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Another Car Abandoned Aft er Battle at Wharton Establishes Their Identity, ONE THOUGHT WOUNDEBattle Follows Notice Givi by Local Officers of Theft of Victoria Car.T i A jrun battle i«r Whtrtoa Mot* #|day afternoon bMWMt a deputy # | sheriff and thrse bandits traveling in two stolen cars reunited In their r ahandoDawnt of on* of tbo cars 4 | and the p mbs bio sronndlnd of om ' 'of the bandits.h The abandoned car was identified r ! as tb« out? in which Depaty Sheriff 1 Joe Johns of Carlsbad was kidnap-ped Sunday and conveyed to Saa ,1 Antonio, where be was released ,v Monday. The party which kidnap-br c. H. Hawktaa. fwclj otKingsvilie, district maaaggr of tha Sint lair Refining Coaipnny with headquarters In Victoria, ftpm a gsrsge St hla apartments at tha Trat y home in this city shortly aft*1 bscbtng It oat. they Immediately notified the ShoHfTs Dspang set.ton highway. where It woe anno by , re.idpats of East Rln Ornada Street i driven by a man at a high rot# ' ot .peed aad following a Ford | coupe occupied by a man aad wag*^ The Sheriff, Depart meat oathfled the Officers of all catmtioa be-la‘ tween Victoria and Hoaatoa. 'loo ,M 1 officers st Wbarton had blocked 8,1 the bridge sad when tha partlaa la hl 11he stolen enrs saw this, they two-nx, r(| around nod started hash to* u* [ ward Victoria. The depaty sheriff*' then tried u flag tbata down aadBb they opened ft re on him. Ha ro-rl' turned the fire, shooting at each**11 car.be ... ... a ____iug him to the Victoria car aad the .t uu't nmeai of the other car.hi# County license number. Therethe car. which the headits evidently iuicnded to transfer the Vie-III .torts car hut had no opportunity 111 | to do so with lha officers go close on their tralL» Alt; cording la tatormauoa incaiv-ire ed by tha ■hOflfTs Department sal j here *rm th« author it Ue at Unltoe tu»l, and Sun Anteaio. the Pandit trio led ,re wanted for murder la Ob tsar. horns as well na for tha kidnaping •* of Deputy sheriff Johaa of Carl*The license number af the Vi*toru vur to KTl il* aad the molarnumb* r to IT7«. R pneetoly m i .dJlcd with one or more belMi.RSOF OFFICER TAKE
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Victoria Advocate
Victoria, Texas, US
Tue, Aug 16, 1932
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