Madison County, Illinois Miscellaneous News Stories

GRANITE CITY, ILL., September 6 – Serena Morris – 20 years old, whose body was believed to have been found in a shallow grave, in a wheat field near Granite City, Ill., and was buried as such by the girl’s grandmother, is alive in Cincinnati, O. She was discovered by the police at the instance of Thomas Gilliland, held in jail in Granite City pending investigation. He said he was with the Morris girl in Cincinnati at the time the body was found. The police verified this fact, thus securing an alibi for Gilliland. The girl will go back to Illinois to clear Gilliland. An insurance policy of $400 had been paid to the grandmother. Police declared that the dead woman bore a remarkable resemblance to Miss Morris. (Augusta Gazette, Monday, September 5, 1921 - Submitted by Peg Thompson)

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Five children were drowned in a lake at Godfrey, IL, when a boat in which they were riding capsized. [Oakland Messenger, 2 June 1921 - Submitted by Connie Tyree]

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