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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1933
Page
4
Mrs. Warren and Mr. B. Johnson returned Friday to their Aberdeen community home after several weeks away. Mrs. Johnson had medical treatment in Savannah Missouri and the couple visited relatives in Iowa Northern Kansas and Missouri before coming home. Mrs. Johnson is reported greatly improved and on the road to recovery.
The law mandates stamps for each cigarette package at tax due, with discounts for bulk purchases and face value sales otherwise. It requires permits for wholesale and retail dealers, stamp affixation, recordkeeping for two years, penalties for noncompliance, and seizure of contraband transport. renewals follow May 18 1933.
The article details a violent night in Wellington with the Pritchard family attacked by bandits using submachine guns. Sheriff Corry and Deputy Williams describe being tied to trees, a fleeing escape, and a hostage woman in critical condition as lawmen pursue leads across the Panhandle region.
Clyde Champion Barrow and Ivy Barrow, identified by Wellington officials, are sought by Texas Oklahoma and Missouri officers for multiple offenses. They face murder and assault charges tied to incidents in Joplin Atoka Hillsboro Lufkin Dallas Wharton Abilene and a May bank robbery probe Lucerne Indiana.
The Barrow brothers and an accompanying woman admitted their identities after a late night chase when a coupe sped over 60 mph off a 30 foot embankment into the Salt Fork river bed near the old Wellington Shamrock highway. Bystander Steve Pritchard witnessed the high speed run before the crash.
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