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Winnie Ruth Judd "Trunk Murders"...
Winnie Ruth Judd "Trunk Murders"...
Item # 722935
October 21, 1931
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, October 21, 1931
* Winnie Ruth Judd Marian Lane
* "Trunk Murders" bodies found
* "Love Triangle" crime
The front page has a one column heading: "AUTOIST GIVES CLEW IN TRUNK MURDER HUNT" with subhead. (see images)
Complete 1st section only with 20 pages, rag edition in nice condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.
AI notes: Winnie Ruth Judd, often mistakenly called Ruth Judd, was at the center of one of the most notorious “trunk murder” cases of 1931 in the United States. In October 1931, in Phoenix, Arizona, Judd killed her two friends and romantic rivals, Agnes Anne LeRoi and Hedvig Samuelson, during an argument at her bungalow, shooting both women and then dismembering their bodies. She packed the remains into steamer trunks and attempted to ship them by train to Los Angeles, but leaking fluids and a foul odor led railroad employees to open the trunks at the station, revealing the gruesome crime. Judd was arrested, tried, and convicted of first-degree murder, becoming a national media sensation as newspapers sensationalized the case with lurid headlines, courtroom sketches, and the enduring nickname “The Trunk Murderess.” Though sentenced to death, her punishment was later commuted after she was declared insane; she spent decades in mental institutions before being paroled in the early 1970s, making the case one of the most infamous crime stories of Depression-era America.
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