The 1920's Era» Law and Order http://www.1920sera.com Relive the 1920's Through Topical Articles of the Era Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:03:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Herrin Mine Murders http://www.1920sera.com/society/law-and-order/herrin-mine-murders/ http://www.1920sera.com/society/law-and-order/herrin-mine-murders/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:08:29 +0000 Flapper http://www.1920sera.com/?p=285 Two months after the atrocious wholesale murder of workers in and about the Herrin mines the course of justice has proceeded so far as to obtain from a Grand Jury one individual indictment... The country is watching Herrin; it knows that a great crime was committed; it will not be content until the guilty are brought to justice.


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