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Night of Torture Ends in Vindication and 25000 Settlement
In Oxford Indiana in 1850 George W. King, hotel proprietor, was abducted by a mob that hanged him twice while forcing a false confession of Rowe's murder. The real doctor Rowe later proved innocent, returning to defend King and securing a 25000 settlement from the Horse Thief Detective Company. King died at seventy eight after buying a farm with the payout.
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George W. King
Oxford
Lafayette
Ind
Dr. Rowe
King
Rowe
Howe
Rose
Rogers
Hegeard
Tinggard
Horse Thief Detective Company
Benton
Warren
Tippecanoe
Grea
Cincknati
Chicago
St. Louis
Louisville
Northwest
Liorse Thief Detective Company
Thomas A. Hendricks