People v. Holtz
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. A. A. Partlow, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
About four o’clock in the morning of August 9, 1919, the sound of two shots, one following the other at a short interval, was heard proceeding from the second story of a dwelling house at No. 11 McVey street, in the city of Danville. The first shot wounded Charles Holtz and the second killed Walter Whisman. The grand jury at the October term of the Vermilion county circuit court indicted Martha Holtz, the wife of Charles Holtz, and Grace Whisman, the widow of Walter Whisman, for the murder of Whisman. They were tried at the same term and found guilty. They were sentenced to imprisonment in…
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