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Blackmail trial opens in Indiana court over Read case
The Indiana Circuit Court opened Tuesday with Zella Stringer charged with demanding 80 000 dollars from N G Read under threat to his life and property and that of his son and Washington National Bank. Witnesses described letters, timing, and the setup at Temple Court and the school gate as the defense urged insanity.
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State of
Indiana
Zella Stringer
N. G. Read
Washington National Bank
M. G.read
Hastings
Gardiner
Bruce Stringer
Stringer
Temple Court
Defnse
Read
Marshal Corning
Mr. Read
Kermode
Bedford Road
Seventh Street
Sevenenth Street
School House
Wiliam Gibson
Thomas Wilson
East Seventh Street
De‘fendant
S Colbert
Wittess
Isheriff Smdot
Stat
Burke
Supreme Court
Saigehk
J. G. Allen
Allen & Hestings
Hastings, Allen & Hastings
Is. B. Boyd
E. E. Hale
B. iAllen
Feagars
Della Kitterman
Sala
Temple Contract
Kitterman
Sparks
Mall Cdgher Feagans
Temple ‘Court
N. G
J. M. McDénala