Francis Lankford Hidden Saws in Jail Shoes Revealed
Reports describe two small saws found in the heel of Francis Lankford’s shoe during a jail search on May 3. Similar saws were found on Wilford Lankford in Kansas City for murder complicity. Letters to Lankford, written in pencil yet visible with graphite, show forged handwriting and contain phrases like will Go all possible for you. Lankford’s letters reveal literary tastes and a philosophical outlook with optimistic lines about universal predestination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Caton Lankford
Emil Lewht
Robert Bumster
Frank Vacha
Wilford Lankford
Harry Wells
Kansas City
Licht
Jack Connery
Lankford
Lytton
Rehearsals Begin For Soldiers Minstrel Show
Rehearsals for Fifer's minstrels proceed as part of a Welcome Home event for the 33rd division. The celebration date is pending as Col. Co. D center prep for a military parade. Several Quincy area servicemen in the 129th Infantry face quarantine after Private Edward Johnson’s death at Camp Merritt.
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Fifer
Col. Co. D. Center
129Th Infantry
Quincy
Camp Grant
Edward Johnson
Belvidere
Camp Merritt
N. J
Johnson
Associated Press
High School Notes Initiatives and Plans Ahead
Sophomore students will hike after school with Professor O D Frank leading. Each brings own food and cooks in the woods. Senior class prepares for exams and commencement exercises, while next fall's course plans are being filled out on cards. Football signups proceed and Captain Stewart with Principal Wellemeyer foresee strong next season. Rumor says auditorium may become a gym. a new high school building is still needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. D. Frank
Stewart
J. F. Wellemeyer
Quincy
Springfield Gas and Electric rehearing petition grows
Thirty five Illinois cities and towns joined Springfield in a petition to the Illinois supreme court seeking a rehearing in the Springfield Gas and Electric case. The April ruling held municipally owned utilities fall under state public utilities commission control, finding the exemption clause unconstitutional. Cities named include Chicago, Decatur, East Moline, Joliet, Genoa, Rock Falls and Rock Island.
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Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court
Springfield Gas and Electric Company
State Public Utilities Commission
Chicago
Recatur
East Moline
Joliet
Guiney
Rock Falls
Rock Island
Major Woods Death Attributed To Overwork
Major Robert Mann Woods died of heart failure in Chicago after delivering six Memorial Day talks in Joliet following a lack of assembly space. He fell ill on the train home and died soon after. Funeral services were held in Chicago with Bishop Fallow's charge. burial was in Joliet with Chicago G A R members in attendance.
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Galesburg
Robert Mann Woods
Win
Chicago
Wood
Joliet
Bishop Fallows
Chicago G. A R
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