Wilkes County reforms meet resistance in long running probe
Long anguished charges of official malfeasance surface as Wilkes County officials face indictments for forgery and false affidavits. The State landmark notes former treasurer, county commissioners chair, keeper of the poor, and sheriff implicated in varied crimes as court actions press toward reform. A broader column mirrors Tweed era scandal details and moralizing editorials on appearances and reform.
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Wilkes County
Cloud
Cowles
Statesville
Wilkesboro
Board of County Commissioners
Keeper of
Inhaman
Inhaman and Cruel Treatment To Paupers. the Glimmering Sheriff, Too, Salls
Forsaken Lovers and a Widow’s Silent Grief
A passionate dispute flowers into a torn engagement between Alicia Starr and Grosvenor Strong. Years later Alicia returns to find him dead in his parlor, his fortune left to her, yet she bears a lifelong desolation and the grave’s sting of forgiveness.
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Grosvenor Strong
Alicia
Grosvenor
Alicia Starr
Roy
R Life
En Grosite & Stroog
Ryle
Mrs. Starr
Will
Vanderbilt will case exposed in court by Mr Lord
In a New York surrogate court session on Wednesday Mr Lord, for the Vanderbilt will contestants, alleged a plot to influence the probate case. He claimed the proponent offered his brother one million dollars to drop claims and later ten percent, while denying the first promise, and charged the Commodore Vanderbilt with vain, impulsive and ill mind influenced by disease and spiritualist beliefs. The testimony touched on family estrangements, a second marriage, alleged conspiracies, and the conduct of William H Vanderbilt in controlling the second wife amid legal battles over the will. The proceedings included dramatic assertions about a detective and a supposed conspiracy, with the Commodore’s failing health and temper cited as context.
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Tweed
New York
Metropolitan
Cuba
Spain
Mr. Lord
Vanderbilt
Ife
Cornelius
Commodore
Commodore Vanderbilt
Lord Said
Bright
Lord
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Wm. H. Vanderbilt
San
William H. van Merbilt
William Jr. Vanderbilt
Willian H. Vanderbilt
Wm. IL
Cornelius J Vanderbilt
William H. Vanderbilt
Cornelius J. Vanderbilt
Lars
Serse
Grant
Gen. Grant
Tilden
Austin Flint, Jr
Mr.Tilden
Gov. Tilden
Samuel
Chicago Journal
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WD. mnMcanoo
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Wilson's Hotel
Winston Besure
LON
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Perceu
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