Life and Confession of the Noted Outlaw, James CopelandUniversity Press of Miss., 1980 - 237 pages Confessions of a Southern Mississippi outlaw of the 1830's and 1840's. |
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... brought about by him such as was never before enacted in a land of civilization , for during the time there was not a happy day or restful night so wrought up to dread were the people , brought on by the many daring robberies and ...
... brought about by him such as was never before enacted in a land of civilization , for during the time there was not a happy day or restful night so wrought up to dread were the people , brought on by the many daring robberies and ...
Page 42
... brought in his fellow , and concealed him at the same place where my girl was . The next day about eight o'clock Wages came up ; we were all on the lookout for him . We gave him a hint to come to our place . We showed Wages what a raise ...
... brought in his fellow , and concealed him at the same place where my girl was . The next day about eight o'clock Wages came up ; we were all on the lookout for him . We gave him a hint to come to our place . We showed Wages what a raise ...
Page 197
... brought from the Alabama penitentiary to Mississippi to be tried for the murder of Harvey - pretending then to be a Yankee school master seeking employment- having with him a woman whom he introduced to that Community as his sister and ...
... brought from the Alabama penitentiary to Mississippi to be tried for the murder of Harvey - pretending then to be a Yankee school master seeking employment- having with him a woman whom he introduced to that Community as his sister and ...
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