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Vltlf IV. 1* rwi wvmmwwy* (INoPlaceLikeHome■HPenitentiaryII1rWaco. »* going backpenitentiary where he ha» spentthree(two others. Pat Greene and Sam Boss, becamesafecracking job at a drugstore in Oakwood takinga quantity «- dope which was recovered in Waco Tuesday.returnedfaceofficers to recover some mor% of the stolen merchanise. lb case vui handled hy Detectivc Capt Wiley Sten% Srpersonally Detective Guy Akard took the lead in helping to un ravel the case Assisting was Detective Stanley Turner and Deputy Sheriff Algie Moore. Twority patrolmen used in the casewere Jerry Morgan and Alvin Vahalic.ficers in ferreting out the crime The Texas officers tookGreene, Hardv and Boss hack toarea some vears ago The gang was led by Barrow, Bonnie Parker, Raymond Hamilton andnight toffjrvilic *MV1P -----a- |.Sam Boss admitted brooking into Georg* sToungr6l-I-in Waco Each Is being charged with possession of dope m Me Lennan county. Frank Hardy was being sought for a pistol deal inHouston at the time of his arrestwhich led to the solving of this t .an rnuntv crime.era%The law allows at least three charges in this type of offena*. burglary and theft in the where the crime was com mitten possession of narcotics wherethe dope i* found, explained DieAttorney Burney Walkerthe enhanced penalty law onthis dope eompHini if a simile charge turned over some years ago to the federal officials con stituted a conviction The dopcharge prevents him from be inmade a trusty in prisonHardy took officers to the spot where they had hid the morphine and other dope, implicating Greene and Boss. Hardyfted up a log, uncovered five bottles of morphine and someHardy might be prosecuted under noodles. I*tor In tho day he tookA search warrant cd and the arrest made in acabin in the Glenora Courts in East Waco. While the squad car officers were getting the search warrant Capt Stem and officers were recovering the dope in South Waco. Some additional evidence was obtained at the Glenora courts. This happened about 10 30 Tuesday morning.State Ranger Johnny Krum now of Waco worked with Deputy Sheriff Buddy Bell of Centerville and Highway Patrolman Ray Ward of Madisonvillewho participated with local of*Centerville Tuesday face the charges.Hardy was on dope when he was arrested and was begging city officers to give him another shot He was on dope when he was put in the city Jail some years ago after being nvolvcd in a safecracking job at Pardo sGrocery on Speight Street. He has only been out of the pen for about, a year on that 10 year rapand a 1952 conviction. Hardyhad been making good workingas a painter and doing generalutility work when he got backwith a crowd of ex-cons.k Hardy’s life of crimeI others. Some of the members ofthe gang are in Waco but keeping out of trouble now.associating with Clyde “Schoolboy’’BallBarrow. Nell Bailey who died aprostitute, and other# around the Cotton Palace gang of youngsters.became • full-fledgedmember of the Texas gangsters who terrorized thn aouthwest
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Waco News Citizen
Waco, Texas, US
Fri, Aug 14, 1959
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