Charles Lacy Craig (March 9, 1872 - August 7, 1935) was the

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Biography

He was born March 9, 1872 in Arcola, Illinois. He graduated from

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. He attended and graduated from

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. In 1921 he was convicted for contempt of court and received a 60-day jail sentence for criticizing federal judge Julius Mayer and that conviction was upheld by the New York Supreme Court in 1923, but remitted by President Coolidge that year. He died on August 7, 1935 at the Hotel Senator in California.

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