Lovers Die In Electric Chair At Sing Sing Prison
Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray were executed by electric chair at Sing Sing, the first woman to die in 22 years in the nation for murder. They killed Snyder's husband Albert Snyder in Queens Village last March, chloroforming him and beating him to death with a mar sh weight, then dumping him with wire. The death chamber held 14 witnesses as 2400 volts surged through Snyder first, then Gray.
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Sing Sing
Ossening
Ruth Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Tovers
Gray
Albert Snyder
Queens Village
New York
Arsh Weigut
Executiioger
Final Hours of Sayers and Gray Before Execution
In Ossining New York on January 13 two inmates faced a day of torture before their electric chair sentences. Ruth Snurder, volatile yet resigned, wept and collapsed. Albert Snyder’s wife and her lover awaited the same fate. Gray appeared calmer, pacing his cell. Authorities note the inmates knew death was imminent as dawn broke over the Hudson.
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Sirentir
Gray
Albert Lardere
Albert Snyder
Monthe
Leo
Letter from Jackson to daughter after execution
Gray writes to his nine year old daughter Jane Gray in Ossining New York revealing a packet of letters entrusted to Warden Lawes after his execution in Sing Sing. The exact number of letters in the packet was not disclosed.
Judge Weygandt to Speak at First Congregational Tonight
Judge Carl C. Werzanit of the Common Pleas Court of Cleveland will address the Men's Club of the First Congregational Church on the topic The Court the Church and the Home. A reception will follow with light refreshments.
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Carl C. Werzanit
Common Pleas Court of
Clevelacé
Fourteen Elyrians Indicted by Brand Jury in Lorain County
A Lorain County grand jury returned 21 indictments against fourteen Elyrians and three others, revealing multiple burglary, larceny, auto theft, and concealed weapon charges. Names include John Zileshi Roy Smith Theodore Lawrence and George Onofrer among others. nine cases were approved, three dismissed. jury urged jail expansion to separate prisoners and witnesses. Foreman George H. Sheridan led the panel, with court to reconvene March 6.
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Lorain
Bacstary
Larcenarie
John Zileshi
Yourke
Roy Smith
Elyria
Warbach
Pacape
Habizka
Theodore and
Ralph Lawrence
el Ria
EB G Mathews
Walter Rutter
Elysia
Prom Elyria
Ted Lawrence
Sisimiorv
Jesse Lesm
Foraxry
Dock Simmons
Virzil Bruening
Toy
Hartm Hebeprand Yareems
Charles Emiah
Lex Foster
Thomas Powell
Joan Murphy
John Joamson
Frank Skwara
James
Henry Marshall
George Onofrer
George Young
Robert Gammell
Car Ting
Georer Flanders
George Wright
Grand Jameny
James Glarshall
George Onoffrer
Saul
Wile Davis
e.Anl
Loue Lona
Rosalid Martinez
Grand Larteoy
Mike Davis
Pomiutg Firearms
Fred Wilder
Yal Machias
William Gadagar
Claréure Horizon
Cleveland
Edward McNierney
Pittspurgy
Bigatys
Grand Jure
Besscs
Te. Webber
George H. Sheridan
Disbarment of Hal Deran in Cincinnati Distressed
The Court of Appeals orders disbarment for Hal G. Deran of Fremont, with a modified judgment making the ban permanent but allowing readmission on July 18, 1929. Proceedings began in February 1927 after charges of unprofessional conduct and moral turpitude, with seven specifications upheld by lower courts.
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Cincinnati
Court of Appeals
Hal G. Deran
Fremont
Deran
Judes Wade Cushing
George B. Mills
Cinninati
Harry W. Lloyd
Bar Association
Eatd
Washington Jackson Day dinner presses for party peace
In Washington on January 17, fifteen hundred Democratic leaders convened for the Jackson Day dinner and spoke for seven hours about peace within the party. Several speakers voiced hope to close disputes from past conventions while noting continuing issues of prohibition and religion would yield to tariff, corruption, and equal rights priorities. A message from Gov. Al Smith of New York urged focus on foreign relations, prohibition, agriculture, government reform, and conservation.
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Washington
New York
Gov. A. Smith
Rogers lampoons politics at Democratic banquet in Washington
Will Rogers, the cowboy humorist, told the Democratic national committee at the Jackson Car banquet in Washington that politicians are bandits who raid the treasury and return loot to constituents. He quipped the senate opens with prayer and ends with investigation, while the house avoids investigations and rewards contributors.
