Bound to a Tree After Alleged Klan Attack in Indiana
Robert Bledsoe a 15 year old negro porter recounts being seized by twelve masked men near the courthouse in Muncie Indiana and bound to a tree in a woods near Yorktown. He says the assailants threatened him with whips for alleged intimacy with a white girl though he denied the charge and the men did not wear garb. He believes the attackers were Klansmen though masks concealed identities. No affidavit yet on the alleged relations case.
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Muncie
Ind
Robert Bledsoe
Klu Klux Klan
Indianapolis
Court House
Yorktown
Bledsoe
Clara Gibson Carl Denied New Trial In Poison Case
In Shelbyville Indiana Clara Gibson Carl, dubbed feminine blue beard, has been denied a new trial after being sentenced to life for poisoning her second husband Frank Carl. Attorneys seek 180 days to perfect an appeal as the case may move to the state supreme court. Evidence suggested she may have poisoned her first husband Robert Gibson and Alonzo Carl, father of Frank.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Clara Gibson Carl
Frank Carl
Supreme Court
Robert Gibson
Alonzo Carl
Frank
Des Moines Candidate Brookhart Reports Campaign Expenditures
Des Moines Iowa June 13 Col Smith W Brookhart of Washington Iowa reports explicit campaign spending of 453 98 in the primary senate contest According to his sworn filing with Secretary of State W C Ramsay he says he received meals lodging from farmers and laborers and was driven on trips at no expense He notes supporters paid their own costs halls furnished without charge
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Des Moines
Col
Smith W. Brookhart
Washington
W. C. Ramsay
Col. Brookhart
Card of Thanks for Kindness During Illness and Death
The Poole and Baker families express gratitude for kindness shown during the illness and death of their wife and daughter. Special thanks to the Epworth League Mr Welch Rev H H Allen the singers those who offered cars and those who sent floral offerings as well as the nurses and all others who assisted.
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Epworth League
Mr. Welch
Rev
H. H. Allen
Zanie Poole
Jonas Baker
Special Meeting at Unity Lodge for Dora Williams Funeral
Notice to officers and members of Unity Lodge No 687 I C QO I C O at 7 o clock this evening for arrangements to attend the funeral of Brother Dora Williams signed Herman McMillen N G MO R Morgan Secy.
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Unity Lodge No. 687
I. C. QO
Dora Williams
Herman McMillen, N
Government trims operating expenses by a billion on Dawes forecast
Washington reports ordinary government expenditures for the current fiscal year will total about 1.74 billion less than last year, slightly above Dawes latest estimate. Daily treasury statement shows ordinary receipts and outlays to date totaling 3.53 billion versus 5.14 billion a year ago.
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Washington
Fudget Dawes
Treasury
Publc
Mrs Antoinette Leach First Indiana Woman Admitted to Bar Dies
Sullivan Ind June 13 A telegram reports the death of Mrs Antoinette D Leach 65 at Oxford New York She lived in Sullivan years ago moved to New York after her husband’s death Survived by two children Hortense Shepler Oxford N Y and George Leach Jr New York City A pioneer in Indiana suffrage and author of The Legal Status of Women in Indiana Body to arrive Wednesday for burial
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Sullivan, Ind
Antoinette D. Leach
Oxford
N. Y
Leach
Sullivan
New York State
George W. Leach
Hortense Shepler
George Leach, Jr
New York City
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