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basFrs\YLndent gov-;t re-Civil ran s-is to OllH-,000-thednnch1.000andose-sliettiivisible will it a an lers len:re- i tied lief ap-tate au-utvbil-/or-000 sun ' of ; of M ve- . per on of •ed; sre, and ivi-rts,lugtheintaam, ; ody-jMEM WOMAN RELEASED BY RAY HAMILTONI.Mrs. Cam Gunter of Mexia was back at home safe and little excited from her venture of Saturday,■ when she,spent 23 hours the hoa-tege of Raymond Hamilton, bank robber, and his red headed woman companion. Mrs. Gunter, kidnaped when her car was commandeered by the bandit at Thelma, was released in Houston Sunday morning, where she reported to police.Sheriff Will Adams, Police Chief A. B. McKenzie, Cara Gunter, his son, Jolly, Mr. arid Mrs. JL T. Gunter, Mr. and Mrs. John Bennett an-1 Johnnie Davis went to Houston on receipt of information that Mrs. Gunter was tnere, and returned her to her home here.Mrs. Gunicr was forced to direcr the bandit to Mexia, turned right on BeJknap street, thense to Rosa avenue, and from there to 'he Teague road. Hamilton drove a wandering tour of Freestone county, passing through Kirven twice, and finally reaching the state high way No. 75 near Buffalo. He drove on to Houston after spending a part of the night on the roadside, where the women slept. I]n Freestone county Hamilton counted nearly $2000 in money taken from the bank at West. He had considerable tire trouble, stopped along creeks to fill the radiator, ate sandwaches purchaseed near Hunts viile, spent uree hours in a garage at Madisonville, and talked freely about his exploits throughout.11a mi I Lon and the woman both boasted that officers would never Lake them alive. They were armed with machine guns and both were prepared to use them.Late Saturday/' Mrs. Gunter said, we drove around the slate penitentiary at Huntsville . and Hamilton proudly explained that he was once an inmate in that institution.’'She said Hamilton told her the other woman wa* his wife.'‘Neither of them drank or smoked during the entire trip, Mrs. Gunter said, and they' were both very courteous to me.”ofedbeiirugand1alscttpristheauc1resiLinTterireqMrsmitTupprecer:spa1thew'niOathouthePreutilandsthe adv wee day T tari pect heai who nis M assi. vain kno\ T1 to t!lt;PJM-So til ImiHEd*the a ti torn. rand At is cc for ! hot i
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Mexia Weekly Herald
Mexia, Texas, US
Fri, Apr 06, 1934
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TX, USA 24 Feb 2024
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