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Two Condemned Prisoners Make Desperate Escape Attempt
El Paso reports Geronimo Parra and Antonio Flores, executed for murder, sprang from their cell as guards prepared to take Flores to the gallows. A melee followed with dirks, Pulled by the sheriff, Parra was executed as the lever released. Ranger Ed Bryan wounded, Flores restrained, crowds scattered. Also reports hangings in Charleston and Osage marriage customs, plus a well death in Paris Texas and smallpox cases near Meridian Texas.
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