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Wrightsville Robbers Capture After Crossing Bridge
Confederate era style report details Wrightsville residents pursuing armed robbers across a bridge and through towns. The gang, identified as Smarth and Reine, fled after firing on pursuers at frederick Kauffeld’s jewelry shop. later caught near Inlay. One suspect, Reichard, connected to Civil War era ventures, dies by suicide. A separate report notes Isaac Walters found dead near Pocomoke City after murdering Mamie Gumby.
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North
Wrightevillé
Kimech
Mr. Warfield
bers
zens
Frederick Kauffeld
don
Wrightsville
passbridge
Inlay
Bay
Columbia
Harrisburg
Warflela
George Smarth
Philadelphia
John Reine
Middletown
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York
gay Sulth
expresa
Lewistown narrows
Pocomoke
Isaac Walters
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Mamie Gumby
Macomoke City