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Fort Wayne News
Indiana, USA
27 January 1898

Lyons, Jan. 27.
Vacher, the shepherd under arrest charged with the murder of thirty eight persons, made a furious attack upon the prison keeper last night and almost beat him to death with a chair before assistance arrived.


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  Joseph Vacher
       Press Reports: Iowa State Press - 30 January 1899 
       Press Reports: Iowa State Press - 7 June 1899 
       Press Reports: Marion Daily Star - 20 November 1897 
       Press Reports: Naugatuck Daily News - 28 January 1898 
       Press Reports: New York Times - 6 November 1898 
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