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rei11l-fany examination of his shops. The Knox Nickum branch syndicate has our earnest sympathy.Although confined in the penitentiary William Sutherliu, the man convicted of killing Edward Fetters and burying him under the carcass of a mule on the shore of Eagle lake in this county two years ago,^ continues to attract some attent'k’C. -. He was convicted of manslaughter, and some time ago his wife applied for a divorce, setting up his conviction as the ground on which she asked the divorce. The statute provides that a divorce may be* granted when the defendent has been convicted of an “infamous crime.” Sutherlin’s attorneys, Mar-:h tindale Stevens, contended thatin manslaughter is not an “infamous t, crime,” and resisted the suit. Sam-A- uel Parker, wno was sitting as spell- cial judge, ruled against them, how-e, ever, and granted the divorce*, le. Sutherlin’s attorneys have now ap-ns pealed the case to the supreme court, ib-1 It looks as though Plymouth lawyers al- may yet convince the public that ►ry. Sutherlin is a hero, and that his-seyt
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Knox Starke County Democrat
Knox, Indiana, US
Thu, Jan 18, 1900
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