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Fear Call From Escaped Convicts

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Parent Issue
Day
14
Month
August
Year
1903
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Charles Andrews Afraid Mining Camp Will

Desperate Character Within Ten Miles of Camp - Raid Camp Provisions

Charles Andrews, who is in charge of the work at the Ann Arbor placer mine in California, writes that their camp is in danger from the escaped convicts from the California prison. When his letter was written, Tuesday last, these convicts were believed to be about ten miles from his camp, which is on the road to the mountains they were thought to be taking. It was feared that they might raid the camp for provisions, with which mining camps are known to be stocked. A lumber camp with 100 men is only half a mile away, but just too far to be called upon for help in case of a sudden raid. The work of digging is going on, but they dare not wash up until after the convicts are known to be well away from that section of the country.