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Burglars, fires, and robberies plague West Point region
A long list describes widespread crime and misfortune across Central Indiana including counterfeiters near North Liberty, burglaries in Marion and Muncie, fires at Fagie cotton mills Madison and A. Hecks store Henderson, and a spate of accidents and deaths from a log crush near Winchester to a suicide near Danville.
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West Point
Brazil
Michigan City
Peru
North Liberty
St. Wayne
Lagrippe
Fagie
Madison
Samuel Vance
Vestula
Danville
Perkiss
Lebanon
City Natural Gas Company
Cyrus Hinshaw
Winchester
Stanton Coal
Johson
Robert McFarland
Kempton
Chicago & Erie
Ft. Warne
John Poor
Anderson
Adam Price
Bedford
Jesse Phillips
Tipton
John Watkins
Nevada
Chester Roberts
Evansville
Henry Reine
Journal Sys
Augustus Minning
Newpoint
John McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Williams Brothers’ Foundry
Greensburg
Griffith Williams
Puy
Chas
Carpenter
Bristol Rolling Mills
Harmony
Postal
Capt
Wim. Bradley
Wayne
Edward Roberts
Bryantsburg
Lillie Hyatt
Terre Haute
Cincinnati
John Broskie
Bertha Lotek
Yonkers
Harrison Hogan
Bull Creek
Bethlehem
Louisville
Michael Weaver
Aurora
Lindley Baldwin
Louis Schrader
Ft. Wayne
Schrader
Baldwin
Sgee
William Stout
Logansport
William G. Trout
Cloverdale
Martin Sullivan
James A. Nelson
Connersville
Rosey Strong
Greenies