March 18, 1910: Killer wore jewels in jail

With diamond earrings in her ears and rings on her fingers, Mrs. Lina Dale, who shot and killed William Lear several weeks ago in a fight at the Alberta hotel, 622 Hennepin avenue, is working in the laundry at the county jail while awaiting trial on a charge of murder.

March 18, 2016 at 8:59PM
Lena Dale, Minneapolis hotel proprietor, 1910
(Ben Welter/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Diamond-Bedecked Woman
Working in Jail Laundry

With diamond earrings in her ears and rings on her fingers, Mrs. Lina Dale, who shot and killed William Lear several weeks ago in a fight at the Alberta hotel, 622 Hennepin avenue, is working in the laundry at the county jail while awaiting trial on a charge of murder. The woman, who has retained her jewelry, although forced to don the jail uniform, spends three hours a day over the ironing board. The work is not compulsory, but it is preferred by the prisoner rather than spend the hours in idleness in her cell.

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