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13Aug37: SLASHER SUSPECT IN JAIL

DETROIT EVENING TIMES

Dateline: Friday, August 13, 1937

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SLASHER SUSPECT IN JAIL

Find Slasher Suspect in Quebec Jail

Joseph Martin, sought in the slashing of a Detroit young couple as they sat in a parked car early Saturday morning, is now serving a sentence in Bordeaux prison, Quebec, Lieut. Arthur Ryckman of the Petoskey station was notified today.

Police believe Martin came to Detroit Saturday seeking his estranged wife who lives in South LaSalle Gardens.

They also believe Martin mistook Miss Charlotte McCormick and James Watson, seated in Watson’s car in LaSalle Gardens for his wife and a friend.

He fled back to Montreal after the slashing and was arrested in Montreal on Monday, Ryckman said he was told. The next day he was sentenced in a Montreal court on a Canadian liquor violation charge.

13Aug36: Refresh Your Summer Spirit in NORTHERN MICHIGAN (advertisement)

DETROIT EVENING TIMES

Dateline: Thursday, August 13, 1936

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Refresh Your Summer Spirit in
NORTHER MICHIGAN

Don’t let August “dog days” wilt your summer spirit. Holidayland in Northern Michigan is at its finest in late summer. In the scenic lake country around Traverse City, Charlevoix, Petoskey, Harbor Springs, Bay View, you’ll find just the right tonic in the cool still nights and perfume of breeze-swept pines. The right spot for spirited vacation fun. Bracing, pollen free air affords refreshing relief from hay-fever. Each night enjoy sound slumber.

PERE MARQUETTE
THE RESORT SPECIAL, Pere Marquette’s famous overnight train to the North country, leaves Fort St. Union Depot 9 p. m. daily except Sunday and Tuesday.

PERE MARQUETTE
Telephone RA. 8100 or after 5:30 p. m. RA. 8500 for reservations and information, or call at 133 Lafayette Boulevard.