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Trial reveals a web of arson for insurance profits
Testimony details Mrs. Rutter about Dr. Wolfe and others orchestrating fires and killed insured livestock to collect payouts. She recounts candles, barn burnings, and tainted policies with Perry Drake Grace Drake Van Allan and others, claiming duress by Wolfe and a life tied to threats and debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Drake
William H. Crowder
Sullivan State Bank
Drake
William H. Hill
Sullivan
Grace Drake
E. Henderson
Rutter
Wolfe
Wolfe Farm
C. Tsenderson
Sears
Om. Ve Wolfe
Washington
van Allan
van van
VanAllHan
Mr. Henderson
Terre Haute
Filbeck House
D. W. Wolfe
VanAllan
Dr. Wolfe
Delmark
Perkins
Mrs. Kutter
Dr. Ridgeway
Spotted Duke
Venture Prince
Venture Royal
Doctor Wolfe
State
McCool
Byron Mack
8&J. Clair
Minnesota
Chicago
Kutter
Iowa
Indiana
Leo Carpenter
Kincaid
Palestine
Ill
Carpenter
Illinois
Audrey May Wolfe
Hyatt House
Drake, Perkins
Aetna Insurance Company
Karlher
Lt. Walfe