Word: armentrout
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...standout. The minute the Charleston Gazette (circ. 86,500) saw the returns, it smelled fraud. Many precincts in the capital's county showed a far heavier vote than could be expected from the size of the registrations. City Editor Harry G. Hoffman set two reporters, Charles R. Armentrout and James A. Hill, to work looking for the buried bodies...
...Gazette was flooded with tips from readers. One woman reported: "I saw votes being paid for in front of me." The paper's day-by-day stories and editorials forced the impaneling of a special grand jury three weeks ago. The first witness: Newsman Armentrout. On the basis of his and Hill's evidence, the grand jury started calling in witnesses, summoned...