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Within a few hours after this obbery, the trio was surrounded in the banks of ft creek near Union-town, Ala., four miles from where they had abandoned a stolen automobile. By this time, approximately 100 Mississippi and Alabama patrolmen. officers and civilians were on their trail.Negro Wounded There was a brief exchange of shots, in which a negro blood-hounds-handler was shot through the hand. Then, throwing down their guns. Merikle and the two Blackstocks surrendered,“We had made up our minds to i blast our way out. but there were1 too many of you and there wasn't a chance.” Merikle said.Alabama Highway Patrol 8ergeant Charles Bunk ley and 8am J. McNeil. W'ilcox county deputy sheriff, quoted Merikle as confessing that he had fired the shots which had wounded Dr. Nunn at the courthouse.The abandoned car. w'hen traced, proved to be the property of Dr. Grayson L. Tucker, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Laurel.
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Hattiesburg American
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, US
Fri, Jul 24, 1942
Page 6
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Boyd C.
KY, USA 10 Sep 2018
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