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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1903
Page
5
Trues Telephone No 37 and visits of Rev A B Francisco noted. Floods in Topeka reported with seventy eight dead. Court activity includes circuit court sessions at Independence and Clinton, divorces listed, and local residents attending. Several crimes, burglaries, and a suicide in Lone Oak reported with names and places.
Jim Franklin was convicted in Guthrie Oklahoma of first degree highway robbery and sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary. His lawyers gave no notice of appeal and his bond is set at five thousand dollars. He has prior penitentiary terms and this marks a long-awaited third stretch. The piece notes past local police court incidents and taunts of temptation overcome. It also covers county tax book extensions, warded taxes, and the proposed sale of a Baptist college building for a normal school. It mentions Miss Anna Day Smith’s Herdin college graduation and local livestock losses to hydrophobia. Governor Dockery appointed John C. Hayes public administrator of Bates County to fill an unexpired term, praising his record as circuit clerk.
Rich Hill city marshal jailed two suspects, John McCormack and Edwin Allen, after a Saturday night burglary at Johannes & Sons hardware. They were found at the depot with fourteen shotguns, four pistols and an overcoat worth $296. A third man with a gold tooth escaped. Allen claimed Dallas origin, McCormack Missouri, and both refused further talk.
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