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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Raymond Mosley, an escaped convict serving life for murder, was recaptured in Pittsburgh, Pa., after fleeing the Meriwether County chain gang on March 10, 1934, and returned to Greenville, Ga.
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GREENVILLE, Ga. - (SNS)
Recaptured in Pittsburgh, Pa., Raymond Mosley, who escaped from the Meriwether county chain gang on March 10, 1934, has been returned to this city.
Mosley, who is the last of four prisoners who overpowered a guard and escaped to be taken into custody, is serving a life sentence for murder. He was sent to the Meriwether gang from Spalding county.
Capt. Roy Seay, county warden who returned him from the northern city, states that records at the prison commission office in Atlanta list Mosley as having escaped once before, on July 20, 1932. He was recaptured the same day.
The man started serving his sentence on February 18, 1930.
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Greenville, Ga.
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recaptured in pittsburgh, pa., and returned to custody in greenville, ga.; last of four escapees to be caught.
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Raymond Mosley escaped from the Meriwether county chain gang on March 10, 1934, by overpowering a guard with three others; he was recaptured in Pittsburgh, Pa., and returned by Capt. Roy Seay; serving life sentence for murder from Spalding county since February 18, 1930; previous escape on July 20, 1932, recaptured same day.