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Attack on Recorder's Court in Betws St Louis 1861
Reporting from June 17 1861 near the Recorder's Court on Seventh and Locust streets in St Louis a military company fired on civilians killing four and mortally wounding two with one officer dying at once and Deputy Marshal later gravely wounded conflicting causes cited including a window shot or accidental discharge. Names of the dead include Jabez Ferris Curran Tracey Leslie Cella and Byrne of Chicago.
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St. Louis
Seventh and
Locustastreets
Recorder’s
Pratt
Franzo
Recorder Peers
Jabez Ferris
Curran Tracey
Leslie Cella
Byrne
Chicago
Hazlett
Vienna
Barley
Paddock
Pease
Alexandria