Dan Sanderford Trial Date Set for January Seventh
District Judge Percy Sandel set Monday January 7 for the trial of taxi driver Dan Sanderford on charges of being an accessory after the fact in the May Qua chita Baking Company robbery. Grace Rogers, held as a material witness, testified about a late night ride to McGehee Arkansas with three intoxicated men and the group stopping for food before returning to Monroe.
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Percy Sandel
Dan Sanderford
Sanderford
Quachita Baking Company
David I. Garrett
Grace Rogers
Ouachita Avenue
Four Men Indicted in Arnold Bernstein Slaying Case
New York December 5 Indictments allege four men including George McManus alias Richard Roe and John Doe conspired in the November 4 shooting death of wealthy gambler Arnold Bernstein. Only McManus is in custody. Authorities say they possess descriptions fingerprints and a photo of the fourth suspect.
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New York
George McManus
Richard Roe
John Doe
Arnold Bernstein
McManus
Joab H. Banton
Woodson Set for Early Morning Move to Baton Rouge Penitentiary
C T Blondy Woodson will be taken to the state penitentiary in Baton Rouge tomorrow at 2:00 a m with Deputy C L Tarver in charge. He faces a six to nine year hard labor sentence for robbing an Illinois Central passenger train near Monroe. Identification by railway staff helped secure the case for federal charges of robbing the mails, with potential return to local court if indicted.
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C. T
Blondy" Woodson
Baton Rouge
Milton Coverdale
C. L. Tarver
Woodson
Illinois Central
Monroe
Pen
S. B. DeLee
E. Frishle
J. I. Parker
United States
Federal Grand Jury
J. C
Bar Association Meets at Parish House with Notable Speakers
A monthly Bar Association gathering was held at Grace Episcopal parish house with about 39 members present. Col Frank P Stubbs spoke on legal ethics and David I Garrett discussed the criminal code of procedure noting current deficiencies. Wade and Earl Smothers were identified as train-robbery suspects by four victims in the jail, in the presence of federal and railroad officials.
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Bar Association
Grace Episcopal Church
Col
Frank P. Stubbs
David I. Garrett
H. M. Kline
Houston
Pullman Company
J. W. Meehan
Illinois Central
No Mo For 54 Year Old Bootlegger Sentenced
Bill Allen a 64 year old man arrested after a raid on a still 14 miles west of Monroe pleaded guilty to two counts of manufacturing whiskey. He has been convicted three times before for illegal whiskey operations and received 60 days in jail and a $100 fine plus costs on each count with 60 extra days if the fine is not paid. The jail terms run concurrently.
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Bill Allen
Sheriff's Department
Monroe
Allen
Farmerville Aims to Highlight Local Homecomings and Visits
Special to The News-Star reports John Henry Caskey and Jeff Gulley completed a mechanical course in Memphis and returned home. Mrs. Jack Dykes and son Thomas Lane of Fl Paso Texas are visiting relatives in Farmerville. H G Fields visits New Orleans for a few days. Jack Dykes Jr leaves for Washington La after several days here. N L Harmon of Homer visits Farmerville on business.
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Farmerville
John Henry Caskey
Jeff Gulley
Memphis
Tenn
Jack Dykes
Thomas Lane
Fl Paso
Texas
H. G. Fields
New Orleans
Jack Dykes, Jr
Washington
N. L. Harmon
Homer
Angola Fugitive Captured in Houston Texas
Baton Rouge officials report Tom Hudson alias Harry Wells, an Orleans parish embezzler and Angola prison escapee, caught in Houston Texas and being returned today. He was a trusted at camp H when he fled last May and had been serving a one to two year term since June 1927. He was captured yesterday.
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Baton Rouge
Tom Hudson
Orleans Parish
Angola
Houston
Texas
Hudson
Harry Wells
Two Building Permits Issued In Week Two
Week two building permits total 1250 dollars with J B McCoy authorized for a one story frame house on Wilson street between Reed and McReynolds worth 450 dollars. Frank Pellezze approved for a one story structure though the city listing ends abruptly in the text.
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J. B. McCoy
Wilson Street
Beetween Reed and McReynolds
Frank Pellezze
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Ark
Walter Foster
Frank Darby
Garret
Carby
Foster
Garrett
Rogers
Ivy Otwell
Otwell
Arkansas
Asanciated Press
Rothstein
George Richards
Park Central
Lindy
Wheaty, Mendel and Indestructo
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U.S
DR. Phillips
Crisp
van Camp
Libby
DeSiard
Se Frong
Merly
C. A. Easterling
Thomas W. Leigh
Bob Blanks
The
News-Star
Monroe Druegista
Nature
Oak Street
Hellen Rubenstein
Powder Box
Elberts
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