Mrs O Laughlin Convicted Of Murder In Colorado
Denver December news reports Mrs Pearl O Laughlin was convicted of first degree murder for the slaying of her 10 year old step daughter Leona. The body was found in Berkeley Park lake on October 17 after attacks including breaking glass and a tire iron blow. The jury spared the death penalty, sentencing her to life with hard labor. District Attorney Earl Wettsel argued a confession could have supported a death verdict, but Colorado law required eye witnesses for death penalty sentences.
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Denver
Colo
Pearl O’laughlin
Colorado
O’laughlin
Leona
Berkeley Park Lake
Earl Wettensel
A. T. Clark
Leona Murder Confession Suppressed Under Duress
A confession in Leona's murder case was kept from the jury after the defense proved it was obtained under duress. Colorado law excludes confessions obtained under duress or promise of immunity, meaning the court barred the evidence and protected the defendant from an unjust conviction.
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Leona
Colorado
Furniture Mart Bomb Ravages Chicago Building
CHICAGO December 9 A time bomb shattered the American Furniture Mart one of the world’s largest buildings causing an estimated 15000 to 20000 dollars in damage. Tony May nicknamed The Millionaire Newsboy died and his son Eugene 16 was seriously hurt when a package bomb exploded. The blast wrecked about twenty feet square of the interior, severed masonry and rocked windows as city officials investigated motives in the Gold Coast near Lake Michigan.
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Chicago
American Furniture,Mart
Tony May
Eugene
May
Furniture Mart
V. Lee Alward
the Mart
The
Loop
Lake Michigan
Gold Coast District
Tree surgeons disinfect tools before proceeding with apple trees
A study warns that disinfecting tools is essential to prevent blight spread when treating apple trees. Researchers emphasize sanitation to avoid cross contamination and protect orchard health.
Christmas party and club meeting in Amherst
Amherst Ohio December 9 A Christmas party at the Hi-O-Hi Club Oberlin hosted by the Amherst Study Club featured a three course luncheon for 20 with clever place cards and an exchange of gifts. Mrs F R Powers read passages from Dickens. Attendees included numerous Amhersters and the next meeting will title officers and be at Mrs John H Ludwiz home Middle Ridge. The Amherst Business Men's Association December meeting at the I O F Hall served supper to 28 members and reported the drive going over the top despite late pledge returns.
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Amherst, O
Oberlin
Amherst Study Club
F. R. Powers
Dicken
Mayme Blum
E. E. Foster
Jay Gillette
J. H. Gillman
F. I. Hubbard
M. C. Kendeigh
Leuszler
James Nicholl
A. G. Menz
W. G. Nord
George Parker
Ada Purcell
H. W. Powers
Lucy Roemer
A. J. Rice
L. Stough
J. A. Wesbecker
C. A. Alexander
John H. Ludwiz
Middle Ridge
Amherst Business Men’s Association
Local Sports Club Gathering at Ehrman Home
The Sportsman Club met at James Ehrman’s Cleveland Avenue home last evening. Members and guests enjoyed basketball and other games with refreshments served by Mrs. Ehrman. Attendees included Burton Jenne Evan and Eric Nord Robert Lauer James Shotten Robert Cromwell Floyd Schwitzki Robert Gillette and James Ehrman plus relatives and friends at a nearby birthday party event.
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Sportsman Club
James Ehrman
Cleveland Avenue
Ehrman
Burton Jenne
Evan
Eric Nord
Robert Lauer
James Shotten
Robert Cromwell
Floyd Schwitzki
Robert Gillette
Officers Shoot Each Other By Mistake In Chicago Suburb
In Chicago a police raid on a suspect ended with a hallway gun battle between a Chicago officer and an Oak Park sergeant they mistook for the target. Both were shot in non serious injuries. The suspect, William Corbett, 35, was later arrested by other officers.
