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insfclarker-r of rge-en«sse,one,girlhimind;lar-W.*ye;vifeh at inth i ant at ling jme anring ison , at oty,»mi~ crat 9th, , to lateOn Thursday evening Peleg Whitten and Enoch Lewallen, the latter but recently discharged from the State Prison South, attacked Frank Hudson at his home in the West End and beat him up badly. The attack, Hudson claims, was wholly unprovoked and wanton. He to-day filed a complaint in the city court against Whitten and Lewallen, but they have either left the city or are in hiding* Marshal Hippie, however, is confident of their arrest.Candidatea for the Democratic nominations in Harrison county are as follows: Representative, Smith Askern; County Clerk, Daniel F. Lemmon, Judge 8amn uel Ramsey; Treasurer, Patrick Griffin, Dr. F. Walk, William Meyer; Sheriff, Clabe Shuck, John Shaffer, Horace Boone, Isaiah Carter, Julius H. Smoots, Joseph L. Marsh, John L. Mattingly, Nathan McElfreab, George H. Mathes, George Kistner, Rheinhard Feiocb; Prosecuting Attorney, George K. Gwart* ney.The associated press reporter at Louis* vifle sends out the following dispatch, which is utterly devoid of truth, so far as Merritt and White Caps are concerns ed: “Pily Whitten and Lewallen, with a band of “White Caps,” went the house of Richard Merritt, in New Albany, this evening, drove Merritt across the river to Louisville, abused his wife and beat severely a stranger who happened to be there. The leaders will be arrested.” The whole affair was simply a drunken fight between Peleg Whitten, Enoch Lewallen and Frank Hudson, and amounted to but little. nr. nr..
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New Albany Ledger
New Albany, Indiana, US
Fri, Apr 20, 1888
Page 4
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