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Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 14.- The court e2 a...

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Day
18
Month
December
Year
1896
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Public Domain
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Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 14.- The court e2 arpeáis has reaffirmed the decisión ol the lower cjurt at Newport, Ky., in sev.tencing Alonzo Walling to be hanged as the accompliee of Scott Jackson for the murder of Pearl Bryan last January. It is quite Hkely that ths date fixed for the execution of both men will be about the anniversary of the murder or early in February. Frank G. Robbins of Cincinnati was arrested for contempt of court. It is claimed that Robbins clandestinely got into the court consultation room and gave out the Walling decisión to The TimesrStar over an hour before it was announced by the court. When Robbins was arraigned it was ascertained that he had two flags - one white and one black, the latter indicating a decisión affirming the death sentence. Representatives of other papers saw him wave the black flag, and informed the court. Robbins belongs to one of the most prominent families of Cincinnati. He was fined and sentenced to thirty days in jail.

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Ann Arbor Democrat