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THREE HELD |B;FOR MURDER IOF DEPUTYLAWRENCEBURG MEN AS- jIS A U L TE D LEONARD j Du EADS, VERSAILLES.DANCE HALL BRAWLI mere ;man} ' “out* tions everEads Dies in Hospital of j Fraetured Skull After Six Days.mere.side”open LarectoClarence Jackson, William Meh-;r roff and John Ryan, all of La\v-jmercjrenceburg, are being: held in the! met Dearborn county jail on a first-de- recto gree murder charge in connection with a fatAl assault upon Leonard Eads, of Versailles, Ripley county deputy sheriff, at the Cedar Creek dancing pavilion just we.st of Versailles, Saturday night- J ThThe three will go on trial in thejaddit Ripley .county circuit court next j]lt]ivlishnatedserviAdjuburgSaturday, Dec. 10.Eads died at the Good Samaritan hospital at Cincinnati Friday morning of a fractured skull, said to have been sustained when he was struck on the head with a blackjack at the dancing pavilion where he had been engaged to maintain order. The fatal assault is alleged to have taken place after Eadi had ordered the three Lawrenceburg men from the floor because of their alleged improper conduct.Following the alleged assault the Lawrenceburg men returned to ta|jsber c feel than ered.In and lt;of ir Conn move a sys couniAcullChantheir home, where they were ar-rested by Sheriff John Smith and hie deputies, of Ripley county, on a irhiirg-e of assault and battery with intent to kill; Their boujis^vere fi-xed-~atr-33,000 each, which 1hey provided. Following the death of j Eads the three were re*arrested, charged with murder. They were not taken to the Ripley county jail at Versailles because sentiment in that city is strongly against them, it is said.The men -are about 25 years of age 3nd are members of prominent Lawrenceburg families.haveOf thAllA!AllAj: plate to tl .state
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Greensburg Daily News
Greensburg, Indiana, US
Sat, Dec 03, 1927
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