Leading Characters in Scottdale Crash Case
Edison Forbes and a town youth take a liquor fueled joy ride. They encounter Scoots Libbey driving a booze truck who crashes into a touring car killing a woman. Libbey and Forbes' companion flee. Forbes is arrested, later convicted after shielding the younger man. He faces long prison time as the warden unveils himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison Forbes
Scottdale
Fiddie
Forbes
Eddie
T Eddie
Warden Courtney
Lansing
Edison
Albright
Joe Vorbes
Michigan
Governor summons Edison after prison escape tale
Edison Forbes travels to Lansing at the governor’s request where the governor reveals a long friendship with Edison’s late father and explains he helped arrange matters after Forbes’ risky stand to protect a companion. The exchange balances judgment with compassion as past ties surface.
Free Edison Forbes vows to quit drinking and starts new life
After a governor pardons Edison Forbes, he pledges to remain sober and relocates with Patsy Jane to a northern land venture. They plan to build a new life at Forbes’s log cabin near Long Portage, facing sparse soils, a rough journey, and a neighbor’s wary welcome from Isaiah Sealman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patsy Jane
Long Portage
Eddie
Isaiah Sealman
Edison Forbes
Sealman
North
Forbes
Political tensions in Scottdale over Albright candidacy
The town buzzes with unrest as voters resist Governor Albright amid strong church influence and a history of supporting his opponents. Locals criticize his liberal stance and vow strict enforcement of liquor laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottdale
Albright
Richard Albright
Foreclosure and personal judgment action in Pocahontas County
In the August Term 1927 District Court action A DeMill sues T H Bailey and Cora Bailey and others for a personal judgment of 3200 plus interest on a 1925 promissory note, 8 percent from Sept 1, 1927, plus costs and abstract fees. The suit seeks foreclosure of a mortgage on land described as the NW corner of the S half of NE fraction in Sec 6 T92N R31W, with further directional details and highway boundary. Parties include The First National Bank Rolfe, Iowa, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H
Rolfe
Iowa
Robert Bruce
Plai
District Court
Pocahontas County
T. H. Bailey
Cora Bailey
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Henry Jay Lee
Michael V. Phillipe
North Portage
Jackpine
Altho
Illy Sal
W. W. Beam
First National Bank Bldg
Rott
S. E. Higgins Osteopathic Physician
Oaka River Sts
Abe M. DE Vaul
Rolfe, Laws
Robert J. Kent
Insurance Life
State Savings Bank Rolfe
JOWA
L. M. Graham
Kent
Amy Ireland
J. M. Bush
Phone
Plover
Col
H. H. Grove
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