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Lovers Lane Slaying Near Chicago Stuns City
In suburban Blue Island a 17 year old girl Miss Joan Coward was slain and her fiance Arthur Marino was poisoned and held at a hospital. Marino says two unidentified men attacked them at Victory Lake and robbed them. Police found an ammonia bottle a glove and a handkerchief and sent them for analysis while Marino faces a lie detector test.
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