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The Ludington Appeal
July 1, 1897


                       MINNIE HEIDT Goes Free
                       
              The trial of MISS MINNIE HEIDT, the Macomb
            county girl who shot her father after he had
            abused the whole family for a long time and
            had threatened to kill MINNIE, resulted in a
            verdict of not guilty. After hearing several
            witnesses the prosecutor refused to push the
            case, saying that he believed the girl was
            justified in shooting and that she had done
            so in an impulse of insanity. The action of
            the prosecuting attorney was greeted with ap-
            plause. Spectators rushed to and fro in the
            court room crying and wringing each other's
            hands for joy. There was scarcely a dry eye
            in the room.
            
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