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Prisoner in City Jail Charged with Homicide
A man named Robert Lee, detained on a charge of hi m, made two attempts to escape the city prison, first using his own belt and later the belt, with turnkeys forced to intervene. Seventeen men and four women were rounded up in a Hancock county raid on Brown's Island in the Ohio river near Toronto. Police reported 406 gallons of mash and arrests mostly from Steubenville. fines were issued and three jailed for default of $200 plus costs.
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Robert Lee
Toronto
Sherr
Mercer
Hancock County
W. Va
Brown's Island
Ohio River
Here
Steubenville