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Railroad Bill has a partner ty the none of atinso. who is frequently taken for hir,, and the officers have teen misled by him several times.
Duckworth and others feel pretty confident that Bill is not fer from Biloxi at this present moment.
Mississippi City, Miss., Nov. 11, l895-;:0
Bill Hnll, who. in conjunction with his brother Jirr, killed a negro nsrced Jones at the turpentine still near Stonewall about a year a^o, was arrested in Poplarville, and is now here in jail. He admits he fired at Jones after he was dead, by order of his brother.
It has been supnosed that Jin? Hall was "Railroad Fill," but Hall denies this, saying he knows that worthy, and saw him not later than last March, in Alabama. When he asked what he was doing, he replied:	"Hiding	on	railroad trains, ns usual."
Source:	The	"Biloxi	Herald"	(?)
Copied from Scrapbook of William G. Walker of Mississippi City, Miss., compiled in 1395
Book presently (October 1978) in possession of his descendant Mrs. Zora V. Carver, 9*+7 Township Road,
Mississippi City, Gulfport, Miss.
Copied by M. Jaires Stevens
MJF, believes his article or series was fron !*. C. Tirr.es-Deraocrat since V’e. G. Walker was local correspondent for them.


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