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oldest of whom was born a year after the crime,
wept and went hungry in a shack in the mining

district as the march of events forced Ross to-

ward the scaffold, He must face the court again
in March, the Prosecutor said KHXA¥ today. Ross
escape in 191) caused a sensation in Clarksburg,
Alone in his cell, he pried open s trap door and
dropped into a sewer. For seventeen years there
have been intermittent séarches for him." GLOBR-

oldest of whom was born a year after the crime,
wept and went hungry in a shack in the mining

district as the march of events forced Ross to-
ward the scaffold, He must face the court again
in March, the Prosecutor said KHXA¥ today. Ross
escape in 191) caused a sensation in Clarksburg,
Alone in his cell, he pried open sa trap door and
dropped into a sewer, For seventeen years there
have been intermittent séarches for him.” GLOBE-
DEMOCRAT, St. Douis, Mo., January 8, 1932.

oldest gf whom was bom 2 yeer after the crime,
wept 8nd went hungry in a shack in the mini
distrige cautiaimecnmCcia certs ce cchrceat tc
ward the scaffold, He must face the court again
in March, the Prosecutor said XSXK¥ today. Ross
escape in 191) caused # sensation in Clarksburg,

dropped into a sewer,
have been intermittent sérches for him.” CLOBE-

DEMOCRAT, St, Douis, Mo,, Jenuary 8, 1932.

ROSS, Louis, |

(Evidently not hanged'- W. Va.)

"Pittsbureh, Pa., Jan. 7, 1932—-The state .prepar-~
ed today to hang Louis Ross, identified today in
Clarksburg as "Prank Pauletta"™, who escaped from
‘the Harrison county jail in 191), four days be-
fore he was to have been hanced for murder.
Whisked scross the Pennsylvania line today to
West Virginia, after his arrest at Coverdale,
Ross is in the Clarksburg Jail, awaiting the pro
cess of the law intended to send him to the gal-
lows. Ross, captured after a 3=mile pursuit
through winding mine tunnels, was identified by

a dozen Gholaomt ce Spe Hi AN and pnerit et, sutnn
C

have sprun e trap wh
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ROSS, Louis,
(Evidently not hanged '- W. Va.)
"Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 7, 1932<-The s tate .prepar=
ed today to hang Louis Ross, identified today in
Clarksburg as "Frank Pauletta™, who escaped from|
the Harrison county jail in 191, four days be-
fore he was to have been hanced for murder,
Whisked across the Pennsylvania line today to
West Virginia, after his arrest at Coverdale,
Ross is in the Clarksburg Jail, awaiting the pro
cess of the law intended to send him to the gal-
lows. Ross, captured after a 3-mile pursuit
through winding mine tunnels, was identified by
a dozen citizens of Clarksburg end s She ee cn uinn

h ra h
&hg, 8a, Wepauat wife cand: our ob Lid Hone ee A

ROSS, Louis,

(Evidently not henged’- W. Va.

"Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 7, 1932-The state prepar-|
ed today to hang Louis Ross, identified today in|
Clarksburg as "Frank Pauletta", who escaped fron
the Harrison county jail in 191\, four days be-
fore he was to heve been hanced for murder,
Whisked cross the Pennsylvania line today to

West Virginia, after his arrest at Coverdale,
Ross is in the Clarksburg Jail, awaiting the pro|
cess of the law intended to send him to the gal-|
lows, Ross, captured after a 3-mile pursuit
through winding mine tunnels, was identified by

2no hn, SaGLuse ppeaversprane fe ches vail he
S9oRBR, Ross? wRrd"Ina Four chilarens the

te hanged'~ We Vee)



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