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Amarillo cases show long sentences for murder and burglary
The report lists multiple Amarillo residents receiving lengthy terms from two to fifteen years. C C Lowe drew fifteen years for the murder of itinerant painter Tom Keith in a Fast Fourth Avenue cat house. C C Jones and Ray E McFarland received other multi year sentences tied to burglary and transport crimes linked to Canyon area markets and prison transport methods described from the era.
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C. C. Lowe
Amarillo
Tom Keith
Fourth Avenue
Lowe
C. C. Jones
Ray E. McFarland
Vortales
Tay
Alot. & Sons
Canyon
Galvin Louis Hicks
Robert
DiCarlo
Winks