“Children’s Home Head is Jailed.”

ID: 5307 ~ Source: Spokesman-Review. “Children’s Home Head is Jailed.” Spokesman-Review, August 17, 1935. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PxtWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IeMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4278%2C3613722.

-Image courtesy of Google News Archive. ~ Creator: “Image courtesy of Spokesman Review.” ~ Date: August 17, 1935
This file appears in: Spokane Children’s Home

The story did not break news until two days after Fred Hunter and Fred Schueler were apprehended. While the news was controversial at the time, it was only afforded a small section in The Spokesman-Review.

This file appears in: Spokane Children’s Home

By William Paaga
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