Odell Guilty of Murder
Item
- Title
- Odell Guilty of Murder
- Source
- Evening World
- Date
- 24-Apr-20
- page
- 3
- Identifier
- Image 3 of The evening world (New York, N.Y.), April 24, 1920, (Final Edition - Extra) | Library of Congress (loc.gov)
- Crime
- Murder
- Subject
- Guilty, jury
- Gender of alleged offender
- Male alleged murderer
- Gender of alleged victim
- Male alleged victim
- Stage of the Legal System
- Court
- Length of story
- 88 words
- Description
- Rochester, N.Y. April 24 - After deliberating for 11 hours and 50 minutes, a Supreme Court jury at 10:25 o'clock last night brought in a verdict of murder in the first degree against James L. Odell for the murder of Edward U. Kneip on the night of January 7. Immediately after the verdict was announced Odell was sentenced by Justice Robert Thompson to die in the week of June 13. The trial of Pear Beaver Odell, his wife, jointly accused of murder, is set for May 26.
