Mother says Pierpont is not guilty in jail escape attempt
The Columbus dispatch reports Harry Pierpont, on death row for the Sheriff Larber slaying, claiming Dillinger said Homer Van Meter carried out the crime. His mother Lena Pierpont asserts Harry was not guilty, recounting a Chicago contact with Dillinger and detailing the attempted breakout at the Ohio Penitentiary.
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John ‘Dillinger
Dillinger
Homer ‘van Meter
Jose Larber
Lima
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Ohio Penitentiary Death Row
Lena Pierpont
Ohio State Journal
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Jess Sather
Homer van Meter
Fred
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Makley
Penitentiary
Pierpont
George W. Keil
Kiel
Jess Larber
Allen County
Pala
Supreme Court
Mak- Jey
Guard Jones
Jess Sarber
John Dillinger
Arizona
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Ind
Harry Clark
Clark
Ohio Supreme Court
Reed May Be Made Judge in Kentucky District Court
The Washington Post reported that Stanley Reed, general counsel of the Reconstruction Corporation, was set for appointment as judge of the Federal District Court for eastern Kentucky. Senator Barkley declined official comment, noting no new developments since his earlier statement that no decision had been made.
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Washington Post
Stanley Reed
The
Reconstruction Corporation
Federal District Court For
Eastern
Kentucky
Barkley
Suspected Slayer Commits Suicide at Lake Erie
Cleveland, Sept. 24. Abra ham Knopp, 60, of Waterbury Conn, sought as the possble slayer of his brother in law and business partner, died by his own hand Sunday by drowning in Lake Erie after his body was found ten feet deep off a Euclid Beach Park pier. Knopp had been sought for fatally wounding Ben Levine, 45, and critically wounding Ernest Schwartz, 49, an attorney and president of the Cleveland Motion Picture Exhibitors Association, in a downtown office building amid a business quarrel.
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Waterbury
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Lake Erie
Wilson G. Chamberlain
Knopp
Euclid Beach Park
Ben
Levine
Ernest Schwartz
Cleveland Motion Picture Exhibitors Association
Schwartz
Ritchie and Jackson Back Old Age Pensions in Baltimore
Gov Albert C Ritchie and Mayor Howard W Jackson urged old age pensions at the Hebrew Home for the Aged Levindale during the annual visitation and memorial day. The positions echoed the Democratic state platform and followed a Sunday address in Baltimore.
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Ritchie
Baltimore
Albert C. Ritchie
Howard W. Jackson
Hebrew Home For the
Levindale
Huey Angered By Welcome Huey Angered By Welcome
Huey Long interrupted a stumping tour in Marksville Louisiana as a fire alarm and noisy crowd disrupted his speech for Lieut. Gov. Fournet. Long called the volunteer firemen hoodlums, sparking a clash with police, officials, and the crowd. Mayor Laborde defended the volunteers and promised an investigation into the alarm.
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Markeville
Huey Long
Marksville
Louisiana
Louisiana “Kingfish
John B. Fournet
State Supreme Court
Courthouse Square
Huey
E. M. Laborde
Long
Laborde
Probe to Resume in Morro Castle Disaster Hearings
New York September 24 The Department of Commerce investigation into the Morro Castle disaster resumes with Chief Radio Operator George Rogers expected to testify again. Captain William Warma, who led the bridge during the fatal hours, is likely to appear on the witness stand as well.
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Department of Commerce
Morro Castle
George Rogers
William Warma
Rogers
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