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The Saint Paul Globe
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
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James McTaige, a convict in Auburn Prison, New York, died from burns after a naphtha explosion in his cell last night. He had smuggled the substance for cooking and was serving a five-year sentence for grand larceny, set to expire in March.
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AUBURN, N. Y., Jan. 24.- Warden Stout, of the prison here, gave out a statement to the press today of the burning to death of a convict in the prison last night. The unfortunate man was James McTaige, sentenced from New York county for a term of five years, in 1893, for grand larceny. McTaige had smuggled naphtha to his cell on the fifth gallery of the south wing, which he was using for cooking purposes. About 5:30 p. m., an explosion occurred, and the guards and waiters immediately went to the scene, but McTaige was enveloped in flames, and was so seriously burned that the efforts of the physicians summoned proved to be unavailing, and he died a few hours later. His time would have expired in March next.
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Auburn, N. Y.
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Last Night (Jan. 23)
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mctaige died from severe burns a few hours after the explosion; his sentence would have expired in march next.
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James McTaige, a convict sentenced in 1893 from New York county for five years for grand larceny, smuggled naphtha to his cell in the fifth gallery of the south wing of Auburn Prison for cooking. At about 5:30 p.m., an explosion occurred, enveloping him in flames. Guards and waiters responded immediately, but physicians' efforts failed, and he died a few hours later.