Commit 10-Year-Old Bride To Childrens Home, Daily Racing Form, 1938-11-03

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COMMIT 10YEAROLD BRIDE BRIDETO TO CHILDRENS HOME PRESTONBURG Ky Nov 2 Rosie Co ¬ lumbus Tackett tenyearold mountain bride today was ordered committed to the Ken ¬ tucky Childrens Home by a jury that delib ¬ erated only four minutes The jurors ruled that the child was a delinquent and Mrs Grace Columbus 45 her mother immediately signed an agreement with Rosies newly appointed guardian Green Allen on the commitment Allen is a Prcstonburg insur ¬ ance man Later Mrs Columbus who is charged with accessory to rape in the mar ¬ riage of the child to Flem Tackett 34year old coal mine loader waived preliminary hearing and was bound to the grand jury under 1000 bond Tackett charged with rape is being hunted by police in the hills around Abbott Creek where he and the child spent their honeymoon after being married last week


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