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Ex Marion convict recaptured after fatal stabbing flight
Ex Marion, Ill. convict and author Jack Henry Abbott, wanted for questioning in a Lower East Side stabbing, was captured at an oil workers camp outside Morgan City Louisiana. He had been at the camp for some time, earning $4 an hour plus room and board, and was identified from photos provided by New York authorities. Abbott’s book In the Belly of the Beast details his prison years, and royalties have reached about $100,000. He fled after the July 18 incident following a dispute with a waiter at a restaurant near the halfway house.
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New York Times
New York
Jack Henry Abbott
Marion, Ill
Manhattan
Lower East Side
Morgan City
Abbott
New York City
United States Marshal's Office
Daniel Dossett
Russell Galen
Scott Meredith
Mailer
Richard Adan
Adan
Frances Amador
Salt Lake City
Erroll McDonald
Random House
Galen
New Orleans
Patterson Inspection Services
Fred Lee
United States
Lee
Louisiana
Jack Eastman
Jack Jones
Venice
Ramos
Gerald Lopez
New Orleans Parish
Bill Dempsey
Marshals Service