The fact that the world did not come to an end was covered in several stories, with the lead story reporting that "Lorain had two victims who went insane over the predicted millennium." There were reports from other locations across the country under the heading, "Doom Day Doings Elsewhere in America." There was a story about an employee of the National Tube company who was run down by a car on Lake Road near Stop 84 in Sheffield Lake, who had thought that the end of the world had indeed come. And at the bottom of the page, United Press Staff Correspondent Frank Getty followed up with Mr. Reidt.
Elsewhere on the front page: A photo of a pretty young lady as part of the "Lorain Girl Series," photographed by Rudy Moc; a dog saves his master and friends from being asphyxiated by gas fumes down in Greenville, Ohio; and James Bond – not the secret agent, but a Lorain man – was apparently not shaken or stirred up after crashing his car into a telephone pole at 28th and Fulton, since he attempted a getaway.
Other than that, just the usual mayhem, tragedy and chaos.
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A story about the attempted rescue of Floyd Collins, stuck in a tiny passage of Mammoth Cave, and still alive when the paper was printed! Still gives me the claustrophobic heebie-jeebies.
A two year sentence for murdering a wife. Not a bad tradeoff if said wife needed to be murdered.
I do believe the killer was convicted of manslaughter. At the time, sentencing for such was up to the judge based on the circumstances of the crime. IF the woman was unfaithful or otherwise stepping out of societal norms with unfaithfulness, prostitution, or by abusing/abandoning children, sentencing of her killer was often extremely lenient. Perhaps only parole or time spent. And such people were sometimes welcomed back into their communities with open arms.
There was what was called the "unwritten law" lawyers often used to justify violence: An unfaithful partner or their lover could be punished - this only worked for men, by the way, killing women or their lovers, and not the other way around. I'm certain Attorney Adams, one of the crack defense lawyers in the county at the time would be sure to play this up as much as he could.
Because of all this, the state eventually imposed mandatory time in prison (or Mansfield) for manslaughter at 5-to-20 with a chance, I think, of parole after 2.
What's up with that lady having 18 kids?Why would anyone want that many children to start with?You just know that each and every one didn't receive the love and attention that they deserved growing up.I bet a few probably turned to a life of crime and that name Pruchnicki does ring a bell.I remember a while back a person with that last name threw a kitten out of the old Lakeside 10 Apartments in Sheffield Lake to see if it would land on its feet.You can only guess what happened.That guy had to be a descendant of this woman.Goddards Law would've gotten him now.
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