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TWO STATES BIDFOR CUSTODY OFIPETE’ TRAXLEROklahoma Charges, WhichMay Mean Supreme Penalty, Are to His LikingDEATH IS CHEATEDOutlaw Withstands EffectsOf Bullet Wound OverHis HeartHUGO, Okla., July 22—UP)—1Two states bid today for final custody of Roy (Pete) Traxler, wounded desperado, with Oklahoma countering a 99-year Texas prison sentence already imposed with a charge carrying the death penalty.The capital charge of robbery with firearms accused Traxler of taking at pistol point the automo- j bile of one of two hostages who! later wounded Traxler and killed; his fellow Texas prison farm fugitive, Fred Tindol, with the outlaws’ own guns.The charge was one of two filed by Bryan County Attorney BenfIREWARD FUND STARTED PORT ARTHUR, Tex., July 22——Chief of Police H. F. Baker here has started a fund, with police here contributing a dime each, which he hopes other Texas officers will boost to a $1,000 reward for the shooting of Pete Traxler, Texas convict wounded and captured in Oklahoma.VCarter. The other accused Traxler of kidnaping the hostage, Frank Trimmer, from his farm home near Caddo.
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Miami Daily News Record
Miami, Oklahoma, US
Thu, Jul 22, 1937
Page 9
Full Page
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