Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 17, Number 48, DeMotte, Jasper County, 24 October 1947 — CLEARED OF MURDER [ARTICLE]

CLEARED OF MURDER

St. Louis., Oct. 23 Brownhaired, 21-year-old Mrs. Blanche Garavaglia, of St. Louis, was cleared today of a second-degree murder charge in connection with the fatal shooting of her estranged husband, John 19. / A circuit court jury of 12 men acquitted the young woman yesterday after deliberating only 25 minutes. Mrs. Garavaglia testified she fired one shot from her husband’s .22 caliber rifle when “he came running toward me with a crowbar in his hand.” Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Woudema announces the marriage of their son, John A. Woudema and Miss Lois Parker of Hebron which took place June 19 in Valparaiso, Ind. Mrs. Woudema is employed at the DeMotte Federated Store. e wish this happy couple many happy returns. 1