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From: heather e blair <>
Subject: Re: [MOJASPER] NEED HELP TO CONFIRM A MURDER STORY - HARBIN
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:59:27 -0600 (CST)
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I wonder if there would be coroner's reports or an inquest or something
about James Harbin's death.

In your family story, was anybody ever charged with the murder? If so,
there might be court documents.

- Heather

http://surgerysupport.uchicago.edu/hblair/



On Mon, 26 Feb 2007, Joan Marie wrote:

> I need help, please, to prove or disprove a family story. James Madison HARBIN was 44 and a laborer on a steam jig in Joplin in 1900, wife Belle Boone Thomas. There were several kids. Belle remarried an Eli Francis in 1908 according to the 1910. The story goes like this. James owned a saloon and after a financial transaction in the backroom one night, he was found dead in the alley with no money.
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> SO - if there is any truth to it, is there an index to deaths or burials in the Joplin area from 1900-1910 that list his death? AND if he did die in that period, could someone check for me to find an obit or account of how it occurred? I've already checked the Gen Web without any success, although it is a neat website.
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> Toni for Tim
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