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Tough Tramps

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Parent Issue
Day
23
Month
December
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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Last Sunday evening there was quite a hubub raised in Milán, over a rumor that a Wabash freight had been held up by four tramps. It all simmered down to the fact that four negroes had attempted or did steal a ride out from Detroit on a freight train, and that when the brakeman ordered them off one drew a'gun on him. The officers here arrested three oí them- William Turner, James Smith and Sam Conley - but the fourth, who handled the gun, escaped. The three were arraigned before Judge Doyle Tuesday morning where they pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing a ride and were sentenced to pay a fine of $5 each anc costs and 30 days in the county jail at Ann Arbor. They were taken to Ann Arbor Tuesday afternoon by local offlcers. J. B. Sallitt, Wabash detective caused the arrest of the fellows by telegraph, and was here during the

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Subjects
Old News
Ann Arbor Register