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Par A negro, an escaped convict from tho Penitentiary, was seen lurk iog about here yesterday and bis whereabouts being made known, to Marshal Weiss and Constable Young, by a negro woman, those lt;ffijers set about to effect his arrest. The negro on being discovered, ran for some distance and refused to etop, when Mr. Young shot him, the ball taking effect in the abdomen. The wounded man was lying very low when our reporter saw him.
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Baton Rouge Tri Weekly Gazette Comet
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US
Tue, Feb 18, 1868
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