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Newspaper
Metropolis Register
Location
Metropolis, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1851
Page
4
Police uncover a gang of five or six youths blamed for forty three fires over eighteen months destroying hotels stores dwellings churches and more. They face first degree arson charges with possible death penalty. one helper saved a church library and but also helped light a church fire.
A Philadelphia Inquirer correspondent cites a New York source claiming a new expedition to Cuba is forming. It supposedly gathers 300 men from the South and other ports including New Orleans and Mobile, with departures from Yucatan and New Orleans aboard the Gain toward Cuba. The Ledger notes town chatter of a rendezvous on Water Street with possible embarkation, while authorities pledge vigilance to protect treaties.
The fragmented OCR suggests Prentice faced indictment in Alabama for severely wounding an alien with an axe. The source is garbled but implies a claim of self defense or mistaken identity and mentions a robbery context tied to the event.
A country fellow walking along the street is accosted by a wag who thrusts his head from a window and jokes about the squire’s arrival. The squire retorts that his head should be pulled in or his folks would think him host to a slaughter-house.
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