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1921 Portsmouth OH Double Murder Confession Roy Chamberlin Newspaper Ohio:
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1921 newspaper clipping reporting on a shocking double murder case near Portsmouth, Ohio in Scioto County. The article details the confession of Roy Chamberlin, 27, a shoe worker who admitted to killing John W. Newman, 26, a Sunday school official and fellow shoe worker, and Louise Doyle, 18, a church musician.According to the report, Chamberlin told authorities that on the night of October 21 he entered an abandoned house along the Scioto Trail after noticing an automobile parked outside. Inside, he claimed to have found the couple together and opened fire. The article states that he shot Newman several times before turning the gun on Doyle. After the killings, Chamberlin reportedly fled in Newman’s automobile before abandoning it when the gasoline ran out.
Investigators eventually arrested Chamberlin after discovering a pair of shoemaker’s pliers identified as belonging to him near the crime scene. The report also notes that Chamberlin was a one-legged man, a detail included in the investigation summary.
This clipping comes from the Piqua Daily Call newspaper in Piqua, Ohio, reflecting regional reporting on a sensational crime in southern Ohio during the early 1920s.
Size: 7 x 4.5 inches
Date: 1921
Interesting Fact
In the early 1920s, forensic science was still very limited, so investigators often solved crimes using physical trade tools or personal items left at the scene, such as the shoemaker’s pliers mentioned in this case.