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The Man Who Was A Gambler Turned Ranchero
A Los Angeles to Tounumne Special Correspondent recounts George Latour a famed gambler once famed as a prince among Western diggers who fell from grace after killing Don Guadalupe Ascarate in Mexico. Latour endured twenty years of prison before release and a life shadowed by jealousy betrayal and a hidden romance with Carmen Rivera while Carmen drove a thieves' entourage and hid a mystery in her own perilous life.
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