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Convict purchase leads to murder near Frederick town
Frederick county reports describe a group buying convicts to dispose of them, four left alive near Magar's towns while two to three miles beyond Fredericktown. A servant then fled, the group attacked and murdered their owner, took a pocketbook, and fled to taverns. Neighbors pursued, the murderers were captured and jailed after signing confessions before a magistrate.
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