1. WHEN BEETON WAS BUZZING.
- Author
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Flannigan, Dalene
- Subjects
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ASSAULT & battery , *MASS media & crime , *CONSPIRACIES , *THIEVES - Abstract
The article focuses on the July 22, 1927 attacking incident involving Alex Hodge, a farmer based in Beeton, Ontario. It narrates how Hodge was assaulted inside his farmhouse and how he struggled with his attacker. It mentions that the incident appeared on the headlines and pushed aside other grand events such as the first non-stop transatlantic flight of aviator Charles Lindbergh. Investigations uncovered a conspiracy of thieves composed of farmers and family men living in Beeton and Cookstown.
- Published
- 2007