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Killer offered contract to murder Texarkana police chief
Texas Ranger reports a professional killer told Capt. Crowder a bootlegger hired him to kill Texarkana police chief Max Tackett. The tale links Rothchild to a murder plot as Tackett goes on vacation, with authorities later doubting Rothchild as the culprit. Phelps dies from burns in a separate incident, after an explosion at an Army Air Field.
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Rothchild
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Capt. Crowder
Chief Tackett
Flas
Burns Rothchild
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W. Phelps
Burns
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Martindale Army Air
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Phelps
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National Guard Carolina