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The Southern Enterprise
Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina
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A newspaper reports a mysterious claim of arresting Baker, the killer of Bill Poole, near Carrollton, with plans to transport him to New York. Initially dismissed as a hoax, the sighting of a heavily ironed man on a steamer lends credibility. Source: N.O. Delta, 27th.
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A day or two since an individual called at our office, and stated that he had arrested Baker, the man who killed Bill Poole, had him even then at a place, near Carrollton, heavily ironed, and under strict surveillance, intending to carry him to New York as soon as possible. He gave us the information as an item of news. We were, however, disposed to look upon the matter as either a hoax, or else the individual in question was out of his mind. But subsequent events give an air of probability of his statement. That same evening a man was placed on board one of our steamers, so heavily ironed that he could not move a muscle, and in this condition was conveyed up the river. The question now is, "Was it Baker?" We shall very soon probably receive a solution of the mystery by way of New York: N. O. Delta, 27th.
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Near Carrollton, Up The River, To New York
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A Day Or Two Since; N. O. Delta, 27th
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An individual claims to have arrested Baker, killer of Bill Poole, near Carrollton, heavily ironed and under surveillance for transport to New York. Newspaper initially suspects hoax or madness, but a heavily ironed man boards a steamer that evening, raising the question if it was Baker.