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BOGUS CLOTHING SCHEMEPROVES COSTLY FOR KEEBYNEGRO WHO HAD BEEN SKINNING MANY OF HIS RACE, GIVEN SIX MONTHS' HARD LABORAlfred Keeby, a negro, wbo bad beenskinning his race by collecting money an a clothing scheme, was stung forilx months' hard labor, and the courtaxpressed itself in strong terms that :Mb flim-flamming of negroes pt theilty had to stop, and he was going to make an example of Keeby.Keeby collected $21 from Alfred July, a negro, and agreed to deliver lim a suit of clothes. July got tired 3f waiting, and secured a warrant for he skinman and landed him in jail, ifter he was arrested he sent for July ind gave him back the $21, but it wasoo late then, and the sentence w»amposed after the evidence was given. Reports of faking clothing agentslave been numerous of late, and this is he first one to come under the bap.
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Mobile Sunday Item
Mobile, Alabama, US
Sun, Oct 08, 1911
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