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The Twin City Star
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
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In Galesburg, Illinois, Henry Hopkins, a Negro known as 'Lottie,' was convicted of murdering Police Chief T. L. Mathews during a raid on his illegal gambling and liquor operation on October 17 and sentenced to life imprisonment after 19 hours of jury deliberation.
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Negro Who Killed Head of Galesburg
Police Gets Life Term.
Galesburg, Ill., Jan. 19.—Henry Hopkins, was found guilty of the murder of Galesburg's chief of police, T. L. Mathews. The jury, after 19 hours' deliberation, fixed the penalty at life imprisonment.
Hopkins, who was known as "Lottie," was suspected of operating a gambling house, and of selling liquor illegally. Chief Mathews with three policemen raided the place the night of Oct. 17 and Mathews was shot through the heart while leading the men into the house.
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Galesburg, Ill.
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Jan. 19
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henry hopkins sentenced to life imprisonment; t. l. mathews shot through the heart and killed.
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Henry Hopkins found guilty of murdering Galesburg's chief of police T. L. Mathews during a raid on Hopkins' suspected illegal gambling house and liquor operation on the night of Oct. 17. The jury deliberated for 19 hours before fixing the penalty at life imprisonment.