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Dying Trooper Haley's Heroic Last Words Spur Manhunt
Pennsylvania State Police recounts Trooper Francis Haley shot on Lincoln Highway near Graefenburg Inn while stopping a bank robbery suspect from Abbottstown Adams County. His dying plea get that man spurred a nationwide manhunt leading to the capture and conviction of the murderer amid a crackdown on bootlegging and liquor raids.
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Blue Ridge Mountains
Keystone Commonwealth
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New York
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