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CRIMINAL OFFENSES. [[4 columned table]] | DATE. | NAME AND RACE OF CRIMINAL. | NAME AND RACE OF PERSON INJURED. | Nature of offense; Statement of circumstances; Action taken by Courts and Bureau, &c., &c. | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1868. 3 April | A.J. Muckleroy w. | W.H. Casper w. | Murder. Statement annexed. | | 3 April | Unknown | Ben Wood cold | Murder. The freedman had been arrested for stealing hogs, had escaped from jail, rearrested, and gaurded in a Store by some of the City cus. of Homer, the gaurd I suppose had too much Whiskey, and they slept and when they awoke their prisoner had vamoused together with $175.00 in gold & $100.00 in currency in passing Cheseland the f.m.c. tried to purchase a revolver, the people seeing he had money, followed him and murdered him. When found, the money was [[strikethrough]] go [[/strikethrough]] gone, and his body partly eaten by the wolves. |