Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number (Missing)
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, August 22, 1907
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Two Negroes Arrested.
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Constable Wm Krumnow of Otto brought to Marlin Friday afternoon Will Battle and
Louis Moore, negroes, who are wanted at the court house.
Battle owes a fine for gaming and the negro
was preparing to go to Limestone county when caught. The Moore negro is
accused of stealing some money from Mr. Graham of Otto, who during June was
carrying cotton choppers to his farm and fell asleep on the way and lost the the
(sic) money. Moore, with a negro from Bryan, was seen throwing the purse,
which contained $3, the amount, under the gallery.
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