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’Th* I Ita'■'{ tin 1 nh hist., giv s an account of M ! ; ti‘ii mures■]• t!t or iii-i *i recmitlv near■usI . I! ‘ 1111:1 \ .11. Tit . I del. M . . L O 1 1 I ' t lt;*:»• 1’. Vmswalking along the roan, with his young bride hy his .•:, v» In ii in \\.nbrntalh nmrderi d wish a shot-gun,hy some person 01* persons who tired at him from behind. .Mr. Fletcher was carrying a littk* green sprig in his rigiit hand, v. liieii was east. over hi- shoul-d« r, the arm b ing crooked and the hand elevated, asn oft n *. in-V I tig, wh n tin : : n- !shot fin- . hijie pv.-dng tiirough the buckot'the thickl-rt:on ( f the arm, and [ran 'rating his side, raisingalnio t iii taut (h ath, The charg' consisted of rilloballs an duck-skot. sonic of whiclt passed throughids hodv to the onoo-ite i ]e* near enough to the sur-* * * ■he- n ! f d dhu a atreming out. Another shotswept d \vn iii- 1 mm kme, and wounded Mrs.*Id teher in tie hand, sevi n hots passing through her hi ;\\i. M m. Id : ’ •' ■ er* ! lt d and turned to the directd- »n the sleds eaum dm, win ii a man rose up from an undue h ovlt; r the l' 11cand tired anotlu r shot at thlt; in. hie man thlt; n ran, talcing a course ; para!e l with the read, mid the woman pursued, scrim dug af toe top of her voice. hliis eiiase lt;m tendeii about two hundred vanls the re being a fence* *01 t\\0 ( 11 tile two wh* 11 the I:; 1! 1 ;-] ilSUig aci'e-s a crlt; ek an I dim]) and in .. swamp, .Mrs. \\ flien turned back to tin dark spot, where the liflt; lms form ofh- r luishai d lay as if l.a l fallen. The alarm was seen; iwn and :wnmn ana s t d for tin crime. Mrs. I'h tele r ide ntilied one of them as ties man who tin d tin* fatal shot. IMideiice was also a hhmed imnhcfd-ingtle eg r. 11k v arlt; nov. in jail awaidiig the ac-tilt; n el h- :i:: 1 j!{]•;.. Ida ir m a- are Klt; idi B.d m v ai! , \V. A. !fart.
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Bakersfield Kern County Weekly Courier
Bakersfield, California, US
Sat, Apr 20, 1872
Page 2
Full Page
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Cathleen C.
USA 26 Feb 2020
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