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* *carneu 10 uu uuiu». nuumaccording to officers.The alleged holdup involved pursuit in three counties, the booze huv-p • •••%,**%ing been stolen in Armstrong County, Welch* having been taken to Clarendon in Donley County for hospital.. i » ■. •treatment, and the remainder of. the party having come to Amarillo in theOldsmobile. . ; Welch is in a Clarendon hospital\ • • • . -at,the point of death. An X-Ray examination showed a bullet to have passed through his right shoulder, penetrated'his right lung and lodged in his left lung.i . •r The automobile party composed ofWelch and his 15-year-old daughter►Me!vina, Mrs. Lou Dodson and hor 10-year-old boy were traveling in ail1 S •Oldsmobile touring car said to havebeen loaded with two trunks and a• . • ► •suitcase of whiskey, near Claudewhen they were held up by two men,• . according to officers. It is said the hold-up impersonated Texas Hangers and displayed official stars.Bandits Give Chase.When I ho car was ordered to st op,tJack Mabrey who was driving theOldsmobile increased speed it is*claimed, and a lively chase ensued, during which four shots were fired at the fleeing car. One of the shots * found Its way through the rear curtain of the car and into the back of Welch.The condition of.Welch was given: i * •as the reason for the stopping of t lieear, and.the two bandits took the' « * . ■ ‘booze. After the trunks of whiskeywere taken and the suitcase was also* k 1emptied by the alleged bandits and returned to the victims of the hold-up, it;is said that the highwaymen expressed regret at the shooting, since they found that women we^c in the car, and that they would take the liquor and nothing peed be said about the affair.At eneo across Drug when in jilsAvorsalAdeccatfenria mo theme.11\viisaw I v/Uonbet wcceasedrivirboyseon vc Chain ing c word: said, man and : was j it ini whenDr.tCHtlfing h reachin a■oozijngroarspok(»passeveryHeshootBros,ed.knowcoast
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Sweetwater Daily Reporter
Sweetwater, Texas, US
Sun, Apr 24, 1921
Page 6
Full Page
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