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The Daily Sentinel
Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado
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In Albany, Ind., on Aug. 24, Mrs. Minnie Masterson was murdered after getting off a car with her husband James, who was shot in the arm and arrested for the crime, though he claims an unknown assassin did it, with the victim screaming 'Willie' before shots were fired.
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Albany, Ind., Aug. 24—Mrs. Minnie Masterson, wife of James Masterson was murdered here tonight and her husband is in jail charged with the murder. He denies the charge. He says that he and his wife were returning from Louisville to their home and had just gotten off a car when a man stepped from behind a post and grabbed his wife, who screamed "For God's sake, Willie, don't," and three shots were fired in quick succession by her assassin. Masterson insists that the murderer of his wife fired two shots at him, one of which took effect in his arm, which was bleeding profusely at the time he was arrested.
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Albany, Ind.
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Aug. 24
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mrs. minnie masterson murdered; james masterson shot in arm and arrested, charged with murder
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Mrs. Minnie Masterson was murdered in Albany, Ind., tonight. Her husband James Masterson is in jail charged with the murder but denies it, claiming a man stepped from behind a post, grabbed his wife who screamed 'For God's sake, Willie, don't,' and fired three shots at her and two at him, one wounding his arm.