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The Waco Evening News
Waco, Mclennan County, Texas
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In Tulia, Swisher County, prisoner Bud Hill hid and struck Jailer Loftin on the head with a stick during feeding time, leading to a hand-to-hand fight where both were badly injured.
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When Jailer Loftin went to feed the prisoners in the jail at Tulia, Swisher county, a few days since, he, as usual, turned them from the run-around into the cells, and seeing several of them go to the cells thought all had obeyed order. Bud Hill had hid himself in a cell which was not locked, and when Loftin was arranging dinner Hill struck him on the back of the head with a stick which the prisoners were using for stirring the fire. In making the stroke the end of the stick struck the bars, but for this the prisoner would have brained Loftin. Loftin, a stout man, and he went into a hand-to-hand fight with Hill, and when assistance reached the jail both men were badly used up.
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Tulia, Swisher County
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A Few Days Since
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both men were badly used up
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When Jailer Loftin went to feed the prisoners in the jail at Tulia, Swisher county, a few days since, he turned them from the run-around into the cells, and seeing several of them go to the cells thought all had obeyed order. Bud Hill had hid himself in a cell which was not locked, and when Loftin was arranging dinner Hill struck him on the back of the head with a stick which the prisoners were using for stirring the fire. In making the stroke the end of the stick struck the bars, but for this the prisoner would have brained Loftin. Loftin, a stout man, and he went into a hand-to-hand fight with Hill, and when assistance reached the jail both men were badly used up.