Friday, May 23, 2008

Old Soldier Choked and Robbed

New York, 1895

Abram Raynor, a veteran of the late war, was waylaid and robbed near Hempstead on Wednesday night. Raynor, who lives at Rockville Centre, drew his pension of $36 that day.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 15, 1895, p. 12.

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