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THE ABILENE MORNING HEWSSTRAIGHT SHOOTEROSHKOSH, Wis.—Motorcycle Officer Irving Stilp is being reprimanded—not for his marksmanship, but for his choice of a place to display It.A brkeep told Stilp he couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn with his undersized revolver. Accepting the challenge, the officer smashes a beer glass on a window 50 paces p way.Now he has been deprived of his day off the next five weeks.EGG, WHO’S GOT THE EGG?YORK. Pa —This controversy over who's got the oldest Easter egg is becoming involved.The latest claimant to the honor is Mrs. Howard Hein, who produced an egg with the date 1821 and the Initials C. L. dyed on it.The initials are those of a great-great aunt Catherine Lehr, who was a little girl when the egg was colored 113 years ago.SIDELIGHTS-(Continued from Page 1)said tonight he w*as glad his wifedied as she did.I’m glad.” he said, “they went out like they did. It was better than getting caught.”Captain Ike Kelly, manager of the retrieve prison farm, where Thornton is serving a long sentence for robbery, asked Thornton if he had anything else to say.“Im no snitcher,” Thornton sneered, “that’s all.”Thornton previously said he had not seen Bonnie since 1931, whenhe was sentenced to 60 years inprison. Two months ago Thornton was shot in an attempted break from the Huntsville state prison.Picture of Dead Outlaw CoupleOne of the few pictures of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, notorious outlaw pair slain Wednesday morning by officers at a Louisiana hideout. The snapshot, showing Bonnie in a “gun-playful” mood, was found In a Missouri house which the eouple was supposed to haveused for a hideout.The statement set forth that Raymond noticed while in Orleans that Barrow had killed an officer in Mi-her head between her knees, had on glasses.Wade, immediately after theShe
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Abilene Morning News
Abilene, Texas, US
Thu, May 24, 1934
Page 8
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Stan W.
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