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Police Regain Loot, Inquiry at Springfield

Date Published: Aug 18, 1908

Media Type: Newspaper Clipping

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Name: William Donegan

Date of Death: Aug 14, 1908

Place of Death: Springfield, Illinois

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Where was this published?

Publication Name: New York Tribune

Location: New York, New York

Black Press: NO

Source: Library of Congress

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On the Home Page: Philadelphia Inquirer, “The Fifth Ward Murders.” Oct 14, 1871. From ProQuest, Philadelphia Inquirer (1860-1934), Afro-American, “Maryland’s Shame Edition.” Dec 12, 1931., Baltimore: Dec 12, 1931. From Internet Archives, Broadbent, Samuel Jr. and Phillips, Henry C., photographers. “Octavius Catto.” Photograph. From National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.

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