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DavisIs Fined After Seaboard Bridge Plot Trial
In Athens mayor court two black men faced charges after a plan to kill the Seaboard bridge foreman was exposed. Reuben Davis received a 26 dollar fine or six months on the streets. Lem Wier was discharged but bound over to city court on larceny after trust. Police praised detective work as crucial in uncovering the broodiy plot and averting murder.
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Seaboard Bridge
Reuben Davis
Lem Wier
W. D. Bowden
Georgia
Davis
Rhodes
Wier
Mr. Hemerick
Seaboard
Pulaski Street
Dick Micheal
Cook
Michael
Palaski Street
Mittie Jackson
Athens
Calp
Sage
Warrs
O. O. Bowden
Clarke County