23 Nov 1868
Page 1
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Newspaper
Reading Daily Eagle
Location
Reading, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1868
Page
1
A moral about mothers shaping a child’s mind opens the piece, then recounts a Texas tale where Hitt battles a seven foot alligator in a tan yard. G., drawing a gun, shoots the creature as Hitt is toppled, later recovering and joking about the fight.
A 1847 murder near a Nashville linked traveler in St. Louis ends with a 21 year pursuit of the killer. The victim died after a brutal beating near Waddingham pasture and a tavern. Witnesses, including two girls, later reveal the crime and threaten exposure. The suspect, a river packet mate, remains at large.
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