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Mother of Chapman Dies in Her SleepPHILADELPHIA — {/p- The moih*ev of the Outlaw Charley Chapman is dead, after maintaining belief to the end that he was innocent of much of the wrong-doing which gained him the totle of Public Enemy No. 1” from the G-Men.Mrs. Will Chapman died in her sleep at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mamie Winstead Crews.A quiet and unassuming woman; respected in the community, Mrs. Chapman declared often “my boy has not done all he should, but he has not done as much as thev sa.v.nAfter attending rural schools and the city high school here Chapman operated u small business before goring to Oklahoma ami becoming a successful contractor. His mother of* ten. related how lie hud helped his parents financially during those years.He turned- robber when the depression wrecked his business, and bus Jooi from bunks is estimated around §1.00,000.
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Hope Star
Hope, Arkansas, US
Wed, Mar 20, 1940
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