On a cold afternoon in late February 1924, the quiet town of Porter, Indiana, was shaken by the discovery of a brutal crime involving one of its local railroad workers. John LaBorn, a 65-year-old male resident of the area, was found dead inside his humble dwelling, which was described as a shanty or converted car home situated near the tracks. LaBorn had been employed as a trackman for the Michigan Central Railroad for over a decade and was known to be a man of significant physical stature, weig
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