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Plucky Ida Kurtz Serves as Deputy Sheriff at Prison
Ida Kurtz daughter of Franklin county Sheriff accompanied by a tall man in bracelets delivered his prisoner Thomas J. Cunningham to the Eastern Penitentiary. Warden Cassidy noted it was the first time a woman deputy sheriff conducted the transfer, calling the trip a family affair and Cunningham well-behaved.
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Richard Carr
Ontario
M. J. Clark
Carr
John Ryerson
Vittoria
Smith
Thayera
Buffalo
John Rolf
Egerton Ryerson
Rolf
Smnith
Toronto
Sir John Colborn
Jess
John
Bates
Ryerson
Flis
Rend
Ida Kurtz
Franklin County Po
Astern Penitentiary
Cassidy
Miss Kurta
Mary
Thomas J. Cunningham
Chambersburg
Cunningham
Kurtz
Philadelphia