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Robbery and arrest after Chester county cattle sale
A Chester county man arriving in town on Saturday sold cattle for about 800. On Sunday he was befriended by four strangers who plied him with drink, slept with him, and stole his cash. Three rogues were captured. the fourth, with the largest share of the money, remains at large as officers pursue him. In Georgetown a colored man named Owas Olwen, who shot David Barton, was sold at the courthouse to Capt. L. L. Lyons for 100 and then transferred to James Vaughan for 200 as plans to move him South were revealed. Olwen resisted and fought Vaughan before being secured and sent to Laurel.
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Ofiester
Cloyeli
J. Moreton Poole
Chester
Ept
Morpheus
The
Law
W Tmnington Journal
Owas Olwen
David Barton
Court House
Georgetown
L. L. Lyons
Lewestown
James Vaughan
Laurel
Oliver
Capt. Lyons
Lawes Town
Thee
Vaughan
Messick
Vermont Caledonian
Island Pond
Montreal
Homo
Walter Scott
Meg Merriles
States
Queen Victoria
Vinginla
Anita
Richmond
Chesterfield County
Phaup
Vaden
Haman
Charlestown
Jefferson County
Hessini Beall
Jesse Miller
Ridgway Farm and Coal, Company
Elk Gottaty
Chilton
Liverpool
Pottsville
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Erie
Halland
Charles K. Landis
Franklin Butler
Dressoper
Samuel W. Vattela
Sec’y
Walnut St
North Side
RH. F. Hoover
Dover
Kent County
Bla
H. F. Hoover
S. Second St
Dock
West Side
Philad’a
B. Peterson
Chestnut Street
T. B. Peterson
Peterson’s
Cel
Milford
Bennett’s Pier
Delaware Bay
Sussex County
Del
Kent
Sussex Counties
North Milford
Geo. B. Dickson
Delaware
Edward Lyden
Thos. Todd
Rach
C. H. Heverin
Little Creek Landing
Kent Co