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COlri.(CcArrestedWas Tex-to*;mimM maAMARILLO, Texas, April 23 — Tex'ir ■: ‘ '• v/*•* *I UUVI:■ Tjiornton, 11 well drlllo of AmarilloS}®:/:,;lair an,!.VttfV-sVvf. «V» 'Vis.:in Jail, and Sheriff Burton Rodeh ff™s ,’»nd;rhiB Officers are hot oil Uie trailfe-S'J..' H. Asher, of the Texas RangerL'juv: •; force, bollovod to be Implicated In con nection with the shooting of h. Welch mm.a,and‘ the hold-up of the automobile heiir Claude Wednesday night.AY^ Thornton was arrested Friday, andil lt;» S'.f . v- f ' V ' •'i. .•* •. . 1 ' r•‘•(I''1 * r . • *according to local of floors at 5 p. in. Friday has mado a confession that he and Asher were the two men who committed the hold-up. Asher Is the mim who did the shooting, accoVding to the confession, officers say.|Sheriff Iloach is scouring the coun-tiy with men and telegrams In nn effort to locate Asher. Tho Sheriff and9his men have worked on the case for ! twenty-four .hours without rest.the car,dofendii car. Ait lookc runnlnj: standln Bhot.MThe front o part of side, joft* thoand lo camo 1 down drove go to man d ceased shot. The d Philip’ woapo: he waIn thefather,-s.»A' tAlt *AMARILLO, April 23.--AI Welch .• lies In a--hospital at Clarendon in a f-fcritical coalition and officers of Pot-; i ter, Armstrong and Donley counties are, combing the' country in search of ' two men believed to have shot, and ■ fatally wounded Welch when they stopped an automobile near Claude Wednesday night in a supposed effort tof capture a load ot;. whiskey being carried to oil fields south of here, according to officers.The alleged holdup involved pursuit in three counties, the booze hav*p • • t . » 1 ,Ing been stolen in Armstrong County, Welch* having been taken to Claren«* rT. that li neat* ioccur ithinglookinside \ the s car af lie d they streetAtenecacrosDrug
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Sweetwater Daily Reporter
Sweetwater, Texas, US
Sun, Apr 24, 1921
Page 6
Full Page
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