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DEPUTY SHERIFFFROM AMBUSHHUGHES.ISHEPHERDCOUNTY OFFICER, RETURNING FROM A SUCCESSFUL LIQUOR STILL HUNT, MUR. DERED NEAR Al.TOONALAKE|.son on the hunt for the* still, and wasreturning to his^automobile which hehad left parked on a woods road, intending to telephone Sheriffff Cas*Shot from ambush Wednesday morning as h« was return i g from a successful hunt fpr a still in the scrub between Altoona and Crow's Bluff,under Sheriff B. A. Cassady, died at his home ncte Altoona,: iii f o'clocksady of his find.»Ishot entered theOfficers are working on the theory that Hughes was shot by moonshiners. Bloodhounds were brought to the scene yesterday afternoon fromspecial deputy ®e*'anlt;* ant* followed the trail of jHughes* assailant for a distance ofapproximately three miles, giving upThe entire load of buck- the cha*e when they ran ^ a hor'nets' nest kite in tht InttAdOtl*rear of Hughes’ skull, and from the time he was shot ju.til he died, he was unconscious.MNMKHughes was 46 years old and is* - - ' • ■ * 4survived by his widow and two chil-accompanied by his dren.:*■
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Eustis Daily Lake Region
Eustis, Florida, US
Thu, Apr 02, 1925
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