Fugitive Captured
Escaped Convict Captured at Bay Minette Last Night

Bay Minette, Ala, April 29, (U.P.) - Simon Hadley, one of eight men who escaped from the county jail here March 27, was recaptured last night by Sheriff M. H. Wilkins who discovered the fugitive asleep in a barn 20 miles north of here. Officers charge Hadley is the man who shot and beat George Henderson, Florida farmer, who discovered the fugitive April 7 hiding in a thicket over the state line. Henderson has recovered from his wounds.

Anniston Star, April 29, 1935
Transcribed by Dawn Conway

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