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’clock last night. (J]E*ete Traxler Picks Up Wife and Flees(Continued From Page One)1ADacitng the bundle of clothes. vjnjHe said the Oklahoma desperado j cil ind his companions drove south out )f Verden.Harvey, who said he knew Traxler an sight, lives next door to Mrs. Trax-la^Teler, who rented an upstairs apart- j ment here, codrbanii:tnC1 £ EnHe said he saw a black coupe similar to that taken from Markham drive up Verden's main street at a high rate of speed and stop in front of the apartment. |Automobile Speeds Away 1 raHe said Traxler leaped from the ] ujcar and ran upstairs. A moment later i toTraxler and his wife came down | stairs and the automobile sped away. Dorris said three drove off fn Mrs. Traxler’s automobile and one fugitive was driving the black coupe later found abandoned.The fugitives with Traxler are believed to be Charles Chapman and Fred Tlndol, who escaped undet gunfire from the Eastham prison farm. Started tor Traxler Home Dorris said he received an early morning telephone call from Harvey, who told him Traxler and his companions were parked in front of Mrs. Traxler’s apartment.I started across the street,” Dorris said, “they had the motor run- 1 * ning. Neil (Mrs. Traxler) saw me, j * and the cars started, away.” *Harvey said Traxler, apparently exhausted from 11 days of dodging posse men of Texas and Oklahoma, “looked like he could hardly waddle.“They drove down the street east. Harvey said, “stopped at the Moms filling station and bought 10 gallons of gasoline. The station attendant recognized them. He's known Nell ! a long time. Then they drove a mile east and turned south.\((
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Ardmore Daily Ardmoreite
Ardmore, Oklahoma, US
Tue, Jul 20, 1937
Page 7
Full Page
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