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George Houck’s brother Lewis fought for his brother’s case to be reviewed by the state parole board in 1907, after a series of cases had been overturned based on questionable bloodhound evidence.
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Sheriff Hoy Lynde investigated the murder of Sarah Jane Hess, arresting her nephew by marriage, George W. Houck, two days later.
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Ohio Governor Andrew Harris granted parole to George Houck based on the grounds of the uncertainty of his conviction. The conviction was not overturned.
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It was here that George Houck was found guilty of second-degree murder.
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The Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield provided the bloodhounds which followed a track to George Houck’s home next door to the Hess house.
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This view of Bladensburg shows the river, where the murderer of Sarah Jane Hess may have concealed his trail.
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