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Convicts Escape Raid Turns Deadly in Oregon Hunt
Sheriff Grant and posse engage two convicts after a nighttime ambush near Buena Vista. Carter falls to a Whit ebetter 30 30 shot and Ferris is wounded as Duncan and Wright are killed or wounded. pursuit continues toward Independence with bloodhounds and subsequent manhunt ending with capture and transport to Salem.
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James Prather
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Marshal Fragles
Constable Hamilton
Albert Ferris
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George Wright
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Warren Curthy
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Sheriff Grant