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WOMEN WEPT WITH BANDITDetective Tell* Of Henring In Tbe Wenhoard lloldn?* Caae.[8pert«l Dispatch to the Baltimore Sim.1Richmond, Va.. Jan rj.—Detective Norton. of tbe Baldwin Detective Agency, m ho has Jnat returned from Boydton. where he attended the preliminary hearing In the I.nrmase train robbery case, at which Percy Martin was held for the crime, said the women of the Mecklenburg county town have shown great sympathy for the confessed bandit and begged that he be released.“Scores of beautiful women surrounded Mr. Baldwin and begged him to release Martin and hold Powley.*' said Detective Norton. “They wept when he wept in court. I have never seen a courtroom which contained a larger number of gooddooking women than were at the preliminary hearing In Boydton.Sheriff Beales, of Mecklenburg county, has Just received a letter from Tennessee Informing him that Percy Martin had served a term of three years in the penitentiary of that State.Martin has told a great deal more about his family since the preliminary hearing. His wMfe, he says, was formerly Miss E. J. Chambers, of Huntington. W. Va. He Is a aon of B. J. Martin, an ex-Oonfederate toldier. of Atlanta.IxjuIs Rodgers, the alleged railroad baggage thief, was arraigned in the Police Court today, but the case was continued to January 17 for lack of evidence.
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Baltimore Sun
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Sun, Jan 13, 1907
Page 11
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Julie C.
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