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1 story matching imprison
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:prison, imprint, imperson, imprec, improb, improp
- The Jesuit Who Shot an Archbishop: A Murderer’s Cold Confession on the Way to Prison
Frank Fuller, convicted of killing Catholic Archbishop Seghers in the Alaskan wilderness, speaks to reporters as he is transported by steamship from Port Townsend to McNeil Island.