Bullet From His Own Pistol Ends Durand Gang's Chase
Powell Wyoming trembles as Earl Durand, the so called Tarzan of the Rockies, dies after a bank raid and nine day pursuit. A 17 year old youth shot Durand as he faced capture, ending a bloody spree that left three killed and Durand self inflicted a fatal wound. The gunman had previously forced a Cody radio operator to drive him to his parents home before the final standoff in Powell.
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Powell, Wyo
Earl Durand
Rockies
Powell, Wye
Durand
Clarksfork Canyon
Powell
Frank Blackburn
Park County
Wye
Wiley
John Gawthrop
First National Bank of
Harry Moore
Cody
Powell Flats
W. W
Bob Nelson
Nelson
Maurice Knutson
Knutson
Gawthrop
Grim Has High Game In Ladies League With 120
The Star Office reports a Ladies League night on March 22 featuring Grim delivering a 120 high game for Cammer's No. 1. Williams 115 and Dick 113 followed, with Cammer's No. 1 finishing strong in team and individual event tallies.
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Grim
Cammer
Cammers
Williams
Hershey
Cather
Handley
Cunningham
Industrial Aces
Widmeyer
Casimers
Cammer’s
Pt Industrial Aces
Hershey Orn Eae
Jr. Woman's Club
G. A.A Ore Beros Fab
Handley Se Eae
Ema Ee Boyce Coca Ie
Lia Cammers
Picc
Soda Chop
Beta Sigma
Haleen
National Fruit
Durand shooting spree ends with self inflicted death
Nelson recounts a bank shootout with Durand as bullets shatter windows and citizens nearby race for guns. Durand wounded then crawls back inside the bank and shoots himself, while Nelson says he may have later shot Durand in the head as chaos erupts outside.
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Knutson
Durand
Nelson
Notice to Public Virginia rate petition hearing set
Railway Express Agency filed with the Virginia State Corporation Commission a petition for authority to revise its intrastate rate structure in Virginia. The hearing is set for April 11, 1939 at 10 in the Commission Court Room, Richmond. All interested parties may present testimony.
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Public Railway Express Agency, Inc
Virginia State Corporation Commission
Virginia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Richmond
Death Calls Mrs. Trahan
Mrs Irene C Trahan 36 widow of Leonce L Trahan formerly of Winchester died at Western State Hospital Staunton Va after long treatment Survived by husband father James H Willis Strasburg Va and five sisters Funeral at Grace Methodist Church Middletown with Rev J T Brown and interment at Mount Carmel Cemetery Middletown
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Irene C. Trahan
Leonce L. Trahan
Winchester
Middletown
Western State Hospital
Staunton
Trahan
Stephens City
Frederick County
James H. Willis
Strasburg
Rebecca Willis
Hallsville, Mo
Mary Reed
Wardensville
W. Va
Ethel Poe
Newville
Grace Methodist Church
J. T. Brown
Mount Carmel Cemetery
Man Confesses to Wife Murder and Burial in Sewer
Cunningham admits strangling his wife Eudora Cunningham and burying her eight feet deep near occupied houses. He signed a confession after a hourslong interrogation by County Attorney Lewis R. Morris during a 44 hour isolation, revealing the dig site and his remorse after the act.
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Cunningham
Foster High School
Eudora
Lewis R. Morris
Morris
Ice Blamed For Cavalier Fatal Plunge
A Cavaliers fatal plunge report states ice caused the crash. It notes knowledge of trouble for four minutes before the accident. The craft was operated under British regulations and was in good condition prior to departure. Weather reports supported the flight.
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Ice
Earth
Alderson
Interesting Album Of Confederate Verses To Mrs. Ellis Fuller
An 80 year old autograph album once owned by Mrs. Catherine Striker and now with Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Daugherty and Mrs. Ella J. Fuller contains handwritten tributes from Confederate soldiers. The notes dated July 1 1861 honor Mrs. Striker and family and include lines from members of Company B 11th Miss Regiment and other friends. A stray hen incident at the police station is also mentioned in a brief local aside.
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Ellis Fuller
Mary Elizabeth Daugherty
Ella J. Fuller
East Piccadilly Street
Catherine Striker
Striker
Elizabeth
Emma Striker
Mahlon W. Purcell
Mr. Purcell
J. L. Chappell
Marshall Berry
H. P. Reid
F. F. Nealey
W. D. Nunn
11Th Miss. Regiment
Lizzie
Mollie
Emma
Album of 1861 Virginia missive includes Bishop Wesley deathbed scenes
A reader notes a page from the 11th Miss regiment album dated June 28 1861 in Winchester Virginia. The J B Smith and Company publication shows illustrations including the deathbed of Bishop John Wesley the Inquisition of Seville Jacob and Esau Ruth and Boaz.
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J. B. Smith and Company
John Wesley
Seville
Jacob and
Esau
Ruth
Boaz
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Drich
Silvertow
Goodrich
Silvertown
Braddock & Boscawen
East Piccadilly St
United
Winchester Steam Laundry
Leonora Duncanson
William Louis Styer
Hall of Justice
Los Angeles
Star Office
Junior Woman's Club
Boyce
Cammer's
The
New York Times
A. Arthur Hays Sulzberger
Ochs
Ridgeway
West Va
Mrs. Trahan
Joel P. Stokes
Iowa City
Biddy
Mary Daugherty
Irving Torgoff
Long Island University
New York
Wincheser
Eugene Weidmann
Bluebeard
Jean de Koven
Paris
Roger Million
Million
Weidmann
K & M Century
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Winchester, Virginia
Haldeman
Haldeman’s Creamery
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