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Rogers
Pennsalt
Washington
Will Rogers
Democratic National Committee
Jackson
Senate
Jim
Reed Urges Moderate Platform In Democratic Speech
Senator James A. Reed of Missouri delivered the evening's climax urging a practical platform to unite the party. He warned against forcing all popular elements into the platform and argued a moderate approach would preserve victory and avoid Republican inequities, touching on foreign relations and broad Prohibition questions.
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Smith
William G. McAdoo
Prohibition
Wilson
James A. Reed
Missouri
Woodroy Wilson
Ritchie
Marshland
Reed
Tne
Wek
Local Man Sued By Two For Accident
Charles Jumont of 017 Lake Avenue was named defendant in two common pleas court suits arising from an accident on Lodi Street dated October 6, 1927. E Bates seeks 3065 dollars for injuries from a collision involving Ellis Jumont, son of the defendant. Harlan F Emmons seeks 3014 dollars, claiming a hit while crossing the street damaged his back and sprained his wrist.
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Charles Jumont
Lake Avenue
Common Pleas Court
Lodi Street
E. Bates
Ellis Jumont
Harlan F. Emmons
Jumont
Expects To Name Tax Assessor Soon
County Auditor Mooree H. Welty denied today that any appointment had been made for the vacancy in the tax assessor's office created October 1 by Mason Smith's resignation in Elyria. Welty said he plans to name a man for the post in the near future and dismissed reports that the position was filled.
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Mooree H. Welty
Mason Smith
Elyria
Officr
Welty
Lengel Trial To Begin On February
Lisbon Jan 15 Saranus A Lengel former Canton police chief will go on trial February 13 for a second time on a charge of first degree murder in connection with the slaying of Don K Melleut Canton publisher Judge Frank L Lonnes of Columbiana county set the date and will preside all the term
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Lisbon
Saranus A. Lengel
Canton
Don K
Melleut
Frank L. Lonnes
Columbiana Courct
Ira
Riots at Rush Run coal mine disrupt Steubenville area
In Steubenville Ohio on January 13 hundreds of union and non union miners clashed at the Rush Run No 2 property seven miles from Wheeling and Lake Erie fields. Reports say 6 non union miners were injured and 250 union workers armed with clubs and stones faced about 250 non union marchers. Sheriff William Allison and deputies could not quell the violence as naval and other authorities prepared for further outbreaks tied to the statewide coal mine strike and planned openings at Dillonvale No 2 and Wolf Run under cooperative labor terms.
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Goullet
Steubenville
Columbus
Jacksonville
Guthreach
Sherif William Allison
Dillonvale
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Wolf Run
Warner
Rush Run
Nelex
Miusta
Thnonvale
Boy Fined Here For Stealing
Donald Brenning was arrested Thursday for petty theft and fined $10 plus costs, with jail kept until the fine and costs are paid. In police court before Mayor James A. Hewitt, Brenning admitted stealing metal checks and candy from Temple billiard parlor, denied other similar city incidents, and revealed he is an orphan from Lorain County Children’s Home who has been out of work since Christmas. Mayor Hewitt sought to secure work for him after this incident.
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Donald Brenning
James A. Hewitt
Brenning
Temple
Lorain County
Oberlia
Hewitt
Two Men Escape Injury In Street Car Collision
Two men in a car were not identified by police after their vehicle collided with an eastbound Cleveland Southwestern car at the Cleveland Street East Bridge street turn. The car was badly damaged but neither occupant was injured.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Street
East Bridge Street
Aughn Moves to Prevent Tragedy in Lorain County
County superintendent R P Vaughn urges boards of education principals and teachers to bar any pupil leaving school without direct parental handover or accompaniment by a teacher or student. A proposed resolution would require that a child only be delivered into a parent’s custody or to a trusted escort after thorough safety checks. The plan aims to prevent abductions and similar tragedies by tightening dismissals and ensuring parental consent.
