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A FALLEN PREACHER.Toting Mr. Crummrtt Convicted of 15**tray-Insr a 14-Tear-Old (SirLLeavenworth. Kan.. Oct- 2. -Rev. Benjamin Crummett, the boy preacher of Fall Leaf, in this county, was convicted of rap? in the district court. The prosecuting witness in the case. Clara Mathews, a zed 15 years, was in court with a baby a month old. Nearly all the farmers in the south end of the county were in court and there were many witnesses- Crummett. who is 21vears old. was convicted under the Is-*year clause in the Kansas statute. He will g-et tive years in the state reforma-
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Western Kansas World
WaKeeney, Kansas, US
Sat, Oct 05, 1895
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