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11 O X.riicket 1C0NTICTS ESCiMLAND,ntrON,COMMODORE MILLER AND TWELV OTHERS AT LARGE.[strictERTSON,igc.[»ly at this of-ud fish at Vile.ace last Sun’s Phil camesing ]ro]crty u Joseph I.as-for the liest preparations washes.*st-class sevv-dng-machine r service than in til is issue.•rat, carried over Peek,This knocks ms on thatbfe sold that Comeau de-Resides the ementof the oyable prcp-r of horses,able and ef-illecl at the entered his s. Mr. Fon-ilar officials o the Dement ami ef-te.who is ad-tarry insur-o regard it awe. We it with one le event of re your life,Lewis.i Oyster Sa-s re-opened ie corner of ipositc tlie e HUppliei is, oysters, will be kept r loaves aThey Appropriate tbe Weapons of th ticuird and Take to the Urush—Sheri Lewis aud His Deputies at Ouco Start i Pnrgalt of the Fugitives.Dallas, Sept 27. — “Commodoi Miller killed his guard and is at larg I again.”Such was the s tartling news received The report spread like wild fire and thousand rumors flew over the city. 3 was reported that Ed Forrester, man a ger of the county convicts, had bee: brained with a rock hurled by Comma dore Miller and then shot with his owi pistol. Little knots of angiy andexcite« men gathered on the street corners ant denounced Commodore in savage terms He was branded as a rape-fieud, a rob her of the boldest type, i murderer and black hearted fiend The excited citizens also denouncec other parties whom they ac cused of saving the neck of Commodore Miller in days gone by. Will Forrester, a guard at the quarries near Eagle Ford, came to the city for assistance tc run down and capture Commodore Miller and twelve other convicts who made their escape at 9 o’clock Monday. Tht facts in the case are as follows:Ed Forrester, manager of the county convicts, hail been working Commodore Miller and twelve other prisoners in the quarries near Eagle Ford. Will Forrester had been assisting him as a guard. Will waB sitting on the bank, sliot gun in hand, when a rock came whizzing along and knocked him flat. At the sani© instant his brother in the pit was knocked down. Both men were overpowered and disarmed. Commodore appropriated the double-barreled shot-gun and pistols to his own use and fled, followed by his companions. Neither of the guards are badly injured.Sheriff Lewis and his deputies at once started in pursuit of the fugitives. A posse of police officers and another posse of citizens headed by Constable Morton and Ford House also secured horses aud putting spurs to them, rode away in the direction of Eagle Ford.Two months ago Commodore Miller was convicted in the county court of carrying concealed weapons and fined $200 and costs, and given a jail sentence. Judge Bower warned the guards that Commodore Miller was a desperate man, aud ordered them to keep the ball and chain on him at all1 times. Commodore behaved himself, won the confidence of the Forresters and the irons, it is said, were removed. He is armed to the teeth and^a bloody fight is sure to follow if he is surrounded by the officers on histrail;:don\put in anrs !rietor ami ill. Ravuf, :o establishcoast the fislyinFrom the Deck.L 26.—A sea se arauce a few berdeenshire^-'pfg crew of boat Harbinger asserts that an extraordinary a neckmstiwith
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Saint Landry Clarion
Opelousas, Louisiana, US
Sat, Oct 08, 1892
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