February 25, 1916, will go down in history as the day a seemingly innocuous land sale in Yazoo County, Mississippi, exposed a tangled web of deceit and corruption. Leake of Chicago, a shrewd businessman, purchased the coveted Gadberry Place, a sprawling 300-acre tract of land in the Mississippi Delta. But what seemed like a routine real estate transaction turned out to be a front for a much larger scheme.
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Key Facts
- State: Mississippi
- Category: Public Corruption
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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