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‘Hacksaw’ Fugitive Charmed Guards With Oprah Portraits, Sweet Talk

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The killer who escaped a New York prison had a grisly nickname behind bars but was known as a “fantastic artist” who understood women.

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Inmates and prison guards called him “Hacksaw”—a savage nom de ghoul inspired by the weapon he used to butcher his elderly boss almost two decades ago.

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