Robert Ingulls
 

Kentucky Post, Thursday, 2 April 1931, page 1

Robert Ingulls, Negro, W Fifth st. Newport, pleaded guilty to a grand larceny charge in connection with the theft of $500 worth of revolvers from the Edward C Wendt hardware store, Seventh and Monmouth streets and upon the recommendation of Daniel W Davies, acting commonwealth attorney, he was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary.

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Kentucky Post, Monday, 1 February 1932, page 1

A Negro suspect registered as Robert Ingulls, 338 Central av. Newport, arrested early Sunday after he is alleged to have entered the grocery of Alex Bell, Fourth st. and Central av. and carried away groceries and wearing apparel valued at $200 was held for grand jury investigation Monday. His bond was fixed at $3500.

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Kentucky Post, Thursday, 20 June 1935, page 2

Robert Ingulls, Negro, W Southgate street, indicted with James Buck, was sentenced to six months in the county jail for receiving goods stolen from the Horner store.

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Kentucky Post, Tuesday, 27 December 1938, page 1

A Negro bandit suspect, registered as Robert Ingulls, 32, of 303 W Fourth street, Newport, said by police to have been wounded by police following the robbery of a Georgetown Ky. restaurant was taken to Georgetown Tuesday. The Negro was arrested Monday by Newport Detectives William P Holland and Dave Donnelly in a house at 501 Chestnut street, Newport. The suspect was shot in his right knee.

Ingulls denied any implication in the robbery but admitted having been in Georgetown. He said he received the bullet wound during a fight with another Negro in a dice game.

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Kentucky Post, Monday, 21 October 1940, page 1

Charged with the murder of one Negro and the wounding of another, Doc Warren, said by police to be a Negro illicit whisky operator was held Monday without bond on charges of murder and malicious shooting. The shooting was the culmination of a quarrel between two rival factions of illicit moonshine operators.

Warren fired five shots into the body of James Beckner, 44, Negro, 212 W Fourth street, and wounded Robert Ingulls, 34, Negro, 303 W Fifth street.

Beckner, died from a bullet wound in the heart. Four other bullets entered his right side. Ingulls is in a serious condition at Speers Hospital. A bullet passed through his right arm and entered his chest. Warren said he found Beckner and Ingulls and a third Negro attempting to force a window in his home at 224 W Fourth street. The trio fled and he pursued Beckner and Ingulls to a house at 216 W Fourth street. He fired as Beckner reached into his pocket as though to draw a gun.

 

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