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Theft in the Daily Dispatch & Richmond Dispatch, 1900 & 1920

Death From Lockjaw

Item

Title
Death From Lockjaw
Source
Richmond Dispatch {VA}
Date
1900-01-07
page
19
Identifier
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038614/1900-01-07/ed-1/?sp=19
Crime
Theft
Gender of alleged offender
Male alleged offender
Stage of the Legal System
Crime
Location
In-State; Norfolk; VA
Length of story
47 words
Description
An extraordinary theft was that with which Joe Neal, an employee of the Norfolk County Health Board, is charged. Neal did not fear infection, for he is alleged to have stolen a trunk of infected clothing from the house of detention. His accuser is under treatment there.