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Showing 2 results for Bontrager, Ellen.

ID103027
Title of ArticleEllen Bontrager
Noteshttps://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/isl4/id/52844/rec/1
SourceElkhart Truth
LocationElkhart Truth Collection; People Pictures - Bontrager, William Dwight
Picture CaptionEllen Bontrager, wife of William Dwight Bontrager, 1/16/1969
History #epl_truth_photograph_1543
DateJan 16, 1969
SubjectsBontrager, William, Bontrager, Ellen


ID85355
Title of ArticleWilliam Dwight Bontrager
Noteshttps://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/isl4/id/49688/rec/1
SourceElkhart Truth
LocationElkhart Truth Collection
Picture CaptionINDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 26 - FOUND IN CONTEMPT - Elkhart Superior Court Judge William Bontrager leaves the Indiana Supreme Court Wednesday with his wife, Ellen, after being found in contempt of the high court for ignoring an order to sentence an Elkhart man to ten-to-20 years in prison for first degree burglary. Bontrager was given a 30-day suspended sentence and fined $500. Mrs. Bontrager injured her leg in a skiing accident. (CAR/50001/stf) 1981 SLUG: JUDGE-CONTEMPT
DateNo date given
History #epl_truth_photograph_1545
SubjectsBontrager, William, Judges, Crime, Bontrager, Ellen