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The Third Degree: Chapter 6: Skinner sees the judge

With this post to our Local History Room weblog, we continue our series on...

The Third Degree: Chapter 5: Deputy Skinner issues denials

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The Third Degree: Chapter 4: A hanging in Cell 11 — Crime and cover-up at the county jail

With this post to our Local History Room weblog, we continue our series on...

Early Tazewell County crime and punishment

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The Third Degree: Chapter 3: Martin Virant and the third degree

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Scandal: The Failure of the Teis Smith Bank

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The Third Degree: Chapter 2: A fatal brawl at Petje’s speakeasy

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The Third Degree: Chapter 1: The grisly slaying of Lew Nelan

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H. P. Westerman, whiskey and the Pekin press

The November 2015 issue of the Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society Monthly, page...

Pekin was encircled by the Whiskey Ring

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