Person

Mary Matilda Shupe

One of four people charged in the April 1, 1965 robbery of the Boyce branch of the Bank of Clarke County. The Winchester Evening Star reported that she initially pleaded innocent, changed her plea to guilty on August 10, 1965, then was permitted to withdraw that plea and plead innocent again on September 13, 1965, with a November 9, 1965 trial date and a $2,500 bond continued. Her final verdict, dismissal or sentence is not established in the reports held for this account.

What the sources support

Mary Matilda Shupe changed her plea to guilty on August 10, 1965, then received permission to withdraw that plea and plead innocent again on September 13, 1965; the court set November 9, 1965 for trial and continued her $2,500 bond. Her final result is unknown in the newspaper reports held for this account.

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What the source supports

Mary Matilda Shupe's plea history through September 1965, and that no later verdict, dismissal or sentence for her has been found in the held reports.

Uncertainty

The held reports run only through September 14, 1965; no report of a November 9, 1965 trial or any later disposition has been located. This claim states what is unknown, not that no later record exists.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The August 11 report of Mary Shupe's change of plea to guilty.

“Mrs. Shupe Changes Plea In Bank Case,” Winchester Evening Star, August 11, 1965, page 1

Winchester Evening Star · 1965-08-11 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, “Mrs. Shupe Changes Plea In Bank Case”

Checked: Catalog index only. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: winchester-evening-star-1965-boyce-robbery. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The September 14 report of her withdrawal, new plea and trial date.

“Mrs. Shupe Changes Plea To Innocent,” Winchester Evening Star, September 14, 1965, page 2

Winchester Evening Star · 1965-09-14 (publication)

Locator: Page 2, “Mrs. Shupe Changes Plea To Innocent”

Checked: Catalog index only. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: winchester-evening-star-1965-boyce-robbery. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

AI-assisted integration (Claude Sonnet 5) from a researched narrative and a claim-to-source map; the newspaper pages were not independently re-read for this integration. · 2026-09-29. How this project checks its sources

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