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CHILD
Name Albert Richard Kenneth (Dickey) Wood
Sex Male
Color White
Color of eyes Blue
Color of hair Dark
Date of birth January 6, 1929
Place of birth
Marks of identification
Hereditary diseases
Contagious diseases child has had
Before entering Home
x
While at Home
Chicken Pox January 7, 1939
Date admitted to Home December 24, 1936
If child is not normal, mentally or physically, state defects Stutters
FATHER
Name Forrest G. Wood
Address Indiana State Prison, Michigan City, Ind., P.O. Box 41
MOTHER
Name Jennie
Maiden name
Address
If deceased, cause of death Shot by her husband
Remarks Former husband Wysong
BROTHERS
Half brothers
SISTERS
Half sisters
Paternal Grandparents Richmond, Indiana
Maternal Grandparents Unknown
Mrs. Estella Moore, Orphanage Matron. Two weeks from his 8th birthday, Dickey sees his mother shot to death, her funeral, his father in jail and all alone he's admitted to the orphanage on Christmas eve. A hard start in life.
Remarks Dickey 16, left the orphanage July 5, 1945, released by Phillip Kabel to work on a farm near Winchester.
Dickey Wood fell 31 feet down a hay shoot landing on cement floor. Broke hip bone and cracked pelvis in two places. Admitted to Randolph County Hospital. Hip xrayed. Placed in cast July 14, 1939.
Winchester Journal-Herald, January 14, 1937.
Wood Pleads Guilty To Killing Wife; Given Life In Prison.
Forrest G. Wood, age 54, will be taken to the Indiana State Prison at Michigan City the first of next week to begin a life term for the murder of his wife, Jennie, on the night of December 12. The tragedy occurred at their home on the Gray farm southeast of Winchester on the Greenville Pike.
Wood pleaded guilty to a second degree murder indictment and was sentenced by Judge Alonzo L. Bales to life imprisonment.
In voices barely audible to onlookers in the court room, the judge and Wood talked. Judge Bales asking him details of his life, necessary data for those committed to the state prison.
Wood said that he had used liquor most of his life and when asked by the court if he was intoxicated on the night he shot and killed his wife, he answered emphatically with one word: "Absolutely."
The confessed murderer sat in the jury box prior to arraignment talking to Prosecuting Attorney Nate Mendenhall and Philip Kabel, clerk of the circuit court. Sheriff Charles Leavell and Merrill Nichols, Winchester attorney, also entered in the conversation.
Wood, however, was not represented by an attorney.
While waiting for Judge Bales to take the bench, Wood smoked cigaretts, holding his hat on his lap. About 20 persons were in the court room early to watch the proceedings. Before Wood was returned to the county jail, about 40 persons had taken seats in the room.
Prosecuting Attorney Mendenhall re-read the indictment at Wood's request.
During the conversation with Bales, Wood said the crime was not premeditated and offered to swear to that on the Bible. The state dismissed the first degree murder indictment following Wood's plea of guilty to second degree murder.
Wood was born in West Virginia June 25, 1882 but had lived in Indiana since the age of three years, he said. By occupation he is a wood worker and machine man. His father, age 82 and mother, 74 live at Richmond. He also has two brothers and two sisters.
There was one son born to him and the wife he killed. Albert Richard Kenneth Wood, born January 6, 1929. It was this boy, Dickie 7, who saw the killing of his mother.
Wood moved not a muscle when the court pronounced sentence. He was taken to the sheriff's office where necessary papers were filled out and then taken to the jail awaiting his transfer to the state prison.
Forrest G. Wood, aged 72, died in Winchester November 1, 1954. He had worked as a carpenter and owned a cabinet shop on East South St.
1930 United States Federal Census
Home in 1930: Washington, Darke County, Ohio.
Street Address: Hill Grove, Ohio.
Dwelling Number: 37
Family Number: 37.
Forest Woods, white male, born about 1883 in Virginia, married, head of household, rented home, "no" to having a radio, "no" to living on a farm, age at first marriage: 21, able to read and write: yes, father and mother born in Indiana, occupation: Laborer, Industry: Paetory.
Janice Woods, white female, born about 1888 in Kansas, married, wife to head of household, age at first marriage: 18, able to read and write: yes, father born in England, mother born in Indiana, homemaker: yes.
Harry E. Wysong, white male, born about 1918 in Indiana, single, stepson to head of household, attended school: yes, able to read and write: yes, father born in Ohio, mother born in Kansas.
Betty E. Wysong, white female, born about 1921 in Indiana, single, stepdaughter to head of household, attended school: yes, father born in Ohio, mother born in Kansas.
Albert R. Woods, white male, born about 1929 in Indiana, single, son to head of household, father born in Virginia, mother born in Kansas.
MORE OF THE STORY...
Blog Post #175: Randolph County Folks, shared on Friday, December 13, 2019 has an update on why Mr. Woods did NOT serve the life sentence for the death of Mrs. Woods.
Link to Blog Post #175: https://rchsmuseum.blogspot.com/2019/12/randolph-county-folks.html
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