Lima youths murder mystery ends in confession
Loren Ellsworth Truesdale, 23, reportedly confessed to the 1931 quarry murders of Karl Truesdale, 20, and Thelma Woods, 18, in Lima Ohio. Authorities say jealousy in a love triangle sparked the crime, the bodies found weighted with stones in an abandoned quarry on Memorial Day weekend. The elder Truesdale was arrested with the alleged confession given in the presence of his parents. The case, once a noted Ohio mystery, closed after 15 months of investigation.
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Lima
Ohio
Karl Truesdale
Truesdale
Miss ‘Woods
Alimony Sought as Wife Relives 19 Year Absence
In Chicago on September 2 1939 Nellie Hisane testified to Judge Frei Rush about her husband Timothy leaving home 19 years earlier after contrived accusations by state prison inmates. She seeks alimony while officers linked Loren and Karl Loren to murders in Lima quarry with confessions detailing hammer blows and body concealment.
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Chicago
Nellie Hisane
Frei Rush
Timothy
Ren
Zar
Miss ‘Woods
Lima
Loren
Karl
Youth Found With Slashed Arms At Home
Arthur Hamlin age 22 of 208 North Frio street was taken to Robert B Green hospital early Friday after being found with his arms slashed at his residence A razor lay nearby doctors say he will recover
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Arthur Hamlin
North Frio Street
Robert B. Green
Mail Boxes Hit By Stamp Glue Crime Wave
Mysterious raiders target mail boxes in San Antonio causing damage to three cent stamps and envelope glue. Foreman H A Doebbler reports mutilated stamps, glue eaten from envelopes, and ongoing raids at night despite increased guard and disinfectant efforts.
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San Antonio
H. A. Doebbler
Ofirginia Boulevard
Meerschiedt
Doebbier
Box
Virginia Boulevard
Meerscheidt Street
Job sharing plan aims to give part time work for millions
In New York on September 2, Walter G. Teagle, head of Standard Oil of New Jersey, launched a national job sharing campaign to place 1 to 2 million idle workers in part time roles. Industry would be asked to shorten the work week and substitute shorter shifts while workers would face accompanying wage reductions.
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New York
Walter G. Teagle
Standard 04 Company
New Jersey
Shenaeed
Arrests in Mine Row Strike Region Reported
In M Alerster Oklahoma on September 2, authorities arrested several for contempt of court tied to continued picketing at the Pittsburg McAlester mining company property in Pittsburg. Five men remained jailed, two more were taken into custody, and sixteen others faced pursuit.
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M'Alester
Okla
Oklahoma
Pittsburg
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