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Dangerous Criminal Released By MistakeHUNTSVILLE. Sept, 10.State prison officials disclosed to* rlay a dangerou* habitual criminal had been released by mistake. He was reported to be In the Fort Worth area, vow inn to kill thedeputy sheriff »nd the prosecutorw ho got him sent up.The man is Donald BouchiHon.who was sentenced to life imprisonment as an habitual criminal at Fort Worth in June, 1953 He has been at larpe six days Richard C. Jones, executive assistant general manager of thd prison system, said it was the first time such an error had been made He satd: “This was a baderror. We regret that It happened, and our hope is that he will be apprehended before he hurts anybody. He has a very bad record ' In Fort Worth, officers saidthey had received reports thatBouchiHon appeared in a tavernlast week end and said he was out to kill Deputy Sheriff E. N. Buieund AsM Dim Atty. George Cochran, The attorney won the habitual ct imma! conviction againstBouchiHon and Buie was his starwitness.BouchiHon, called Port Worth's“bad boy,’* has been handled dozens of tunes by officers there on charges ranging from theft to assault to murder.
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Alice Daily Echo
Alice, Texas, US
Fri, Sep 10, 1954
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