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Meda Hodell as she appears at the
Detroit House of Correction in 1926. (824)
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Meda Dudgeon Hodell. Taken at the House
of Correction in 1928. (02)
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Meda Hodell. (02) No other
information provided.
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Meda Hodell. No other information
provided, presumably at the Detroit House of Correction.
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Mrs. Alice Dudgeon as she appeared
before leaving the jail in White Cloud after three years of confinement.
1925
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Lee Dudgeon, acquitted of manslaughter
in Hodell case, White Cloud. 1925? (184)
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A stump pulling rig, similar to what
Romie would have used.
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Another stump puller, this one located
at Windmill Gardens. Image courtesy of Sandy Peavey.
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Little school in swamp where Meda went
to school. Now abandoned. (21)
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Dudgeon house as it appeared before
being ??? this trial. Please see next image for reverse.
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Reverse of above image, scanned due to
illegible handwriting.
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Dudgeon home, north and east side. (21)
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East end of Dudgeon home as it appeared
before it burned. Please see Note 1.
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Road leading from the Dudgeon home
through the swamp to Romie Hodell's home (21)
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House on Terwilliger farm where Romie
Hodell lived.
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Barn on Terwilliger farm where Romie
Hodell's body was found hanging, May 06, 1922. (21)
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Jury, attorneys Branstrom & Wetmore,
and sheriff David M(?) at the farm where Romie Hodell's body was found
hanging May 06, 1922. Please see Note 2.
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Reverse of previous image, scanned due
to illegible handwriting.
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Fred R. Everett and Frank E. Wetmore.
Counsel for the defense in the Dudgeon trial. (172)
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Judge Harry Dingman who presided at
Dudgeon trial in White Cloud, 1925 (184)
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Jurors in Dudgeon trial at White Cloud
examining the barn and premises where Romie Hodell's body was found.
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Jury viewing debris, all that is left
of the Dudgeon home. (30)
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Note 1 - The rest
of Spooner's note reads "It burned last summer during the third trial of Mrs.
Alice Dudgeon. She has been released from custody to care for her son Lee
Dudgeon who is in critical condition. It is unlikely she will be brought to
trial again. The shots of the murder home then played an important part in the
trial. Taken in 1922."
Note 2 - Please
note that no account of a "Sheriff David M" during this time frame has
been found.
Records indicate that the sheriff's name was Nobel McKinley, and the Deputy
Sheriff was Winfred E. Patterson.