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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 17, 1939

Page

2

Man Wounded in Shootout at the Big House

In a Friday dawn gun battle at the Big House on Center street two men were wounded and another held. Deputy sheriffs arrested Willi Wright at 203 Center street taking a 45 caliber pistol. Mooney at 129 Canton street and Mooney also had a 45 pistol seized from him during the incident. Six shots were fired during the affray.

Robert 'B. Green Hospital Jack Big House Center Street C. H. Mooney Canton Street H. C. Bork Vernon Schyzider Harvess Willi Wrirht Canter Street Vhe Mroney

Two Women Rob Hotel Guest Suspects Absconded Cash

Dallas man Merry Kay told officers two dressed women knocked on his door Thursday night asking for a man named Smith. He allowed them in, they shared liquor, and after a late visit he slept. Kay woke at 3 am to find $102 missing from under his pillow.

Merry Kay Dallas Kay Aryoke

Vault Yields Relics of 1909 From City Vaults

City records reveal a 1909 loot found in a vault office by Clerk James Bins on a search for old ordinances. A box sealed by City Clerk Praeger contained personal property of prisoners who died in the city hospital that year. Items include gold matches rings pins a wedding medal and an old key winder. The fate of the relics remains undecided as of Friday.

Tnar Ofty James Binpson Simpson Clto Praeger

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