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Constable Shot.—Sheriff Egbert informs ,us that he, on Sunday after*noon last, was down and arrested a■) *reckless and blood-thirsty villain named John Long residing; near .Millersburg, in Behfon! T(^aMp, in this county, for shooting • ^and ■ - fa tally* woundin g Joseph K 3Sa.wkiiis, a constable of the.*■ £ ti a?* */’* £ ■ .1 ■'r ■; ’■ ■ .V. •:. ' , * ! a...-same towhsKip:wwho rwent to arrest said Long ahout 2 otclock:A! tM. Suhr: ?t'-sJday; moning at^faistplace !bf abode for craellylenttipg! Snd; maiming horses,tlio; *' life «ofbishamed|Horr^i who!, had sworn' but a warrant!. fcp: eompel. Long to ;keep the ipeaoe.*,^ ^wkihs was sbot by;Long with a •; rifle justr is he - was 'entering the door to mate the arrest—Long haying i slipped out at the back door audr cime ! around-4he- lt;wrnerv ofs^he house just in time to fire, and hit bis man below the; heart u pom one of* the long ribs and ranging down ward thro* ithe . abdomen. j There./were.- ;no hopes of the life of Hawkins at the time of our interview with’ the' Sheriff. By shrewd ^strategy oh the^part of) the latter, Long was arrested % andaftefa preliminary p examination before the justice, he yra% taken^to Gtoshen and lodged in jail to await trial for the bloody crimbf'He is said‘ftd be a hardenf d viflaioi and guilty of killing a man in Ohio some time ago, and has1 been a terror to the whole neighbor* hood where b/has !lived;f?
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Elkhart Democrat Union
Elkhart, Indiana, US
Fri, Mar 28, 1873
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