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Sheriff Wright transferred Charles Rusk to the penitentiary this morn ing. A jury of his peers having found him guilty of manslaughter fixed his punishment at five years imprison ment. Upon that service he now en ters. He is indebted to one member of the jury for this moderate sentence, the other eleven having held out strongly for judgment more nearly in accord with the enormity of his crime. ‘Two considerations plead for some mercy to the prisoner, his extreme youth and the fact that he is an epi leptic. These influences no doubt tempered the judgment of the jurors and secured for the prisoner exemp tion from the severest penalty known to the law.
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Kokomo Evening Gazette Tribune

Kokomo, Indiana, US

Wed, Jun 13, 1888

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