Craig, McCorkle, Rapes Stole Cotton from Secrest Farm, Nov. 5, 1920

Dewitt Craig, Floyd McCorkle, Roy and Luke Rape, Sandy Ridge township young men, are under indictment for the theft of a bale of cotton from Mr. Bundy Alexander, who lives on Mr. John A. Secrest's farm in the same township. the Rape boys, however, have so far evaded arrest. According to reports, the four young men went to the home of Alexander Monday night, loaded a bale of cotton on a wagon, and returning by a circuitous route, stored it in Craig's barn, where it was hidden under some fodder. It was found by Deputy Sheriff Clifford Fowler, who had little trouble in fastening guilt upon the young men. (From the front page of the Monroe Journal, Nov. 5, 1920)