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COLORED SLAYER OF WHITE WIFE PLEADED GUILTY.He Pleaded Guilty to First Degree Murder, and He Was Sentenced to Michigan City Prisonfor Life. \JFroia Tuesday’* Dally.George Hill, colored, who several1weeks ago shot and killed his whitewife, was brought into the circuitcourt this afternoon and was arrestedon charge of tnurder in the first de-avagree. He pleaded guilty, throwing himself on the mercy of the court. It is optional with the court to sen-vynvatence a man convicted of first degree K murder, to life imprisonment or to behung. Judge John S. Lairy sentenced Hill for life.tlt;tlHill’s case is remarkable in many ways. After killing his wife he then* * t #turned the smoking gun on himselfP • - -and fired two bullets into his ownbody. Fearing that two would not be enough he shoved another bullet in the grin and then sent it crashing in-• • 5to his person. He was taken to1 the hospital and there, after nearly dyingfrom the bullet wounds, he 'got bet-•’ • * ^ ♦ter, only to become ill with pneumonia. After lie jwas saved from death from this he had hemorrhages of the lung. Examination showedoybsifiaiwIEa1 Yl Inthat a splintered rib was sticking in j ^one of his lungs. A section of the rib 1 was removed. 'And hg, JJ ves now to. . . . • s. ; ienter Michigan City prison and pay the penalty for i^is crime.K,.:... . - - ' ■oidlof
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Logansport Semi Weekly Reporter
Logansport, Indiana, US
Fri, Jun 26, 1908
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