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Richardson County, Nebraska - Chapter 16, 1917 (part 2 of 2)

From History of Richardson County, Nebraska : Its People, Industries and Institutions, published 1917. 74 words, reproduced complete and unedited. Source changes inside the text are labelled in place.

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The text

74 words

Machine-read from scans of History of Richardson County, Nebraska : Its People, Industries and Institutions, published 1917. Nothing has been corrected: fixing what looks like a misspelled name is how an invented one gets published. Source changes are marked where they occur.

Wilson Maddox, who tied the fatal knot, in def.iult of anyone who knew how to fasten it, but took no part in the execution, was several years later called to account for his share in the transiiction, but was not even .-irre.sted. None of the other parties to the deed were ever molested, and it is Iwlieved thiit the inincipal actor has passed before another Judge, where absolute .instice will surely be awarded him.

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Text from History of Richardson County, Nebraska : Its People, Industries and Institutions, published 1917, in the public domain in the United States and digitised by the Internet Archive.