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Found Guilty

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Parent Issue
Day
12
Month
May
Year
1893
Copyright
Public Domain
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Berrien Sprixgs, Mich., May 6. - fieorge Taylor, alias Hultz, has been found guilty of the murder of Miss Mary Coinely at ïiiles last December and sentenced to life imprisomnent. [In 1890 Taylor was sent to Jackson prison for two years for larceny, the principal witness against him at that time being Miss Comely. H swore that he would be revenged when his time was up. On December 1 last he was released from prison, and subsequent developments showed that he started west Eariy jn the evening ol December 7 Miss Mary Comely was found dead in her house at Niles with her throat cut from ear to ear and her head badly crushed. Suspicion was at once directed at Taylor, but he could not be found. Finally he was captured at Goshen, Ind., on January 16. He endeavored to prove an alibi, but failed.]

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Subjects
Ann Arbor Argus
Old News