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Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Ernest Tankesley Charged with the Abduction ofNellie Rainey
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:00:02 -0400

Lawrence County, Indiana

Grand Forks (ND) Evening Times, August 24, 1906, p. 1.

GIRLS VICTIMS IN BOTH CASES

[Associated Press to the Evening Times]
Evansville, Ind., August 24-Ernest Tankesly of Bedford, Indiana, and Miss
Nellie Rainey, a school girl of Heltonville, Indiana, a small town near
Bedford, were taken to Bedford today by the Bedford officers who came after
them. Though the present charge against Tankesly is the abduction of Miss
Rainey, the police will week to learn if he has any knowledge as to who
murdered Miss Sarah Schaefer, a young school teacher who was killed more
than two years ago and whose slayer is still unknown to the police. When
charged by the police with a guilty knowledge of Miss Schaefer's murder,
Tankesly stoutly proclaimed his innocence. Miss Rainey says she will commit
suicide rather than testify against Tankesly.

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