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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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In Detroit, William Lee Ferris and three former burlesque dancers, sisters Florence and Loretta Jackson and Jean Miller, were convicted of a $134 robbery that killed attorney Howard Carter Dickinson, nephew of Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, on June 26 night. Judge John A. Boyne sentenced them to mandatory life imprisonment under Michigan law.
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William Lee Ferris and three former burlesque show dancers, Florence and Loretta Jackson, sisters, and Jean Miller, have been convicted of a $134 holdup of Howard Carter Dickinson, attorney and nephew of Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, on the night of June 26. Judge John A. Boyne sentenced the quartette today to life imprisonment which is mandatory under the Michigan law, according to an Associated Press dispatch. Dickinson was killed in the holdup. The three girls, called the "party girls," are shown above with their attorney, George Fitzgerald, in the courtroom, during the trial.
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Detroit
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Night Of June 26
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dickinson was killed in the holdup; ferris, florence jackson, loretta jackson, and jean miller sentenced to life imprisonment
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William Lee Ferris and three former burlesque show dancers, Florence and Loretta Jackson, sisters, and Jean Miller, convicted of $134 holdup of Howard Carter Dickinson on the night of June 26, during which Dickinson was killed; sentenced by Judge John A. Boyne to life imprisonment, mandatory under Michigan law