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Angola Herald
Wednesday, May 29, 1878


              While at the court house the other day Deputy
            Sheriff HATHAWAY called our attention to the shackles
            worn by the famous criminal, SILAS DOTY, the first man
            tried and convicted for murder in the Steuben county
            circuit court. These irons were made to order by a
            village blacksmith and are strong enough to hold a
            pair of oxen, and yet it is stated that DOTY escaped
            from the custody of the officer in charge while wear-
            ing these ponderous shackles. We hefted them and should
            judge they will weigh 12 or 15 pounds. A portion of Dr.
            GRIFFIN'S history of this remarkable man, and the inci-
            dents connected with his trial and conviction for mur-
            der has been received but could not be put in type for
            this issue.
            
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