"NO JURY WILL CONVICT."
A COCKSURE MURDER.
KILLS HIS FATHER AND WOUNDS HIS SISTER.
[press association.] (Received Jan. 26, 8.15 a.m ) NEW YORK, Jan. 25. John Drost, a farm hand, shot his father dead at Northbend, Washington State.
When arrested he said: "I shot him because I am Americanised. If we had still lived in Holland I would not have done it; but here 'is the greatest country on earth, and no jury will convict me when I tell them my motive."
A. daughter of the victim, in attempting to save her father, was badly wounded.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 22, 26 January 1911, Page 5
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96"NO JURY WILL CONVICT." Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 22, 26 January 1911, Page 5
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