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\ Trump C nnf. % to u Alttrilitr.Tl»»* sheriff of St; Jmoph enmtt.v ha* tnkoQ into a citAt'idy a Uvmp nninetl John I'nin ley. who oigncd ;i written ooufes-don that he. mid not Del Swart/, i-. the inuri h* n*r of Will aril M JohtiMn. of ISurr thill* swart* it* nt prrwiit serving a life wnlcnw ut Jackson, having keen convicted of the crime on strong eirrtt mutantliul evidence.The body of JeluiHiin. who uu*. about 10 year* of oge, wu* found in the St. Joseph river on lt;k*t. 13, tHIM, our and ahalf miles northwest of Colon lie liad been shot four tinier and the body thrown Info tin* river. The object o' the crime apparently tva* not robbery. Simpleton (minted nt once toward Ih»l Swart/.. JohnsonV faUaTdudaw. who lived near Athens. Johnson had isrp-amtrd from his wife, who went to live With Swart/. There had hern u law suit between the two over the division of projMwty. and considerable ill feeling had developed.Inoviey any* he killed Johnson, whom he met on the highway latent night, simply for revenge fora twitting Johnsm bad given him a few months lN-fore. The »onfefc*ion «. not Ktrongly believed by people conversant withthe CUM*.
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Yale Expositor
Yale, Michigan, US
Fri, Sep 04, 1896
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