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| Date: | 12 07 1962 |
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| Description: | The overturned car in front of Millins Supermarket on Monroe Street belonged to William Matthias. He hit a lamppost and flipped the car while trying to avo... |
| Date: | 12 07 1962 |
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| Description: | The car of Californian Charles E. Reid lying submerged in Lake Wingra at the end of Knickerbocker Street after a police chase resulting from him holding up... |
| Date: | 12 26 1961 |
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| Description: | Jailer Max Koons pointing to the hastily-repaired ceiling in the lobby of the Dane County Jail which two inmates tried to claw open during an attempted esc... |
| Date: | 12 26 1961 |
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| Description: | Undersheriff Jack Leslie examining the cell lock which Lawrence Nutley managed to thwart in an attempted escape from the Dane County Jail. Nutley and Willi... |
| Date: | 12 26 1961 |
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| Description: | Jailer Ralph Chesemore examining the control room buttons that were pushed to unlock a series of doors leading to the Dane County Jail lobby in an unsucces... |
| Date: | 02 08 1962 |
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| Description: | Richard Nickl and William Welter appear in court after being accused of slaying Patrolman James Jantz, Baraboo and wounding Lake Delton Police Chief Eugene... |
| Date: | 03 02 1962 |
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| Description: | Sauk County Policeman Fred Bayer, in uniform, using a pointer stick while testifying at the trial of William Welter, Lawrence Nutley, and Richard Nickl. Th... |
| Date: | 03 22 1962 |
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| Description: | The original photo caption reads: "Mr. and Mrs. William Welter Sr. watch intently as their son takes the stand." Their son, William Jr., along with Lawrenc... |
| Date: | 03 23 1962 |
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| Description: | William Welter demonstrates for his attorney, Vaughn Conway, how he handed his driver's license to Policeman James Jantz before the shooting started. Willi... |
| Date: | 03 26 1962 |
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| Description: | Accused police slayer Richard Nickl ducking photographers as spectators crowd the door to watch him leave Circuit Court. His left leg in cast was fractured... |
| Date: | 02 06 1964 |
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| Description: | Deputy Sheriff Russell Chesemore shows some of the rubber hoses, a switchblade knife, and a bat-club confiscated from Madison West and Verona High School s... |
| Date: | 04 01 1964 |
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Leon W. Binger, parents of 2-year-old Carol, watching the court proceedings for Thomas Howard. Howard is accused of abducting Carol from her f... |
| Date: | 04 01 1964 |
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| Description: | Thomas F. Howard (R) standing with his attorney, Richard E. Lent (L) during a court hearing on charges of abduction of a 2-year-old girl from in front of h... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View from street of the South Side State Bank on Lakeside Street, after a robbery. The front door is set in the center of the facade, flanked on both sides... |
| Date: | 09 15 1964 |
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| Description: | Three men arraigned in Judge William L. Buenzli's court on charges stemming from an armed robbery at the Edgewater Hotel stand with deputy District Attorne... |
| Date: | 03 30 1965 |
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| Description: | Front page of the "Wisconsin State Journal" on April 10, 1865 headlining Abraham Lincoln's assassination. |
| Date: | 12 07 1965 |
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| Description: | Vandals caused an estimated $5,000 worth of damage to a new stock pavilion at the Dane County Fairgrounds. Damaged were overhead garage doors, walls, and h... |
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| Description: | View across street towards a police officer chasing down a shoplifter walking on State Street. A man is watching from a sidewalk in the background. |
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| Description: | A police officer apprehending a shoplifter on the sidewalk along State Street. |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Barbara Hoffman sitting in an office and speaking with her defense attorneys, including Don Eisenberg in the plaid jacket, after she was indicted for murde... |
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