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Leopold, Indiana
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1876;
Theophile Dauby, store west end of town, deserted his family, went south
with whope poles and other people’s money. "About 10 weeks before birth
of the child, did not return till now 1904, heard only vague rumors
about him." Priest's Note |
| Leopold, Indiana about 1870 |
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Edward
Hawkins Indian Doctor, long hair a la wild west, lived here about 12-15
years, made and sold Lineament, "oil of life," got in trouble in
Cannelton, sent to penitentiary and died there. |
| Leopold, Indiana about 1800's |
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D.C. PALMER whose name prior to his stay at
Leopold is said to have been Snyder, practiced medicine here 4-5 years.
Finally, drunk, childbirth, death, Lynch law, escaped some night, turned
up in Kansas. |
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Historical Notes on Dubois
County, Indiana
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Page 618 Historical Notes on Dubois County,
Indiana. In 1891 “White Caps” were exceedingly busy in the eastern part
of Dubois County. Mr. and Mrs. Coffee and Mrs. Rebecca Harmon were
whipped. A Mrs. Freeman, of Mentor (whose husband lived at Shoals) was
told to leave the next day or she would be whipped. On Wednesday night,
December 9, 1891, “White Caps” went to the residence of Bazil Abell,
near Mentor, Took John Lee out of his bed, stripped him naked, tied him
to a tree and whipped him unmercifully, left him tied to the tree and
went away. The “White Caps” cleaned up the county then the county
cleaned up the “White Caps”. Several were arrested
January 8, 1892. In May 4, 1892 Francis Hobbs, Daniel King, Thomas
Smith and Samuel Spraggins were sentenced to state prison as “White
Caps”.
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Fall
Line Road.
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It began in Philadelphia and followed the eastern slope of the
Appalachians through Virginia and Carolinas into Georgia and ends at
Jackson, Mississippi.
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