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Tragic Bourbon killing shocks town and region
The Bourbon area reels after the shooting of William Bates and his son Frank Bates by Frank Reddinger. The elder Bates dies and the son is wounded as the assailant is arrested nearby. Local officials and residents react to the violence and ensuing manhunt.
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Wm. Bates
Frank Bates
Frank Redding
Bates
Reddinger
Pershing
Redinger
Allinger
Ed Jachim
Chicago
Earl Slidinger
Knox
North Judson
Lois Foust
Freeland Park
Frank Cutler
W. R. Jones
Tullianapolis
Wilders
Hayman
Kankakee
Hamlet
State Board of Health
United Brethren Church
Ollie Walker
White City
Starke County Poultry Association
Fred Kimmey
Ed Mathews
Mathews
Cleveland
Fitzgerald
Bescher
Grand Trunk
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Indiana
Indiana Union Traction
Logansport
Rochester
Valparaiso
Gary
Hammond