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The Southern Press
Washington, District Of Columbia
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In Philadelphia on May 26, convict John Book lured a 9-year-old girl into woods near Roxborough, brutally assaulted her, causing her death the next night. He was arrested and identified by the dying child, nearly lynched by her father and friends.
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PHILADELPHIA, May 26.-An old convict named John Book, enticed a little girl, between nine and ten years of age, on Monday last, into the woods near Roxborough, and perpetrated a most brutal outrage on her person. The child when found could not stand, and after lingering in great misery died last night from the effects of the outrage. The wretch has been arrested, identified by the child before her death, and committed for trial. It was with difficulty that the execution of summary vengeance on him by the father and friends of the child could be prevented.
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Woods Near Roxborough, Philadelphia
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Monday Last (Prior To May 26)
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An old convict named John Book enticed a little girl aged nine or ten into the woods near Roxborough and committed a brutal outrage on her, leading to her death after great misery; he was arrested, identified by the child before her death, and committed for trial, with her father and friends nearly executing summary vengeance.