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NO. 125.Hinshaw Will be Knows as Such Hereafter.Jeffersonville, Ind., Nov. 12.— Wra E. Hinshaw, convicted of having murdered his wife, was received at the Indiana Prison South last Thursday morning. On arriving at the pen, Hinshaw was turned over to Warden Hert. In company with a guard, Hinshaw escorted to the tailor shop, measurements taken and description, scars and general mape-up noted. His suit of stripes was handed him, and then he was taken to the bath room where he divest ;d himself of his fashionable suit of clothes to don a prison garb.He looked the picture of despair. Turning forward Warden Ilert, he said: “I do not expect to be herelong, as 1 anticipate a new trial, but while here, I intend to conform to the rules and discipline of this prison.Hinshaw’s number is 125, he weighs 190 pounds and appears to have been well treated in the Danville jailFor the present he will be given odd tasks, but when the manufac turing of shoes is under way he will be ordered to that contract. Min show was received also by Captain Wood, whc has made him principal of the prison school. To the chap lain he said: “Brother this is moreth*in I can hear. The thought o! this living tomb has crushed me.'1
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Leavenworth Crawford County Democrat

Leavenworth, Indiana, US

Thu, Nov 14, 1895

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