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PRISON LIFE AGREES \WITH BERT WATSONNegro Sent Up From this County for Life Has Gained 21 Pounds inYear—Employed in the dBarber Shop.Deputy Sheriff Country man whilenStlwin Michigan City Tuesday talked t.clt;a!einwith Burt Watson, the negro who was convicted of murder in the local court a year ago. Watson is now employed in the barber shop of the penitentiary and enjoys a great deal j, of freedom. Prison life agrees with ^ him as he weighed 119 pounds when he was sentenced and now lifts the ^ scales at MO pounds. Mrs. Watson has obtained employment in Chica- \ go in order to he near her husband.i*1Watson stated that he intended to f, make, application for pardon in i\;\s short time. He was sentenced to Michigan City for life for the murder of Clinton Young, a Logansport' j| brakeman.ii
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Monticello White County Democrat
Monticello, Indiana, US
Fri, Apr 27, 1917
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