Escape of R. II Skinner

Title: Escape of R. II Skinner
Source Type: Newspapers.
Author: William O. Monroe
Publisher: The Eutaw Whig and Observer
Publication Place: Eutaw, AL
Publication Date: 05/21/1877
Transcript: ESCAPE OF R. II. SKINNER.— Among the penitentiary convicts that escaped from the Eureka Iron Works, on the South and North R. R., was R. II. Skinner, the leader of the Forkland riot, who was convicted in Hale county and sentenced to 30 years in the State prison for murder. A reward of $150 is offered for his apprehension. He is 25 years of age; 5 feet, 8 3/4 inches in height, black hair, black eyes, complexion black; and weighs 165 pounds. We hope the villian will be captured. Three other convicts (all white) escaped at the same time and $150 each is offered for the arrest of two and $50 for the other.
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