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Chicago
Oak Park
Joseph Rudnick
Sergt
Frank Lawrence
Lawrence
Rudnick
William Corbett
Sunday and Club Meetings Highlight Local Schedule
Supper guests of Mrs Katherine Kolbe Middles Ridge. The Sunday School Board of the Methodist Church met in church parlors Monday evening but unfinished business requires another meeting Wednesday after the midweek service. The Womens Union Executive Board of St Peters Evangelical Church meets Thursday at 1 PM. Sorosis Club gathers in Ruth Tea Room LorainThursday evening. Members meet at Mrs C C Kern Beavercourt at 6 PM. Hickory Tree Garage plans a Grange Hall meeting with a portrait unveiling of Oliver H Kelly founder of Granges in 1867. August Schnaak Franklin Ave admitted to hospital and underwent an operation Monday. Mr and Mrs Clair Stiwald hosted Mr and Mrs Harry Walker and daughter Gloria Ann Lorain, and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Oldfield and son Kenneth Jr Elyria.
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Katherine Kolbe
Middle Ridge
The
Methodist Church
Women's Union
St. Peter’s Evangelical Church
Sorosis Club
Ruth Tea Room
Lorain
C. C. Kern
Beaver Court
Hickory Tree Garage
Grange Hall
Oliver H. Kelly
Granges
August Schnaak
Franklin Avenue
Clair Stiwald
Harry Walker
Gloria Ann
Kenneth Oldfield
Kenneth, Jr
Elyria
Fingerprint on Bowles Knife Ties Husband to Bowles Murder
Portland police announced a fingerprint on the murder knife matched Mrs. Leone C Bowles's husband, the multimillionaire son of a wartime shipbuilder. The print, blurred among many others, was identified as the little finger of Bowles's right hand by Bertillon expert Sydney Payne. Detectives and the deputy district attorney deem this a pivotal new evidence point in the case surrounding Leone Bowles's death in her apartment.
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Portland
Ore
Nelson C. Bowles
Sydney Payne
Bertillon
Police Bureau
Bowles
Harvey Thatcher
Bowles and Loucks Held in Murder Probe
Bowles and his former stenographer Loucks are in the county jail awaiting grand jury action on first degree murder charges. Mrs. Bowles died from a breast stab wound with a saw-tooth bread knife found in the kitchen. Police arrived an hour after the stabbing. both suspects claimed she stabbed herself, but a coroner's jury ruled the death a murder by one or both lovers.
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Loucks
Bowles
Miss Loucks
Girl Burned In Cleveland Fire Claims Two Children
In Cleveland Ohio two young sisters died after their clothing caught fire from a candle played with by Edith Braccia four and Josephine five. Ralph Redesco twenty nine an insurance agent carried the children from the burning house and beat out the flames. Edith remained under physician care but hope for her recovery persisted.
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Cleveland, CO
Edith Braccia
Josephine
Ralph Redesco
Bonded Pre War Whiskey Taken In Cleveland
A large quantity of bonded pre war whiskey was stolen from the Standard Drug Company warehouse in Cleveland. Burglars broke in and looted the liquor store room while a night watchman was on duty and could not be found. Police estimate the loss at thousands of dollars.
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Cleveland
Standard Drug Company
Ruel Dies After 20 Foot Fall From Ladder At Home
Henry B. Ruel president of Scioto County Board of Commissioners was killed near Portsmouth when he fell twenty feet from a ladder while measuring a barn at his Raven Rock country home. A prominent Republican figure in local politics, he sustained fatal injuries in the accident late Monday.
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Portsmouth
Henry B. Ruel
Scioto County Board of Commissioners
Raven Rock
Here
Ruel
Valley Roses bloom as roses and dynamite deaths noted
A fragmented report recalls a fatal accident involving a man who fell from a ladder and died shortly after, with his son Henry previously killed in a dynamite explosion. His widow and remaining son Ruel are mentioned amid local business notes about Valley Roses, with estimates around 7,660 tons of flowers.
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Hugh
Henry
Ruel
Eader
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GEO. R. Allen & Son
Masonic Temple
Ohio
Wainwright
Wainwright Flowers Hughes Provision Co
Amherst
A. B. M. A. Meeting
Emery Sondergeld
Ruth
Frank Barck
Constance
Martha Bartlome
Brownhelm
Norwood Baumhardt
Wesley Cook
Mary Date
Father John
Scioto County
West End Furniture
West Broad Street
Haseroot
Ladies
Elgin
Sterling
Elgin and
Hamilton
Strap
Ronson
House OF Perfect Diamonds
Optometrist
Saul’s
Coats
Lapin
Saul's
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