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✓THE WEATHERF*i** tonight? unsettled Friday, probably local showers^PRICE THREE CENTSfleersd of Po-nvestiga-who yes-eks own-5 family, en laden [ort was 50 cases said that ties. At lot held, s reason.mOTEDMAN MURDERED IN CUMBERLAND GAPFour White Men and One Woman Held in Connection With the Crimopnbjr to His)hen Ad-nally to charged in press * in Lon [xathizers 'icer war sence to lenby cH-. written; text ofice, Sims ment to anisdera-Idi'ng theto\ulers*oecent ar-that the osely so-riendship;ish lega-»st sump [ the per-Buropeanintrast to ;elt;p The tern dele-ius quar nets and tlie pompvernment•se dffairs lersonnelsCumberland Gap, Tenn,, June 23. —Four white men and a white woman have been arrested and are held in jiiil here in connection with the killing here Tuesday night -of an tmiden- , tiffed white man, whose lifeless body was found under some timbers near a coal chute here yesterday morning.Late last nigiht the streets were erowded wi^h people %vho came in from all over this section, and amid the excitement there is much talk of-lynehing the suspects, but officers stated they had the situation under control, and did not believe violence would be done.The names of those under arrest were not announced by the officer’s, pending a more complete investigation. ,The murdered man’s body was found near the coal chutes under a pile of timbers, where it had been thrust, and from all apearances he had been robbed after he was slain. Five bullet holes were through his head. The man wore a suit of clothes under a pair of overalls, and % tailor’s tag in the coat indicated that the man was A. C. Sassax* and that the suit had been - purchased in Lynch, Ky. ■ »It is the theory of officers here who are working on the case that the fnan had been working at Lynch and was en route home, or to some other city, probably riding-a freight train to save money, and was slain and robbed for the money he carried.One theory is that the murdered man was killed by two negroes who are known to have been in vicinity Tuesday night, while another is that two white men may have been implicated in the crime witli the negroes, •' or gnay have committed the crime themselves, as it is known that two white men and two negroes slept in a litle shanty near the coal chute Tuesday night.Another theory is that two men and a woman who ‘were coming through in an automobile Tuesday afternoon, and who are said to have been in the vicinity where the crime was committed at about 4^:30 o'clock may haVo killed and robbed the man.Knoxville officers have been requested to watch for the two negroes, who are believed to be headed in that direction, while other towns also have been notified to apprehend the wanted'men in case they ave found.so accom-hology of lges pres-•key, Per-f hncientreads like ight have eiroglyph -Ba.bylon-of Persia, ve of the e his first of Persia, a golden ‘graphs of Russia as shah fromived from •ns realize iow exists Id enemy, * all of the omplishing overmnentto easternn in these ; at all like jut in each liave a dis-i designedus toms of r instance, in bazaarsa agitation i made.9 9CONVICTS* HAVING TOO GOOD *A TIME, THINKS GOVERNORSpartanburg, S. C., Juno 23.—Gov, Cooper has ordered official investigation of earn plaints that certain convicts on the chain’gangs of-this county have been given preferential treatment and have been allowed too many privileges.It is alleged that one of the convicts, serving a twelve-year sentence for murder, is allowed practically fu\l liberty, and spends the week ends with his family in the city, while another has-been permitted to take trips out of the state, and that still others are not convicts in the sense of the law, but are allowed to spend their nights at their homes and frequent places of amusement anil Yonducfc themselves as ordinary citizens.The governor, in a public statement says he stands for humane treatment of convicts, but that such laxity os is alleged will not be tolerated.MONUMENT TO CUSTER TO RE UNVEILED JUNE 25ablyyhnson;ss)- Attorney indicated pardon foi or lieavy-: a yei*a’F Kan., forsi a mode!bonus” is e way of eih expiresretired; button Tran-Hardin, Mont., June 23.—The monument in memory of Gen. George A'. Custer, to’be unveiled on June 25, the forly-fiflh anniversary of the battle of the Little Big Horn, has been completed in the city park here. The' memorial, paid for -by popular subscription of citizens of Hardin and Big Horn county, is of Montana gray granite and bears two bronze plates, one showing Custer’s profile and the other giving the date and place of his birth and his'nt Hilary record.Plans for the celebration, which will include a reproduction of the massacre of Custer’s command by In-, dians enacted by United States cavalrymen, Amerean Legion members and Crow indians, provide also for an exhibit of sevral historical objects, it is announced by. the Custer Battle Anniversary association, in charge of the affair. They will include one of -Custer’s original regimental flags and what is declared to be the first full page newspaper account of the battle, published immediaiely after it was fought.The battle is to be refought on the site of the original conflict, now a government- reservation.
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Kingsport Times
Kingsport, Tennessee, US
Thu, Jun 23, 1921
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