One of the Raiders named Heffron had, shortly after his
arrest, turned State's evidence, and given testimony that assisted
materially in the conviction of his companions. One morning,
a week or so after the hanging, his body was found lying among
the other dead at the South Gate. The impression made by the
fingers of the hand that had strangled him, were still plainly
visible about the throat. There was no doubt as to why he had
been killed, or that the Raiders were his murderers, but the
actual perpetrators were never discovered.
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CHAPTEE XXXIX.
JULY THE PRISON BECOMES MORE CROWDED, THE WEATHER HOTTER,

RATIONS POORER, AND MORTALITY GREATER SOME OF THE PHE-
NOMENA OF SUFFERING AND DEATH.
