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2 stories
- Tragedy at the Wilkeson Mines
A local laborer dies in a sudden industrial accident at the coal chutes.
- A Miner, a Revolver and a Pair of Suspenders
John Purse had lived in the coal town of Wilkeson for eighteen years. In one drunken night he shot his eldest son, was locked in the town jail, and hanged himself before anyone could stop him.