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Show Preferred Prison to Death. Cincinnati. "Take this poison, Jailer. It was given to me to end my life rather than to suffer the disgrace of imprisonment in the penitentiary. But I have concludod to live." This declaration was mado by John H. Mackle, former owner of a sporting goods store In Columbus, O., ns he was taken from tho Jail hero to tho Columbus penltentlnry on Friday tc servo a sentence of five years for em-bebzling em-bebzling funds from his wife's grandmother. grand-mother. He was arrested ip Ijos An-goles, An-goles, Cal., In company with a woman, |