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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1936

Page

3

Slayer of Five Confessed On Way To Electric Chair

County Detective Michael Stabile identified the killer as Patrolman Martin Sullivan who admitted to murdering five people last Thursday night after they accused him of molesting a 10 year old girl. Sullivan, who asked for no defense counsel, faces an inquest and January grand jury proceedings.

Michael Stabile Sullivan Park Buquesne Laura Clawson Bacon Cincinnapean Eee Pittsburgh Martin Sullivan Leo Dumont Benjamin Sim Edlinourh

State liquor board aide brags of soliciting for YMCA funds

A. Spates Brady, state liquor control commissioner, defended a publicity flap over letters he sent asking liquor industry salesmen and others to donate to the YMCA fund. He said the same form letter was used for attorneys publishers editors coal operators and liquor salesmen, and that about half of the salesmen donated last year. Brady noted the YMCA work spans the state and high school branches, while emphasizing the fundraising effort was routine.

A. Spates Brady Uslhg Men's Christian Association Uraty Y. M. C. Ars Finance Commission M.C Brady Hquor Control Commission State Young Men's Christian Association Emerick Mall

Merchant Dies At Gallipolis In Pt Pleasant

John Carter Franklin 70 lifelong Pt Pleasant resident died at Gallipolis hospital after a long illness. He was born March 10 1867, son of Benjamin and Lucinda Jane Carter Franklin pioneers of Kanawha valley. Survived by widow Renna Maddox Franklin sister Blanche Franklin Tracy brothers Benjamin II Ernest. Funeral Wednesday at 2 20 PM at Southern Methodist church Lone Oak cemetery interment.

PT. Pleasant John Carter Franklin Gallipolis Benjamin Lucinda Jane Carter Franklin Kanawha Valley Renna Maddox Franklin Blanche Franklin Tracy Benjamin Franklin II Ernest Franklin Southern Methodist Church Lone Oak Cemetery

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