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dash through Oklahoma last week. The three kidnaped Baird H. Markham, Jr., Yale undergraduate and oil executive's son, and took him for a wild ride through East Central Oklahoma before releasing him.Broke With Chapman“Chapman quit me shortly after the kidnaping last Thursday because I insisted on going back after Nell, Traxler said. “He wouldn't stand for that. Our break was peaceful. We just decided to call it quits.Traxler boldly drove up the main street of Verden, Okla., last Tuesday, visited his wife in her apartment over the postoffice and induced her to accompany him.Last night he slept most of the time, exhausted by his wound and lack of food. The fleeing fugitives had subsisted mostly on whisky and narcotics during the wild flight. During periods of wakefulness, he talked with his guards about his caputre and possible return to Texas.“I would rather go to prison here, he pleaded. “I would rather do anything than go back to Texas.
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Miami Daily News Record
Miami, Oklahoma, US
Thu, Jul 22, 1937
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