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An hour later, with scores of motor-cycle policemen and deputies as guards, police issued from the court house with the prisoners, fired over the heads of the crowd, scattered tear gas bombs, and in the confusion herded the men into cars, roared away toward Jackson. Six hours and 40 minutes after their confession, Killers Smith, Oliver and Blackstone were in Jackson prison, to remain until taken to Marquette penitentiary for the rest of their natural lives.
*Michigan repealed its death penalty in 1845.