Bio: Chankin, Esther - Murder #4 (30 Mar 1931)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt
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Surnames: Barkdoll, Chankin, Risjord

----Source: The Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, WI) 03/30/1931

EXTRA! Life Sentence Given Barkdoll Of West Bend

Medford, Wis. - Pleading guilty to first degree murder charges, David Barkdoll, 35, West Bend, today was sentenced to state prison for life. He confessed fatally shooting Mrs. Esther Chankin, 30, his former housekeeper, when she tired of his attentions.

When arrested last Tuesday, Barkdoll asked for sentence as soon as possible. He waived preliminary hearing. Circuit Judge G. N. Risjord arranged today’s court session to accommodate the man.

Barkdoll told the court he met Mrs. Chankin in Milwaukee. Later he took her and her two children to West Bend. She tired of him, Barkdoll said, and came here to her father’s home. Despairing of regaining her love, Barkdoll said he broke into the house while she slept and shot her twice. He surrendered the next day.

 

 


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