Logan Republican | 1903-08-22 | Page 2 | Convict Killed by Jailer |

Type	issue
Date	1903-08-22
Paper	Logan Republican
Language	eng
City	Logan
County	Cache
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	Convict Killed by Jailer
Type	article
Date	1903-08-22
Paper	Logan Republican
Language	eng
City	Logan
County	Cache
Page	2
OCR Text	Show CONVICT KILLED BY JAILER. Attempted to Take Keys Away From Guard and Was Shot. Jnmes Williams, prlsonor In tho Btnto penitentiary at Rawlins, Wyo., wns shot in the head Tuesday night by tbo night turnkey, E. R. Godson, and died a fow hours after from tho wound. Williams Is tho prisoner who escaped from tho Institution Juno Cth nnd was caught a fow days after by . Deputy Sheriff Dodgo near Dixon. Since that tlmu bo has given tho pcnl-! pcnl-! tentlary officials all kinds of trouble I Tho turnkey wont to Williams' cell to bco If ho hod been tampering with tho lock, when' tho prisoner assaulted Williams, Wil-liams, and In tho sculllo was Bhot nnd killed.
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