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Death probe links wild party to city corruption in Gary
Arlese Draves eighteen died after a drinking party at a Gary home. A special city council committee, led by Louis Christopher, plans hearings amid claims police corruption and bootlegging. Witnesses Margaret Leeka and Richard Elliott are to testify as five youths face charges of causing her death. The suspects include David Thompson, Virgil Kirkland, Paul Barton, Leon Stanford, and Henry Shirk.
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Gary
Ind
Arlese Draves
Louis C. Christopher
Miss Draves
Edward Thixtun
Margaret Leeka
Indiana University
Richard Elliott
David Thompson
Thixtun
Leeka
Elliott
Christopher
Fire Department
Virgil Kirkland
Paul Barton
Leon Stanford