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Seven Deaths At A Picnic Riot

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Parent Issue
Day
11
Month
July
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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At .Si berm, l'erry county, Ind. , a larffe number of inoffensive Germana uere holding a picnic in the woods when a gang of hoodlums made their appearance, and after filling up on liquor began to insult the picnieers aml their wives. The Germana Btood tliis some time, but were torced into a fight to protect tlieir wives and children. In a few minutes the rovv became a riot in which everybody took part. i r over an hour the battle as kopt up and tinally the hoodlums were forceo to tiee. ltvvasthen found tliat three men were dead, four fatally hurtand ftfty .seriously injured.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Register