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Caught.

--A prisoner confined in Castle Godwin very deliberately walked off yesterday, in full view of the guard, who said he didn't like to shoot a man. The fugacious party was taken as he was swimming Shockoe Creek, brought back, and securely ironed.

The Daily Dispatch: June 6, 1862. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. June 6, 1862. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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