He was thfrty-nine, years old, *.carpenter by trade, but during.his ca-»reer he held various important’ officiali-* p.positi ons 1 n M uskegon, a depu ty Unit- t ed; States marshak and a member ot the fire department *of Michigan-City. ~Whiie holding official positions Jack* pursued the -caning of 'h burglar.. * A score of burglaries were imally „ traced to him “ in Muskegon- and a search o* his room revealed a wagonload of stolen property; He was ^convicted an#sent to the Jacksop penitentiary fb/four yeara^ He came to Chicago a yeafafter his release from prison, Ha soox^returned to lils old. mode of living was arrested with ^.August. Binswangser for a burglary Committed on . Nortfr :• Clark street. He broke into the hous%^ of Dr. Louiao Hagenow, beat the physician's mother ‘ into, insen's* mi it/ and stole diamonds valued at $2,005.It was while he was at liberty o» bonds signed -by Justice Cleveland an# another man that Jacks killed Me (Jen. He died protesting his innocence, claiming that Willows instead of himself -.murdered McGee. HJa remain*vere sent to Muskegon for buriak, . V ■■■■■■*■ • ‘; - • {.*
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Narka News
Narka, Kansas, US
Fri, Dec 02, 1898
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