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Trial of a Pretty Perjurer Beaten to Death Sues in Court
A chaotic column of crime and misfortune reports dozens of legal actions and violent incidents from Indiana and nearby states. Notable items include perjury trials, breaches of promise suits, suicides, assaults, arsons, robberies, and a major brewery accident. Names like Williams, Reed, Likens, and Isa Daily appear with locations including Mt. Vernon, Seymour, Decatur, Anderson, and Muncie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Williams
Mt. Vernon
Bennett’s Switch
Jobn Musselman
Raysville
Louis Sauer
Seymour
Samuel Crist
Decatur
Pleasant Hill
Edward Reed
Anderson
Elizabeth Likens
Pletcher
Goshem
ax-Matoux Herr
Brazil
Bost
Aurora
John Swift
Frank Goddard
Isa
Crothersville
Richmond
Milt Barnhouse
Muncie
Fairmount
William ‘Smith
Charles Caveil
Ayer
Hartford City
American Glass Works
Madison
Marine Railway Company
Harry Killen
Ft Wayne
Charles Wright
Monon Railway
Bloomington
Jas
Hopkins
Adrian McCracken
Washington
Eorge Warburton
Boone County Poor House
Samuel Beecham
Tom Belding
Cincinnati
Terre Haute
Fitzsimmons
Zilon Seals
Columbus
Vincennes
Grant Williamson
Henry Reese
Connersville
Peterson
Wood
T. J. Blount
Astern Insane Hospital
Fletcher
Blount
Wm. Waire
Tipton
Waa
Vaire
Clay County
Missouri
Joseph Sane