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Bomb suspect fugitive from five year term
Coney C Howe 34 alias Frank Smith and Gerald Scott 29 alias Scott Martin were arrested in Amarillo after an acid fire bomb exploded in their hotel room. Howe had escaped Corsicana jail in 1928 while serving a 99 year sentence for a Richland bank robbery and later served time in Arkansas. Both denied knowing about the blast and claimed to be awaiting instructions from unknown employers. Police linked the suspects to the Richland bank robbery and noted a $3900 haul.
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Coney C. Howe
Howe
Frank Smith
Gerald Scott
Scott Martin
Amarillo
Corsicana
First State Bank of Richland
Court of Criminal Appeals
Arkansas
Liberty
Dallas
T. D. Whitehorn
Scott
Tulsa
Okla
Arkansas Penitentiary
A Rock
Bearville
Texas
Little Rock
Potter County
Oklahoma
McAlester
Ada
Whitehorn
Paschall-Texas Theaters
Richland