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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 11, 1929

Page

13

Court may carry out death by own action pact for wife slayer

A San Francisco veteran Garland Williams, 28, jailed for the murder of his wife Lorraine Ambrose, waited for execution claiming a death pact with his wife would unite them in the hereafter. He confessed, saying she urged him to die by gas or hanging, but he chose to face the law and not suicide.

San Francisco Cal Garland Williams Siberia Lorraine Ambrose Wiliams Williams Ambrose

Police tie suspect to murder and false confession

The narrative includes a confession to choking and slashing wrists by a man named Williams, who claimed a plan and goodbyes with a woman identified as Mrs. Ambrose. Police noted discrepancies but found elements of truth in his story and signs of struggle at the crime scene amid related census data on bearing trees in New York.

Bill Williams

Waverly Bridge Contractor Henry Enapp Dies

Waverly Indiana reports the death of Henry Enapp, 71, after 14 years of paralysis. Funeral services are planned for Sunday following his Wednesday death, with a Courier Special Service note.

Waverly Bridge Courier Waverly Henry Enapp

Knapp Family Mourns Longtime Resident Interment Set

Interment for the departed will take place at Harington cemetery at 2 p.m. Mr. Knapp, who had been helpless for four years, is survived by his widow Annie Lyter formerly of Clarksville, a son Lloyd Knapp of Waverly, two daughters Mrs. Sherman Wynkoff of Chicago and Mrs. Joe Russell of Waverly, plus two brothers Frank and Horace and four sisters Mrs. Demetria Shafer, Mrs. Miner Wamsley, and Mrs. Rufus Hurd.

Harington Knapp Annie Lyter Clarksville Lloyd Waverly Sherman Wynkoff Chicago Joe Russell Frank Horace Demetria Shafer Miner Wamsley Rufus Hurd

Builder Knapp Retired From Work After Ill Health

Clarksville and Mrs W J Ratekin Fargo ND recall James Knapp a bridge builder who left business 14 years ago due to ill health. Independence Jan 11 F H Olosen arrived Lafayette Colo with livestock carload. suffered severely frozen foot en route. U S Weather Bureau notes about 100 tornadoes occur each year.

Clarksville W. J. Ratekin Fargo N. D Knapp Stockman Independence F. H. Olosen Lafayette Colo The United States Weather Bureau

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