A DIABOLICAL PLOT.
WASHINGTON, Jas. 3. Seven, Negro servants of Colonel Paxton, of Arcola, Illinois, plotted together to rob the house and then burn it down. . The better to carry <rat their purpose, they dragged the members of the household by tampering with their coffee.; but the sopormc proved ineffective, and in some instances the victims awoke. The result was that the criminals were all captured, and it is fully expected that they mil be lynched.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6437, 5 January 1889, Page 4
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76A DIABOLICAL PLOT. Star (Christchurch), Issue 6437, 5 January 1889, Page 4
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