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| Date: | 10 1955 |
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| Description: | Participants attending in a cornerstone laying ceremony for the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation Building located at University of Wisconsin on a rainy day. ... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Threatening note written on a matchbook, signed "K.K.K." (Ku Klux Klan) that was thrown through Daisy Bates' window in August 1957 with a rock and rag. The... |
| Date: | 07 16 1957 |
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| Description: | Inquest held in the death of Police Sergeant Ralph Nedderman caused by a traffic light violation by driver Alphonse Reiter (23). Shown in the court room ar... |
| Date: | 07 13 1957 |
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| Description: | Sidewalk view of manager Gordon Grinde surveying window display jewel trays emptied by thieves. While Grinde, manager of Templin jewelery store, 127 State ... |
| Date: | 09 27 1957 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin State Journal staff reporter, June Dieckmann seated at a desk. Behind her on the wall is a poster saying "Them Cards is Dead." The poster ... |
| Date: | 09 28 1957 |
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| Description: | Three firemen are spraying water on a fire at the abandoned North Western Railway ice house, located on South Brearly Street along the railroad tracks betw... |
| Date: | 09 1957 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Darrell MacIntyre, attorney for the defense in the murder trial of Ralph O'Dell, who was accused of shooting Joseph Knock during a burglary att... |
| Date: | 10 1957 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the jurors in the jury box. These men and women served jury duty for the murder trial of Ralph O'Dell, accused of shooting Joseph Knock d... |
| Date: | 10 1957 |
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| Description: | Members of the jury for the murder trial of Ralph O'Dell accused of shooting Joseph Knock during a burglary attempt, are standing in front of the A&P Super... |
| Date: | 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Winifred Ottum, one of the jurors who are experiencing restrictions to their personal freedom during the long murder trial of Ralph O'Dell. |
| Date: | 09 1957 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Circuit Judge Edwin Wilkie who presided over the murder trial of Ralph O'Dell. |
| Date: | 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Portrait of the defendant, Ralph O'Dell, accused of shooting Joseph Knock during a burglary attempt. |
| Date: | 11 09 1957 |
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| Description: | Bailiff Andrew Sampson is handing the jury's verdict of first-degree murder and burglary to Judge Edwin Wilkie at the murder trial of Ralph O'Dell, accused... |
| Date: | 11 09 1957 |
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| Description: | Kathy O'Dell, wife of the defendant, is shown crying in her husband's arms after the guilty verdict was read. |
| Date: | 11 1957 |
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| Description: | The defendant, Ralph O'Dell, is shown holding his 17-month-old son Timmie and saying goodbye, after receiving a life sentence for killing Joseph Knock duri... |
| Date: | 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Madison Detective Elroy Beckman, who was questioned during the murder trial of Ralph O'Dell, accused of shooting Joseph Knock during a burglary... |
| Date: | 11 19 1957 |
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| Description: | Law enforcement officials escorting Ed Gein to the State Crime Lab, 917 University Avenue, for lie detector and other tests. |
| Date: | 02 01 1958 |
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| Description: | Two police detectives or officers, one handling hacksaw blades and the other inspecting rope, investigating a possible burglary using these items. They are... |
| Date: | 02 01 1958 |
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| Description: | Policeman (out of frame) interviewing a possible burglary suspect. |
| Date: | 07 16 1958 |
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| Description: | Glass workers repair damage to 14 store windows on State Street after John O'Connor smashed them during the night and stole items from Goodman's Jewelry St... |
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