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PRISONER S MURDEROUS ACTRalph Lee Assails Constable and Makes Good His Escape.Columbus, Ind., Aug. 24. — William Wright, sixty years old, a deputy constable here, is dying from a fractured skull and Ralph Lee, twenty years old, Is a fugitive as the result of an assault with an iron bar on the officer by Lee.Wright opened the door to the jailto admit another prisoner, when Lee, who was standing ready at the door, struck the deputy constable, knocking him unconscious and making good his escape.Lee was awaiting trial on seven charges of burglary.
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Portland Commercial Review
Portland, Indiana, US
Tue, Aug 25, 1914
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