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Show CAYEiilJE .PEPPER;"' DLINDS OniCER - -A Condemned Prisoner Throws Pepper Into Eyes of Deputy Sheriff in Spite of Manacled Hands. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 27. Joseph Wright, a etreet car robber who waa convicted in the Circuit court yesterday on a charge of complicity in the murder of John Keith, attempted to blind Uep-uty Uep-uty Sheriff Richard Feltz last rright. With hands manacled, Wright succeeded suc-ceeded in getting a package of cayenne fepper from his pocket. Without warn-ng warn-ng he' dashed it into the eyes of the officer. Half blinded Feitz drew a revolver re-volver and one of several shots brought Wright to the ground. Wright was sentenced sen-tenced to a term of fourteen years. |