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An Escapade and its consequences.

--A negro fellow named Wm. H. Ross, who manages to get into the clutches of the police just often enough to pass two-thirds of his existence in the jail and chain-gang, recently got tired of the latter institution and cut stick. The police, who never fail when Bill is the game on hand, apprehended him directly. The Mayor, on Saturday, ordered him thirty-nine, and restored him to the ranks.

The Daily Dispatch: may 20, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. may 20, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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