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Show v M HI JA P 1 V A s 1 1 B k It fSraOOrivJSsL When Ten Confederate Soldiers Were Shot m. in Palmyra, Mo. t Palmfra, Mo . Nov. 2$ Mrs. Sarali i I Lcn, one of the oldest members p(v 'ja farnli.v famous In Missouri .civil I war historv, died todav, aged SO. She was a daughter of Andrew Alsman. whoso abduction by Confederate soldiers sold-iers brought about the fumous Pal- j j myra massacre. ! Union officers issued a proclama- I tion that if Alsman was not returned in ten days Confederate soldiers would bo shot in retaliation. Alsman was not returned What became of him remains a mystery. Ten Confederate Confeder-ate soldiers were 1 alien from prison, seated on pino coffins and shot. |