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School: Cortubber

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Cortober, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mary A. Burke
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    round to come down he had to grip both sides of the seat then his assailant jumped on to the seat beside him and killed him with a blow of gun on the base of the skull.
    Makin the agent died from shock and the only one to escape was Kinkade the Valet.
    It is said that they had only one cartridge and that that one killed the driver if the car whom they not mean to molest. It is said that there was a fistful of red hair in Leitrim's hands after his death.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Gray
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mohill, Co. Leitrim