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CHAM TWO WITH SIPRESTON ROBBERYSherman, Sept. 11.—A. J. Moore and Doc Taylor, arrested on charges Ids of robbery with firearms, are in jail | vn in Sherman, having been brought I A from Durant where they were cap- ri lured on information sent out by I wDeputy Sheriff O. F. Miles. I bThe two men are said to have heldup a quiet game going on in a thick*:t I w near Preston Bend Sunday night. It I y is reported that the “pot” which they g secured contained $74.00. Of thislh amount officers secured $50, which had been divided between the two jh men, it was said. I aMoore and Taylor made their es-1 r cape early Monday morning, making t their way across Red River into Ok-1 \ lahoma. The party rowing them 11 across reported to the officers. I jHarve Odell was shot by one of the holdup men when Odell did not get his hands up quick enough, h Odell had bones in his lower arm shattered by the shot. IA third-man, Lee Taylor, brother of Doc Taylor, was arrested Tuesday and charged with being a party to j the holdup. It is stated that he secured one of the guns in the holdup and that he received part of the money obtained in the robbery.
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Whitewright Sun
Whitewright, Texas, US
Thu, Sep 13, 1923
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