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Charles Plank, aged 19. son of W. H. Plank, a prominent citizen, and Jerrv McCarthy, aged 32, son of John McCarthy, were both killed by DavidHallam at Logansport, Thursday. Thei bovs were out riding and stopped at the i saloon of Hallaro, where they were soon I engaged in a quarrel with him. The S boys retreated and threw stones through j the window, striking Hallam on theI| head with one of them. He was aho struck with a club and with the butt of a revolver. Hallam secured a 42-caliber self acting bull dog pistol and pursued the young men into the street, where they had succeeded in entering their buggy. Another hand-to-band combat occurred, during which Hallam fired two shots, both with deadly effect. One struck Plank one inch above the left eye and lodged at the base of the brain: the other lodged in tli« left side of McCarty’s neck. Plank died at I p in. Hallam is locked up.
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Princeton Gibson County Leader
Princeton, Indiana, US
Wed, Sep 21, 1887
Page 4
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Christie H.
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