Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Thirteenth Year - Number 23
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, August 7, 1902
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DIED IN JAIL.

       Dallas, Aug. 5.--A few hours after he was arrested a man who gave his name as Thomas Hall died yesterday morning at the county jail.  The man was taken in custody in front of Wray Brothers grocery store in West Dallas late Saturday night by constable A. W. High and taken to the jail, where he was locked up after a charge of vagrancy and intoxication had been booked against him.  He was placed in cell No. 10 and during the early morning hours he died.  The other prisoners heard his dying moans and called the jailor, when he arrived the man was found dead in his bunk.
       An inquest was held yesterday by Coroner Edwards, but no verdict will be rendered until an investigation can be made.  The man, when arrested gave his age at 43 to the jailor end (sic) said that he was a railroad workman.  It is believed that he came from Mississippi to Dallas.  He had been a resident here for about six months.  Among his effects is an accident insurance policy for $1000.

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