Glimpses

November 04, 1954

The Circuit Court jury found a Lewis County man guilty of murdering his wife “with mitigating circumstances,” and fixed his punishment at 50 years in prison. His defense was that he was drunk at the time of the shooting and did not premeditate it, or have any clear recollection of how it happened.

Voter turnout was light in the general election, with less than 1,000 voters casting ballots. “There seemed to be very little interest in the election, probably due to the fat that there was little competition among the candidates.

The first snow of the season began falling during t...