TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY
3/4/2007
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FROM THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
APRIL 4, 1902
GOES TO THE PEN
THE JURY IN THE CHARLES BITTICK MURDER CASE , TRIED AT TRENTON , AFTER 48 HOURS DELIBERATION , BROUGHT IN A VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER AND FIXING THE PUNISHMENT AT THREE YEARS IN THE PENITENTIARY. THE LIGHT VERDICT IS A SURPRISE . MUCH INTEREST WAS MANIFESTED IN THE TRIAL , FOR BITTICK WAS CHARGED WITH KILLING HIS FATHER-N-LAW AND TRYING TO KILL HIS WIFE.
RIPLEY (TENN.) NEWS.
CHARLES BITTICK IS THE MAN WHO KILLED A MAN IN CLAY COUNTY SEVERAL YEARS AGO, MOVED HIS TRIAL TO THIS COUNTY FOR TWO OR THREE TERMS WAS FINALLY ACQUITTED.
JONESBORO TIMES.