Sadist Slayer To Die In Chair In Peoria
Gerald Thompson, 26, convicted of first degree murder in the sex killing of Mildred Hallmark, awaits execution after a jury set the death penalty. The case drew an anxious crowd as deputies cleared a path to move Thompson from jail to court for a new-trial motion hearing on Aug. 12.
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Oddities In The Day's News
A collage of quirky items from August reports: a woman asks sewing help for a shirt with a missing button at relief headquarters in Barr Oak Kansas. a horse drinks from a historic stone horse trough in Los Angeles. Idaho Rep Compton White jokes about carrying silver dollars for pockets. Washington Senator Newsom fined for speeding with a quip from the judge. a Supreme Court ruling on a wife sharing a front door key in Parma Italy. and Luciano Cadeluppi appears with a bearded, moustached look after a lightning strike.
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Confessed killer recounts Mildred’s death in cemetery ravine
Five days after a girl was found in a cemetery ravine a man confessed to the brutal crime. He said he met the woman on a street car and offered to take her home, then forced his attentions, struck her when she resisted, and threw her body into the ravine while she lay unconscious. He claimed to have harmed many other girls as well.
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