People v. Mleczko

This cause celebre of Chatauqua County has undoubtedly, since the discovery of the victim of a brutal assault on March 10, 1946, in a railroad signal tower, and her subsequent death a short time thereafter, received more attention from the press, the radio and national magazines publishing *254so-called detective stories, better described as tales of horrors, than any case in the history of that county. Ghastly details, including pictures of a blood-stained broom, have been disseminated through various media of publication throughout Western New York.

The defendant’s picture, the contents of his…