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Title
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Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hofman
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Description
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Mr. and Mrs. Hofman, friends who were playing bridge with the Bennetts when Mrs. Bennett shot and killed her husband John G. Bennett on September 29, 1929, in a quarrel over the bridge game. Mrs. Bennett was acquitted. Photo appeared in the "Kansas City Journal-Post," Thursday, February 26, 1931.
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Date
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1931
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Compilation: Robert C. (Bobby) Greenlease, Jr. Kidnam/Murder Case
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Description
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Three volume compilation of Kansas City Times and Kansas City Star newspaper clippings related to the Robert C. (Bobby) Greenlease, Jr. kidnapping and murder. The individual volumes are labeled: Volume I, September 29-October 31, 1953; Volume II, November 2-December 31, 1953; Volume III, January 8, 1954-Present [2003].
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Date
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1953/2003
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Pursuit of Truth: From Kansas City's Libraries, Alvin Sykes Plotted and Unlikely Course to Civil Rights History
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Description
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Booklet published by the Kansas City Public Library summarizing the community, civil rights, and legal activism of Alvin Sykes. The text covers Sykes' early life and passion for self-education through public libraries. His involvement in the 1980 murder case of jazz musician Steve Harvey at the Liberty Memorial is highlighted. Sykes' pursuit of a federal civil rights violation case against Harvey's accused killer, Raymond Bledsoe, after he was declared not guilty by an all white jury in Jackson County court is covered. Sykes' civil rights and legal activism following Bledsoe's conviction in 1983, including his involvement with the reexamination of the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, is also covered. The booklet contains an introduction by former Kansas City Public Library executive director R. Crosby Kemper III and concludes with a note from Sykes discussing his life's work.
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Date
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2014
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Francis Xavier Aubry
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Description
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Description of the murder of western freighter and postman Francis Aubry (or Francois Aubry) in Santa Fe in 1854 by Major Richard Weightman, "a veteran of the Mexican War, a graduate of West Point and a dashing and brilliant, hot-headed officer, lawyer and publisher."
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Date
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1962-02
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Object Type
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Magazine