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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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In Mountain View, Ark., five men arrested for torturing and burning alive 20-year-old farmhand Connie Franklin and assaulting his 16-year-old fiancée eight months ago while they were en route to marry. Suspects: Herman Greenway, Alex Fulks, Dill Younger, Huber Hester, Joe White.
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Twenty-Year-Old Man and Fiancee Victims of Arkansas Gang
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ark., Nov. 25.—Accused of torturing and burning alive Connie Franklin, aged 20 years, a farmhand, and attacking his 16-year-old fiancee, eight months ago, when on their way to get married, five men are held in widely scattered jails for the crimes. Those taken into custody are Herman Greenway, Alex Fulks, Dill Younger, Huber Hester and Joe White. Greenway, who is married, and Hester, are charged with attacking the girl. The girl told the authorities that she and Franklin were on their way to the Justice of the Peace when five men seized them. They beat and tortured Franklin until he fainted from the pain. The men, evidently thinking the youth was dead, built a fire of logs and placed the body on it. Failing to destroy the body entirely, the men placed the remains in a sack and started toward the nearby White River. During the torture of Franklin the girl was assaulted.
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Mountain View, Ark.
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Eight Months Ago
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connie franklin tortured, beaten until he fainted, burned alive on a fire of logs; body not entirely destroyed, placed in a sack toward white river; fiancée assaulted; five men arrested and held in jails.
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Five men seized Connie Franklin and his 16-year-old fiancée on their way to the Justice of the Peace to marry, beat and tortured Franklin until he fainted, thinking him dead built a fire and placed his body on it, then placed remains in a sack toward White River; girl assaulted during the torture.