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Show A Thief Turns Murderer. At the ne of 25, and after a criminal career hardly equaled by most vicious men of twice his years, Edward Blair, apparently, appar-ently, has "reached the end of his rope." He began his life of outlawry with petty theft. Now he ia in jail at Ieipsic, O., on a charge of murder. v His victim was Arthur Henry, station agent of the Nickel Plate railway at Harts-burg, Harts-burg, Putnam county, O. One day in March, Blair with two companions, now also under arrest, entered the depot at the place mentioned and attempted at-tempted to rob the money drawer. Mr. Henry gallantly gal-lantly and successfully success-fully defended his x trust, but in so doing lost his life, for Blair put a outlet tnrougn Edward BLAIR. his brain. Detectives Detec-tives followed the assassins persistently and finally achieved their capture. Since his 10th year Blair has been known as a highway robber, burglar, sneak thief and all round "crook." In 1880 be was sentenced to the Ohio penitentiary for a term of seven years for burglary. After serving four months he was taken to Hills-boro Hills-boro to appear as a witness. He jumped from a train and escaped, and the first exploit ex-ploit that brought htm to public notice thereafter was the murder of Henry. |