Private John Leponte
 

Kentucky Post, Tuesday, 30 August 1904, page 5


Constable Thomas Evans of Magistrate Donelan's court, Monday night arrested John Leponte on a charge of being a deserter from the army. Leponte, when arrested was acting as a bartender at Cook's saloon, at Front and York sts. Newport.

It is alleged that on July 15 Leponte, with two other prisoners made their escape from Ft Thomas. Leponte was a member of Company C, Twenty-seventh Infantry and his home is in Philadelphia.

 

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