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Isaac J. Hibbs
Isaac J. Hibbs was born on March 25, 1848, in Pennsylvania. He was the son of Isaac G. Hibbs, a carpenter, and his wife Mary. At the time of the 1850 Census, he was the youngest of the seven living Hibbs children.
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Arthur Colsey
Arthur Colsey, born in Kidderminster, England, in December 1872, embarked on a remarkable journey of public service and professional achievements.
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Forger Thompson Still at Liberty
No Trace Yet Found of the Ashbridges Pal in Sensational and Tragic Escape From the County Prison on Monday Night FOOD SHUNNED BY YOUNG MURDERER Evidently in hiding, George E. Thompson, who escaped from prison with Wilson Ashbridge on Monday night after Murdering one jailor and wounding another, is still at liberty.
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Thousands View Jailors Remains
Great Crowds Pay Tribute to Memory of Daddy Isaac Hibbs, Slain Keeper Casket Banked by Handsome Flowers Thousands of persons last night paid tribute to the memory of Daddy Isaac J. Hibbs , the jailor, who in Monday night was murdered by Wilson Ashbridge.
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Murderer's Wife Supplied Revolver, Smuggling It In Covered by Fruit
Mrs. Marian Ashbridge confesses to smuggling into the Camden County Jail — hidden in a basket of fruit — the revolver her husband used to kill jailor Isaac Hibbs and escape; she is held without bail on a charge of conspiracy.
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Ashbridge Caught in Chester Hotel Along with Wife
Captured at the Keystone Hotel in Chester, Pennsylvania, fugitive murderer Wilson Ashbridge waives extradition and is driven back to Camden by Captain of Detectives William Schregler, his wife beside him.
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Murderer and Forger Escape Jail After Shooting Keepers, Killing One
Wilson Ashbridge, slayer of Mrs. Elizabeth Dunbar, and forger George E. Thompson shoot their way out of the Camden County Jail with a smuggled revolver, killing keeper Isaac Hibbs and wounding Joseph Ellis; a general jail delivery is averted by police summoned by the wounded men.