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JAMES BURNS* CAPTURE.0 ! It is Believed that He Has Given the Officers the Names of His Liberators.Collins, Juue 3.—James Burns, who was liberated from the Williamsburg jail last Friday night, was captured Sunday night near Taylorsville by a I Mr. Mayfield, to whom Sheriff Matlii-*' son paid $150 reward.It is believed that Burns has given the names of his liberators to the officers on condition that his sentence be commuted to life imprisonment.U Those people who have delayed Burns’ execution on the plea that the county would be disgraced should he be hanged should now be in an advanced state of moral jirn jams.*1-)fIP\ D \ VC
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Hattiesburg Daily Progress
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, US
Wed, Jun 03, 1903
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