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The Deadly Escape

by | Jun 19, 2019 | Classic Gunfights, Departments

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Godfrey Gauss and Sam Wortley live behind the Lincoln Courthouse. Gauss lights his pipe and leaves his room, crossing the yard toward the main building. As he walks, he hears a shot, a “tussle upstairs” and “somebody hurrying down


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