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CuiiPEPPEK, Va., Sept. 23.—An unprovoked murder occurred Saturday night on the farm of Sam Jones. Some negroes were having a Saturday night fair or “cake walk” at the house of James Fitzgerald. During the evening one of the neg roes present kissed the wife of Fitzgerald.Whereupon the latter seized his gun and fired at his wife, the whole charge striking her in the left side making a fearful wound. She fell, and expired in about fifteen minutes. After committing the deed Fitzgeralds cooly walked up stairs and went to bed. He was arrested yesterday and is now lodged in the jail here.
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Fort Wayne Sentinel
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Mon, Sep 23, 1889
Page 6
Full Page
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Godfrey M.
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