Chapter 5. Maebelle’s Biscuits

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Photograph of Prisoner No. 10746, John Wesley, Virginia Dept. of Corrections, State Penitentiary, Series II. Prisoner Records, Subseries B Photographs, Box 694, Accession 41558. State Government Records Collection. Library of Virginia.

Characters Introduced

John Wesley. John Wesley was arrested on 11 April 1912 for the attempted rape of 16-year-old Hattie Power, daughter of attorney W.H. Power. He pleaded guilty on 16 April and was sentenced to eighteen years in the Virginia Penitentiary.

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Negro Attempts Assault on White Girl at Her Home Near Buckroe, Times-Herald (Newport News), April 12, 1912.

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Indict Negro for Assault, Times-Herald (Newport News), April 13, 1912.

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Will Hear Assault Case Tonight, Times-Herald (Newport News), April 13, 1912.

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John Wesley is Taken to State Penitentiary, Daily press (Newport News, Va. : Final ed.), May 7, 1912.