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Victim Of The Virden Mob

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Parent Issue
Day
28
Month
October
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

   Springfield, Ills., Oct. 25.- Corporal Charles Francis, of troop A, First Illinois cavalry squadron, has been taken from Virden to his home in Chicago, suffering from a bullet wound sustained in a skirmish with rioters in the village. The soldier's injury is not serious. The skirmish in which the corporal was injured occurred the night of Oct. 17, but the matter was kept secret by the officers.