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Newspaper
Peru Free Press
Location
Peru, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1853
Page
2
The article recounts an extended warm spell with temperatures reported in the shade and a community voice worried about paper funding and suspension. It segues into a grim accident at Sharon Spring and an escaped convict from Van Dieman's Land, Patrick O Donohue, detailing his perilous journey to freedom and eventual capture.
A.M. Ballou, keeper of a New Orleans grocery, is arrested for the murder of Eliza Phillips alias Eliza Love, 17. The corpse was found in a St. Peter Street room with a fatal head wound, suggesting blunt force. Ballou, who lodged with her, allegedly planned to hide the body with a large trunk after fleeing to a river crossing.
A letter from Neamoor aska details a brutal murder by Pelletier of Lebel with twenty four wounds after a quarrel over harsh treatment in-law. Pelletier surrenders to the jailer crying for mercy as investigators pursue him. Separate fires at several stables in Browning Delzalls Linois and surrounding alleys are blamed on incendiaries, prompting calls for better water access and insurance.
A July 28 1853 report from Osracin describes a fatal confrontation three miles east of Porest City. Fullam slandered two women, leading to a feud in which Lovell wounded Fullam with a pitchfork and Lovell’s shot killed Fullam and gravely wounded Fullam’s wife. Both assailants were arrested and council of the case follows.
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