Three Convicts Escape From Texas State Prison
Huntsville Texas July 22 one prisoner was killed two were wounded and three others escaped from the death house at the Texas State Prison in Huntsville. Raymond Hamilton Joe Palmer and Blackie Thompson all under death sentences escaped in an automobile with a confederate after overpowering guard Lee Brazelton and freeing the others. Guards H E George and W T McConnell were injured during the breakout as the fugitives climbed the wall and fled toward two waiting cars. Hamilton a former associate of Bonnie Parker was considered the most dangerous killer remaining in the southwest.
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Huntsville
Tex
Texas
Whitey Walker
Marlin
Charley Frazier
Roy Johnson
Frazier
Raymond Hamilton
Joe Palmer
Blackie Thompson
Lee Brazelton
Brazelton
H. E. George
W. T. McConnell
Palmer Thompson
Hamilton
D. W. Roberts
Walker
Johnson
Conroe
Lee Simmons
Simmons
Charlie Grazier
Lee Braswell
Death House
Braswell
W.T. McConnell
McConnell
Bordeaux
Palmer
Thompson
Ed. Roberts
H. B. George
Goard
Hamilton Thompson
George
Roberts Cody
Roberts
W. W. Ward
Dallas
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Louisiana
Major Crowson
Barrow
Eastham
Hillsboro
Crowson
Doctor performs risky appendix surgery on road
Wilma Poland July 24 Dr I Stankowski with two bottles of whisky and a pocket knife performed a successful appendectomy on a friend on a lonely Southeastern Polish road. The doctor diagnosed acute appendicitis and after the improvised operation the patient was taken to a hospital where he recovers.
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Wilma
Poland
I. Stankowski
Dillinger Shot Dead by Federal Agents Outside Chicago Biograph
On July 22 1934 John Dillinger was killed by 15 federal agents as he exited the Biograph Theatre in Chicago with two women. He was shot 10 40 p m central daylight time. Witnesses on Fullerton street described a rapid encounter ending in his death and a wounded woman. Dillinger had evaded capture since March 3 and faced trial for the East Chicago bank slaying.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Department of Justice
Biograph Theatre
Indiana
Manhattan
Fullerton Street
Lincoln Avenue
Dillinger
Washington
Culver
Ind
Whiting
Crown Point
William O'Malley
East Chicago
Tucson
Ariz
Robert Estill
Charles Makley
Harry Pierpont
Russell Clark
Arizona
Lima
Ohio
Jess Larber
Makley
Pierpont
Ohio Penitentiary
Clark
Edgar Lalleman
Notorious killer's waterloo at Lincoln Avenue alley
Eyewitness accounts describe two gunshots in an alley near a theatre on Lincoln Avenue. A man fell face down and a woman in a dress fleeing with blood on her knee collapsed near a shoe shop two doors south. Officials aided police as a crowd of thousands gathered within half an hour to view the scene.
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Dillinger
Lincoln Avenue
Waterloo
Inez Boy Dies of Hydrophobia in Victoria Texas
Alfred Laverne Hencerling seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Hencerling of Inez died at Victoria Hospital from hydrophobia after a stray dog bite four weeks earlier. The father wounded the dog and both received Pasteur treatment in Austin, the child showing fever and convulsions before death. He leaves parents an older sister and a younger brother.
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Victoria
Tex
Alfred Laverne Hencerling
Alfred Hencerling
Inez
Victoria Hospital
Austin
Hencerling
Stranger and Native Trade Quip in Rural Encounter
A brief exchange in a rural setting features a stranger declaring an aim to earn an honest living and a Native countering with a wry remark about limited competition. The moment captures local dialogue and tone.
Last Rites Held Monday for Kerrville Matriarch Augusta Mason
Funeral services were held Monday for Augusta Nimitz Mason 74 who died July 15 at the family home in Kerrville. Rev. Fred M Brasier officiated at St. Peter's Episcopal Church with burial in Glen Rest Cemetery. Surviving are husband Lee Mason a son Charles L Mason a daughter Ellen Mason Brooks a brother William Nimitz and a sister Lena Meusebach.
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Lee Mason
Kerrville
Fred M Brasier
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Glen Rest Cemetery
Smith Funeral Home
Fredericksburg
Charles L. Mason
Ellen Mason Brooks
William Nimitz
Lena Meusebach
Kerrville Mountain
Penrose Metcalfe Aims for State Senate District Seat
Penrose B Metcalfe candidate for state senator in this district helped author a measure to bar transporting stolen livestock and sponsored the State Live stock Sanitary Code in a political advertisement.
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Penrose B. Metcalfe
35000 Acre Ranch Offered for Federal Game Preserve
The Fitzsimmons Land and Cattle Company of Llano County offers its 35000 acre Llano ranch to the Federal government for use as a game preserve migratory bird refuge and livestock experimental station. A description and inventory of improvements with price were submitted to the government. The land formerly owned by J C Stribling Sr features a nine mile river bed many creeks and artificial lakes with H A Fitzsimmons as company president.
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Llano
Fitzsimmons Land & Cattle Company
Llano County
J. C. Stribling
H. A. Fitzsimmons
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Texas State
Southwest
Parker
Federal
Chicago Theatre
Goodyear
Twa
Iowa
W. Va
Cgeorgia
Goodyear Speedway
Inez Boy
Mes
Augusta Mason
Mason
Episcopial Church
Emil Riley
W. H. Schaefer
Hayden Osborne
Thomas Gott
Belano
Alberta
Enderli Orchard
Predericksburg, Texas
General Auto Repairing
Fredericksburg Motor Co
Barrier and Sultemeier
Buick
Olds
Richard Maier
Kolmeier & Klier Co
A. W. Maier Saddlery
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