Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884

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1 Years Ago

December 25, 1924

Sheriff Paul McLean was nabbed at Albion a few days ago while enroute from Alzada to the county seat. The charge preferred against him was murder in the first degree. The plaintiff, Mrs. Harry Longfeld, alleges that on Friday evening, Dec. 5, while speeding down Main St., in Albion in his new jitney at 15 miles per hour, the defendant willfully?, maliciously? and wrong- fully? ran over one of her chickens. Chris Watts, the only eyewitness to the homicide, claims that the defendant applied his brakes when he saw the victim rush in front of the auto, but the chick...