Joseph Thatcher, Tompkins Cty., N.Y., robbed in Ill., 1879
St. Charles (Illinois) Chronicle, 14 June 1901
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Nov. 19, 1879
Joseph Thatcher of Tompkins county, N.Y., got drunk in Blackberry Saturday night and was knocked down and robbed of $2700 - all he had in the world. His next move was to attempt to commit suicide, which he would have done if he could have secured the necessary imprements.
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