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The Advance
Jamesburg, Middlesex County, New Jersey
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In Pulaski County, Indiana, a temporary jail constructed from a barred freight car was accidentally coupled to a through freight train and carried off, taking three prisoners—one arrested for chicken stealing and two indicted for assault—with it. No trace has been found.
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The Pulaski County, Indiana, jail was stolen the other night and no trace of it can be found. The old jail was torn down to make place for a new one. In the meantime a freight car on the Panhandle side track was sheeted with iron, barred up and used as a temporary jail. There were three prisoners in it, one a "weary waggles," arrested for chicken stealing, and two men indicted for assault. The other night a through freight train coupled on to the jail by mistake and carried it off. No trace of it has yet been found.
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Pulaski County, Indiana
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The Other Night
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no trace of it has yet been found
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The old jail was torn down to make place for a new one. In the meantime a freight car on the Panhandle side track was sheeted with iron, barred up and used as a temporary jail. There were three prisoners in it, one a "weary waggles," arrested for chicken stealing, and two men indicted for assault. The other night a through freight train coupled on to the jail by mistake and carried it off.