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Show Dlnl In Prison. Chkstkh. III.. Aug. I. Frank Abuer died in the penitentiary this morning of consumption. He was received there on the iMrd day of April, from Hardm county, under a twenty-live year sen-tence'for sen-tence'for murder. Ho was only 1 years old when he was received in prison. His father and mother died when he was only 1 year old. and ho was raised by bis grandmother. He wauled bis grand mother to permit bun and some of his associates to play cards in her house. When she objected he murdered her with a hatchet. lie was an exceedingly bright boy, but had evidently evi-dently been humored and petted loo much by his old grandma. Ho never denied his guilt or expressed any regret for the crime. A few hours before he died he was asked by the chaplaiu to pray. He said it Is "too late," and died without hope. |