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San Francisco Soldier Sentenced for Life in Soper Murder
Telegraph dispatches report Thomas N. Bateman a private in the 2nd U S Cavalry was sentenced to life imprisonment at San Quentin for murdering Sergeant Soper at the Presidio. Other items note absconding clerk John K Williams with 3200, a mob lynching in Banged Helens, and international dispatches on arbitration in Tangier and other events.
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San Francisco
Thomas N. Bateman
U. 8. Cavalry
Soper
Presidio
San Quentin
Philadelphia
John K. Williams
Sam
W. Wray
California
Banged
Helens
Cal
John Wright
Budd Vann
Sweden
United States
National Theater
Cleveland
George Washington
Grecle
General Sheridan
New York
M. Roustan