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IlhCH |H‘fl * t-lirnsk I t*u.Yesterday uiomiop Thotuas Fitzpatrick arre ted a negro mi the levee hear Grand avenue, who au~men*d the de-script ion of Stephen June.**, une uf the escaped prisoners tioiii the Lineon jail. [ • loue* i- five 'eet lour inches stout ,built, short hair, twenty years old, andwas in the penitentiary fur murder. A reward of $ldn Is offered fur his capture. | When arrested, Jones cloudy denied being the prisoner for whom he wan ta ken, but couldn't stand cross-examination, and soon made praunutuifu cui’ti^h to convict lit in. Fitzpatrick -aid to him, “Jonex if I re lea e yen, will you give me infer ui a lion erne ernifu the tab nee of the prisoners ?*' To which he icplied*‘.Nn. i i! be d d il I wid inform onthem d 1 urn kept iu the penitentiary I ten years for it/’ jMarshal p era ha- telegraphed [•lt; die Sheriff of Doughs tummy to comedown after the prisoner.—Jl'ihhs Lit*, J**ur~ i nal, May 7*
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Plattsmouth Nebraska Herald

Plattsmouth, Nebraska, US

Thu, May 18, 1871

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