Etta Cole: Dancing Girl Receives Stolen Property

Etta Cole was born about 1879.

 Inmate: #1211 Nevada State Prison
Rec: 15 Dec 1907
Crime: Receiving stolen property
Term: 2 years



























Etta was a dancing girl at the Riley's Academy. The crime was committed in Tonopah.
Etta was denied a pardon in 1908, but was released in 1909. Her partner Frank Hart, no other information found. 

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The victim Mrs. Lillian Kirk would die later.

I wonder what kinds of stories Etta could tell us about her life as a dancehall girl. I bet when she was young she was something to see on that stage.


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