The Kokomo Tribune
December 4, 1934
Page 7
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BEATING WIFE TO DEATH
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Shelbyville, Ind., Dec 3
Morris Russell, 22, was held without bond today after he admitted to
police that he had administered a beating which caused the death of his
wife, Dorothy Russell, 22. Russell admitted, officers said that he had
slugged his with an automobile jack and the crank of his car. The young
man admitted he became enraged while discussing with his wife his belief
that she had become friendly with another man. He surrendered and told
police where his wife could be found. Officers found Mrs. Russell alive
but she died in a hospital here early this morning. The Russell's had
been married four years.
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Ibid.
December 3, 1934
Page 1
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WIFE KILLED DURING QUARREL
BY HUSBAND
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Shelbyville, Ind., Dec 3.
Beaten over the head with an automobile crank and jack,
Mrs. Dorothy Russell, 22, Pleasant View, died in Major Memorial Hospital here today.
Her husband, Morris, 22, surrendered to police and admitted he struck her
during an argument in which he accused her of having an affair with another man.
Coroner Thomas Cartmell said Russell probably would be charged with second degree murder.
Contributed by Janet McColley Franklin
The Kokomo Tribune
July 24, 1934
Page 1
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FEAR MOB VIOLENCE
AGAINST FARMER
WHO BEAT HIS DAUGHTER
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Shelbyville, Ind. July 24
Fearful of mob violence, Shelby county authorities today maintained a
close guard over Perry Russell, 37, farmer south of Morristown, accused
of brutally beating his nine-year-old daughter, Lillian. Russell
was
arrested late yesterday on complaint of Harry Carmony, Hanover township
trustee. The child had been tied by her hands to an iron bar so that her
feet barely touched the ground and then beaten with a gnarled tree
branch which left deep scars in her back, Carmony reported. Only excuse
for the beating was that she had lost a cheap dog chain, authorities
were told. Russell originally was slated on an assault and battery
charge at Morristown but was rushed here because of high feeling among
neighbors.
Contributed by Janet McColley Franklin
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