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.... Deputy Sheriff Townsend Stabbed to Death by a Prisoner. Weimar Tex. Jan. 19. — [Special.] — Emmett... Townsend the well-known deputy sheriff of Colorado county was stabbed to death by a prisoner last evening... was notified and he in company with Deputy Sheriff Townsend went in search of the man at once. He was arrested... the latter attacked the deputy sheriff with a knife and the disastrous deed was accomplished. The prisoner... made his escape and has not yet been captured from the latest reports. Sheriff J. L. Townsend an uncle