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Billy Whicla
Pennsylvania
Little Marian Parker
Los Angeles
Tom
Boards of Education
R. P. Vaughler
Lorain County
Vaugh
Paren
Vauehn
County Boards of Education
Vaughn
Lamalin
Iullop
Educati
Lozam County
Lorain County Spelling Meet Plans Set for January
Lorain County schools prepare for a county spelling championship at Amherst Public School auditorium in January. Elimination contests determine district representatives with one winner and one alternates per grade. Written spelling for grade levels, with oral rounds at central venues, culminates in a county finals.
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Lorain County
Amherst
Decde
Vil- Jape
Oral Speliinen
Lorain
Oberlin
Fistia
County
Omeo
Public Service official lauds Elyria growth talk
T O Kennedy vice president and general manager of the Ohio Public Service Company spoke at a Newell hotel meeting praising Elyria’s future due to its location transportation and industries. He said OPS growth hinges on the prosperity of the communities it serves and highlighted the company’s consolidation in 1921 creating a larger system and cutting average rates by forty percent. Continued on Page 2.
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Elyria
T. O. Kennedy
Ohio Public Service Company
Newell Hotel
Kennedin
Olio Public Service Co
OPS
J. B Johnson
Khemed
Elsha
Landpoui
Olio Politic
Kenmeds
Wits
Congress Today Senate Debates and Committee Hearings Continue
Congress activities focus on a tariff reduction proposal by Prisderes and cisteans committee resumes with Wolson Var electron committee hearings. Irrigation and rerlamason committee continues Columba Basin project hearings while interstate commerce panel weighs the railway consolidation. House moves ahead with Interior Department appropriation bill as Naval Affairs hearing reviews naval buildings. Flood control and Vertrats committees pursue hospital building program and related measures.
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Senate
Prisderes
Catemittee
Wolson-Var Electron Commie
Irrigation and Rerlamason Committee
Columba Basin
Lommene’ Co
Amiser
HOUSE
Interior Department
Naval Affairs Committee
Hughes
Ripper Case Probed in Columbus Knifings
Police in Columbus probe a repeated knife attack case after two young girls were knifed while returning from parties. Suspect Eugene Carpenter, 25, was arrested for loitering near the scenes after a claim by his estranged wife. A pocket knife with a razor edge was found, and another suspect, Mack Fasan, was later arrested but expected to be released due to insufficient evidence.
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Columbus
Eugene “Jari” Carpenter
Vicinis
Crones
Carpenter
Postal rates bill seeks to cut costs for communities
Washington January 15. A bill introduced by Chairman Grist of the Post Office says postal rates could be reduced by about 10,000 dollars yearly. The measure revises the 1824 law and has administration support.
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Bulletin
Washington
Grist
Sheriff Arrests Drunken Driver in Lorain Incident
Adolph Taner of Plovene Erie county was arrested for driving while intoxicated after colliding with a bakery truck on Oberlin Avenue Lorain. He pleaded not guilty before Justice S J George and a hearing was scheduled for tonight.
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Adolph Taner
Lorain Council Set to Vote On 1928 Budget
Lorain city council will be asked Monday night to approve a 1928 appropriation of 1500 dollars. Of this total 480000 dollars funds operating expenses while the rest goes to the sinking fund for debt retirement.
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Lorain Couscil
Lorain
Lorain City
Coinei
Five Year Old Dorothy Schneider Slaying Sparks Flint Hunt
Flint Michigan January 13 police and citizens pursue a kidnapper and killer of five year old Dorothy Schneider. A second man was arrested but not charged after failing to match the description. bloodstains found in his car are reported. The body was found in a creek with mutilations linked to a precise surgical style.
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Flint, Mich
Dorothy Schnider
Quer
Hurley Hospital
Wie
Flint
Mich
Dorothy Schneider
Dorothy
Mount Morris Consolidated School
Ciizens
Jana 14
Trenty Clubwames
Greer
Michigan
Archie Bacon
Bacon
William Lawrence
Abe
Freeone
Brave battle to save child in Chicago
In Chicago on January 13 George Smith aged 112 days faced a dire medical struggle. Doctors used liferal respiration, multiple transfusions, oxygen, and artificial respiration for over 24 hours as Mrs. Mary Smith donated blood and milk by pipe. The child’s condition was grave but physicians remained hopeful.
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Chicago
George Smith
Fre Department Palmotor Squad
Speiler Carrad
Isaac A
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BRAND
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Lengel
Aughn
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Cuba
D.p.o
Congress Today
Hold “Ripper
Aopegt
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