Four Prisoners Burned Alive
Parent Issue
Day
5
Month
April
Year
1888
Copyright
Public Domain
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Msmphis, Tena, April 4. - An awful trasedy occurred Monday night at Friar's Point, Miss., In the burning of the jail and Vhe four felons there contined awalting theii transportion to the penitentiary. One oï the priBoners, who had been Bentenoed to ten yearb' imprieonment for arson, Bet Ére to the jail in the hope of esoaping, and, as tt was f ound impossible to gain an éntrance from the outeide and extinquish the flmeF, the four wretches were burned alive.
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Old News
Ann Arbor Register