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Story March 22, 1894

The Indianapolis Journal

Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

What is this article about?

In Brazil, Ind., on March 21, Theodore Taylor, a mysterious hermit, pleaded guilty to stock stealing and received a one-year prison sentence. He had hidden a young Ohio girl in a remote hut near Cloverland; they were recently captured. Suspected escaped convict wanted in multiple states, but reticent about crimes.

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A Mysterious Hermit Criminal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal

BRAZIL, Ind., March 21.—Theodore Taylor to-day pleaded guilty to stock stealing and was sentenced to one year in the Prison South. Taylor is the man who brought a young girl from Ohio and secreted her in a lonely hut in a wood near Cloverland, where they were captured recently. He is also believed to be an escaped convict from the Ohio penitentiary at Columbus, is wanted in Illinois, also in Vigo county, this State, and in Oklahoma, but he was so reticent that none of the crimes could be fastened on him.

What sub-type of article is it?

Crime Story Mystery Biography

What themes does it cover?

Crime Punishment Deception Justice

What keywords are associated?

Stock Stealing Escaped Convict Mysterious Hermit Secreted Girl Prison Sentence

What entities or persons were involved?

Theodore Taylor

Where did it happen?

Brazil, Ind., Near Cloverland

Story Details

Key Persons

Theodore Taylor

Location

Brazil, Ind., Near Cloverland

Event Date

March 21

Story Details

Theodore Taylor pleaded guilty to stock stealing and was sentenced to one year in the Prison South. He brought a young girl from Ohio and secreted her in a lonely hut in a wood near Cloverland, where they were captured recently. He is believed to be an escaped convict from the Ohio penitentiary at Columbus and is wanted in Illinois, Vigo county, this State, and Oklahoma, but was so reticent that none of the crimes could be fastened on him.

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