Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE DAILY DEMOCRAT
Thirteenth Year - Number 44
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, July 03, 1902
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A LIVELY CHASE
Constable John P. Atkinson had a lively
chase Monday afternoon after a negro whom he had arrested on a warrant from
Milam county.
When he arrived at the Peacock corner and
the negro saw the county jail, he attempted to trip the constable and broke away
in a run with Atkinson right after him.
He ran through and out at the back door of
Peacock's saloon and through the Arcade across Live Oak street and headed for
the southern limits of the city.
The constable and a crowd of people gave
pursuit but the fleet-footed son of Ham eluded his pursuers and made his escape.
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by The Democrat, Marlin, Falls Co., Texas