Edward White (1897)

WHITE

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 8/16/2008 at 09:38:08

Winterset Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, August 26, 1897
Page 7

Ed. White, who was sent to the Fort Madison penitentiary from this county about eighteen months ago for stealing hogs, died in that institution Tuesday, August 9th, at 10 o’clock p.m., of fever. The remains were sent to Winterset for burial and arrived here last Thursday. Had he lived, his time of imprisonment would have expired in about one month.
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The Madisonian
Winterset
Wednesday, August 25, 1897
Page 1

Released by Death.

The body of Ed. White, who was sent to the penitentiary at Fort Madison in February, 1896, and who died there last week, was brought here for burial last Thursday. The particulars of his death are not received, but it is understood that he died of fever. The body was buried at the Hooten cemetery, in Lincoln township.

White was convicted at the February, 1896, term of court of grand larceny in stealing hogs, and was sent up for two years. Making allowance for good behavior, his term of imprisonment would soon have expired. He was a single man and still comparatively young.
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Friday, August 27, 1897
Page 5, Column 3

Died at Ft. Madison

Ed White, convicted of stealing hogs and sentenced to a two year's term in the penitentiary in January, '96, died at Ft. Madison last week. The body was brought back to Winterset for burial.

He was a quiet man and prison life made him despondent. When consumption attacked him he easily fell victim to it.

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