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James H Yowell 1897 - 1995

James H Yowell of Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, WA was born on August 18, 1897, and died at age 98 years old on September 30, 1995.
James H Yowell
Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, WA 98550
August 18, 1897
September 30, 1995
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    1897

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    August 18, 1897
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  • 09/30
    1995

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    September 30, 1995
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In 1897, in the year that James H Yowell was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1924, at the age of 27 years old, James was alive when in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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