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Outlaw legend, Brown County, Indiana

Description: Robert Raders transcribed interview of Sara Clevenger about an outlaw. According to Clevenger, her great grandfather was the sheriff when a man sawed his way out of the Brown County jail. The man got lost in the woods and was glad to be recaptured by the police.
Origin: 1972-04-19
Source: http://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/folklore/id/2741
Collection: Indiana State University Folklore Archives
Subjects: Legends
People
Criminals
Crimes
Folklore

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