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Torture trio escape into bush country

Publication
Fort William Daily Times Journal, 13 Jun 1944, p. 1
Description
Media Type
Newspaper
Description
Fort Frances area ; Flanders ; Woman tortured ; Three men entered home ; Demanded money ; Woman refused ; Men burned her ; Placed her on stove ; Locked her and children in root house ; Ransacked house ; Men escaped into bush ; Woman hospitalized

Hot Stove Murders ; Viola Jamieson (deceased) ; Robbery is motive ; Bernice Jamieson ; Bill Schmidt (found guilty, sentenced to death) ; William Schmidt ; George Skrypnyk (found guilty, sentenced to death) ; Tony Skrypnyk (found guilty, sentenced to death) ; Anthony Skrypnyk ; Eino Tillonen (found guilty, sentenced to life in prison)
Notes
Brodie Resource Library
Date of Publication
13 Jun 1944
Date Of Event
10 Jun 1944
Subject(s)
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
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