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Show WOWEN HELP SHERIFF TO PRE VENT' LYNCHING Indiana .Ilsslcaary Society Comes to Ucscuc cf Vo-. Vo-. . . oan Accused of Murder. .. .. . . ' CI? AwrORDaVILLE, Ind., April tl-Membero of the Womb's Missionary society, some o wbom ara funy armed, are aiding Sheriff Reeyea evb'd.' W er . uties and County Troeecutof Ratoltff today against the possibla attack of a not on 4ba ecainty Jail, where Mrs. Robert J. prake wai sent to4ay, haylnf been n ' dieted for the POlnin her busbaad. - vv ,t; .V- 4 v 'r-": ; Mrs. Dralw, who claims to be one of the heirs to the Immense tate at the late Peter Godet of New York, again protested her Innocence on hr way to the , prison and swore her arrest was the result of a-plot to restrain her from par- ' " tlclpatlng to the Qoetet milllona. : i . ; , r ; ; ... r .:..;;:.-. i--; $he Is 4 member of the Women's Missionary society and whan a mob around the courthouse threatened lynchlnsr, other members walked behind her l the Jail. Mrs. Drake wept bitterly all the way and when she reached the big Iron doors, turned Wher friends and tearfully said: , ; : . - ; "l learned to love Robert and be love4 me."; I hays an Idea, who caused his . - death and J think It was for the purpose ef cheating e out. of VkJ share of the Goelet estate. In New"Tork.w . - , - - . , . v After the grand jury returned the indictment, threats of mob violence were heard ett every hand. Excitement Is high and the gherift ha sworn to many deputies to guard the JaiL' , . , ' - |