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trying to cheat and swindle. Plummer claimed that there was a conspiracy to injure his reputation. In May, Plummer was given another ten dollars by another client seeking to help in a real estate deal. Plummer again was unsuccessful in securing the deal and the client would not take the money back, and again
Plummer was sued. Judge Crawford was again in charge of the proceedings and Plummer was found guilty, barred from law, and fined $ 25 and jailed for several hours.
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Living in Omaha, Plummer became involved in law, real estate, and local politics. In 1907, Plummer worked with saloon-keeper Ole
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minister and future Army chaplain. Plummer's father was stationed at forts in the
Western United States from 1884 to 1894, and Plummer attended schools in or near these forts. He attended high school in
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county clerk's office and spoke out against removal of black officers in favor of white ones to lead black fire companies.
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