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Show Convicted by Finger Prints. Chicago. Making the first conviction convic-tion on finger print evidence in the history of this country, Thomas Jennings, Jen-nings, a negro, was on Thursday found guilty by a jury in the criminal court of the murder of Clarence A. Hiller on the night of September 19. The jurors felt so confident of the guilt of Jennings Jen-nings that the first ballot resulted in a unanimous conviction, with eleven of the jurors demanding the death penalty. On the third ballot the death sentence was made unanimous. |