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Sennett and Winslow Capture

Date: 11 17 1947
Description: Alleged killers after confessing to the murder of two people. Seated are Buford Sennett, Richland Center, and Robert Winslow, Owen, standing behind them i...
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Sennett and Winslow Capture

Date: 11 17 1947
Description: The family whose farm was the location where the alleged murderers were captured is pictured left to right: Anthony Pomputis, a friend of Robert Winslow, (...
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Sennett and Winslow Capture

Date: 11 17 1947
Description: Neighbors of the Pomputis family and newspaper reporters wait on a highway near the farm where the confessed murderers were hiding.
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Sennett and Winslow Capture

Date: 11 17 1947
Description: Sheriff Edward (Ace) Fischer, prisoner Robert Winslow, and Officer Ray Case, seated in an automobile with a man and woman looking in the window.
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Sennett and Winslow Capture

Date: 11 17 1947
Description: Buford Sennett, confessed murderer, soon after his capture at the Pomputis farm, sitting between a police officer and the driver of the car.
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Sennett and Winslow Capture

Date: 11 17 1947
Description: The farm of the Pomputis family near Longwood, where Sennett and Winslow hid out and were captured.
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Angelo Mazzara

Date: 02 17 1948
Description: Angelo Mazzara, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, formerly of Madison. He has confessed to breaking into the Old Heidelberg Tavern, 1206 Regent Street, through ...
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Madison Detectives with "Night Hawk" Burglars

Date: 07 28 1948
Description: Madison detectives quiz two men who have confessed to having committed fifteen burglaries in the Madison area. Left to right: Vann Millege Kidd, Texarkana,...
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Vandalism at Evergreen Hill Cemetery in Middleton

Date: 08 16 1948
Description: Vandalized tombstones following a beer party held in Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Middleton, on June 12, 1948.
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Vandalism at Evergreen Hill Cemetery in Middleton

Date: 08 16 1948
Description: Vandalized tombstone following a beer party held in Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Middleton, on June 12, 1948.
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Durfee Brothers Roofing Company Burglary

Date: 10 30 1948
Description: View of window from indoors that burglars pried open at the Durfee Brothers Roofing Company office to enter during a robbery. A 500 pound safe was removed ...
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Safe Burglary Sentencing

Date: 12 09 1948
Description: Three men in court with their attorney listen to their sentences for stealing the Durfee Brothers Roofing Company safe. From right are Louis and Kenneth Di...
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Ordie A. Juve on Trial for Murder

Date: 01 11 1949
Description: Ordie A. Juve, 86 Fair Oaks Avenue, seated at lower left during a hearing in the court of Superior Judge Roy H. Proctor to determine if he should be bound ...
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Sadie Jackson Murder

Date: 07 10 1949
Description: George "Butch" King in handcuffs, after being questioned for the murder of Sadie Jackson, wife of Julius J. Jackson. In the background is Detective Captain...
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Sadie Jackson Murder

Date: 07 10 1949
Description: Unidentified police officer inspecting the truck owned by George "Butch" King, suspected killer of Sadie Jackson.
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Two Illinois World War II Veterans Out on Bail

Date: 08 13 1949
Description: Two World War II veterans from Berwyn, Illinois, released on bail pending a new hearing, are with their lawyers. The two young men were convicted and impri...
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Bernice Johnston Death

Date: 11 28 1949
Description: County Traffic officers, E. W. Kelzenberg and Emil Schmale, and Evan Chambers of the state crime laboratory looking at the death scene of Bernice Johnson. ...
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Bernice Johnston Death

Date: 11 28 1949
Description: County officers and state crime lab officials searching for clues in the pasture near Fitch Hatchery road, where Bernice Johnston was beaten and abandoned....
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Madison Murder Scene

Date: 12 16 1949
Description: Scene along the Yahara River where the body of Max Hobert, a Madison bartender, was found.
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Alledged Safecracker

Date: 02 15 1950
Description: George Beecraft, 23, of 121 S. Marquette Street is shown (right) pleading not guilty before Superior Judge Roy H. Proctor to charges of safecracking at the...

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