Indicted four in Mississippi treasury scandal and clubs
Four men including ex state treasurer J. K. Stowers and ex cashier F. P. Raiford are indicted for misusing state funds linked to a summer loan to a Memphis street railway. Also indicted are ex Capitol Commissioner Phil A. Rush and banker Armistead of Memphis. Whisky selling by city social clubs cited. cases set for summer term and appeal to higher courts. Also report of a Jackson police shooting and a Senate panel backing Edgar S. Wilson for marshal role.
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Jackson
Miss
Treasury
JK. Stowers
FP. T. Raiford
Phil. A. Rush
Capitol
Armistead
Memphis
Grand Jury
Ruiford
Rush
Raiford
Supreme Court
Lincoln County Board Grants Norfield Election Precinct
The Lincoln County Board of Supervisors met February 1902 in Brookhaven. They granted a petition to establish an election precinct at Norfield and appointed township trustees for county funds. The minutes also cover school fund distribution for Pearl Haven, apprenticeship of a child, and several county accounts and adjournment details.
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Hrookineven
Tine
Alex. Thompson
Lonnie Johnson
Taker Oyne Os
Lincoln County
Pearlhaven
Board of Supervisors
Edgar Green
J. C. Cosnuban
Limes
Jackson
Miss
Linson
Babala Creek
I B. Purmill
PB Smith
J.C. Brvast
Richard A. Cook
James K. Smith
Said County
Public Hanging Ordered in Lincoln County Court Yard
A March 10 1902 board order in Brookhaven Mississippi pins John Sasser to be hanged in the Lincoln County Courthouse yard on the appointed day in the court house enclosure. The sheriff will erect a scaffold and carry out the public execution between 1 and 4 pm, following a 1902 Supreme Court mandate. Nearby reports note a fatal railroad accident in Wesson and petitions to commute Sasser’s sentence exist.
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Board of Supervisors
Supe
Lincoln County
Tate
Mississippi
Supreme. Court of the
State of Mississippi
Jon Sasser
Thomas Lard
Miss
Said County
John Sasser
Court House Yard
Brookhaven
Court House
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Louis Cohn & Bros
Studebaker
Detroit
West Side Railroad Avenue
Leilman's
A. C. Seavey’s
Henry P. Blount
Blount
Avery
Wallis and Pope
Elle Eee
The
Blakeslee Birmingh
Iam
Alabama
Stowers
Rushaml Alinisteads
Anower
Jackson Club
Redmond
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Edgar 5. Wilson
Wilson
Senate
Rodger
Price
Price & Watson
Patal
Tare
Ab W. White
Muleum
Wesson
Getiene
Ue News
Tuk
Regdhir
Tern
Uf Mississeuri
W. F. Parsons
J. C. Bryant
WJ. Williams
John Walker
Applewhite
R. W. McNair
Joseph Sasser
Honoratie Board of Supervisors
Linnieounty
Ntieen
Norfield
Honoratie Board
LC. R. R
C. 5
Butterfield
J. W. Brent
J. B. Hart
Dumler
Fair House
Evans & Cogswell Co
Uihboe
Corshiesitt
LO Bryant
John Waller
Oie
Ives
Wanner
Heriird & A
Juste Sant
Bres
Williams
Tira
Niperi UM
Girliste
Obo
Iuard
IW. McNatr
J. Larkin
P. Cagle
Sapte
David Vasey
Albert Blue
Wesson, Wesson
H. Hackney
Mississippi Mills
Columbus
Joseph Hackney
Hattiesburg
John Hackney
San Antonio
Tex
John Aylward
John Broome
Cold Springs
P.C. Ford
Durant
Longino
Justice
Law
Moret
Walter Hudson
Will Stringer
Stringer
Hudson
Brookhaven Camp
Woo. W
TuHos
Keesey
W.C. Williamson
Amherst
Chamberlain
C. EB. Grafton Drug Co
Eliza Daughtry
Wesley Nixon
Liza
Lily Bloom
Ernest Parsons
Crystal Springs
Stella Cooke
Jeannette Mikell
Launa Strother
McGrath
McGrrath & Sons
Ito
Liz Department
A AD 1
Ray Ou
Mackintosh
McGrath & Sons
G.john Wammm
Brookhaven, Miss
the Novelty Store
F. B. Moodie
Prop
Schwein’s Rice Mill
Henry Schwemn
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