Cleburne Times-Review (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 68, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 24, 1939 Page: 4 of 16
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is spending the. holidays in Cle-
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A HAPPY NEW YEAR
Oar earnest endeavor for the New Tear will be to serve you
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Burrs Department Store
and employees
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Stores will be closed-all day Christmas:
Ivyland Gro. * Mkt.
Burton trait Stand
Richter Gro. & Mkt.
Firing Service Station
Roy Scott Gro. A Mkt.
Market Square Gro. A Mkt.
It. Cooper Gro. A Mkt.
Tartar's Grocery -------
Wofford Brothers
J. 3. Wofford A Soin.
T. W. Sco« A Sons
Cash ■Hgrvtoc Grocery
C. Dempwolf Gro.
Feacock'a Oro.
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Dr. and Mrs D. K Porter and
son. David, of Gatesville, fofmerly
of Cleburne where Dr. Porter was
presiding elder of the Cleburne
Methodist Church District and also
former pastor of the Main Street
Methodist Chdrch. spent Friday in
Cleburne Dr. Porter officiated
at the..Webster-Poindexter wedding
Friday night.
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Miss Frances Donovan, student
at teachers college in Denton, is
spending the holidays with her
father. C, B. Donovan. /
The following Grocery
Burd's Geoeery ft Market
K. W. Armstrong Gro A Mkt
Baggett Grocery A Market
F. a F. Grocery A Market
►Gieorn Grocery A Market
W. H. Gray Gro. a Mkt
R. E. Given Gro. A Mkt.
(Icburne Grocery
M. R. Head Grocery
O. F. Johnson
Persons Grocery
(Safeway Stores
Winters Gro. a Mkl
QsM a Wiggins
FROM TIMES-RE VIEW
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Topmoat atorr in
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whole crew to. move 'em quick rt>
the morning. With him awantih'
us to do plenty other things right
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RETURNED —After 12 days
of liberty, Winnie Ruth Judd,
right, intone trunk murderess,
is returned to stete hospital,
Phoenix, Aril., offer her cep-
ture. She was' arrested ot
Yuma. Mrs. Arthur N. Kelly,
metron, ot left.
Rooster. "You boys all run along
and get outs town before I give
up their artillery.’’
WHEN the six nfen were freed
»» and all the Half Diamond men
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SNEAD WINS—Slammin* Sam Snead of White Sulphur Springs,
■ W. Va., left, won the $ 10,000 Miami open golf fournameqf with
a 72-hole total of 271. Above, he checks card with Harold (Jug) v
McSpbden of Boston, runner-up. J ' .
Mendel
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accompani
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talisman roses;
frock was of p
with silver acc<
corsage was of d
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T>f hgr father.
nets was enhanci
gown which was
of white brocade
a fitted bodice
line edge with
sea-shell effect
the waist eniph.
of the skirt whii
in the back t.
length in front,
several yards in
sleeves were fu
slwuklers and gi
fit at the wrb
point on lop
white covered
from the wrists
bridal Illusion v
ijeing waist len
lallinx yards lor
SUNDAY, Ph<
PROMINEr
MARRIED
1MPRESS1X
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stranger>^
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Shady GulchX
By DENVER BARDWELL __ ’
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"Then, I’ll see to U myaelf that
he's got rid of. for gr~" *■—*
If Duke Hasser had
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two nulled a whizzer and cached
them tilde* to sell later on vour .
own hook, instead ot burning 'em
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Aft' fthk ,
Spur are spending the holidays
here with Mrs Fowlers father.
E MoitIson, and sister, Miss Vir-
ginia Morrison
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Okla replied. . •►.
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iriably low price. It hat •veer
cr a I typing jok It wiU fira you
* TW chihlevu bm om it far their ImmobwotII - Father cm
4 wea it ho hie peretMkel and '‘after hewi" bwaloaee
Mnthev'a anrial rorrpa^onrtanre ran aov he aperchly and
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and Mrs L. L. Boyd have
a* their guests this week-end Mrs.
Tom Richardson and son, Alfred,
of Bryson; Macon Senter of Fort
Worth, and Mr. and Mrs
Daniel of Beaumont.
Wc take this opportunity to thank our friends and customers
for the patronage they have accorded us during the past
years .
feller. Dad?" Tom A moment later. Hasser hurried
™ aeiau uvsrwt inntnn frsr f^rkAbtsv anrl
features twisted.
up the whiskey decanter.
Imself another drink and
Lally himself, learning that -------------------- ---
Radkin has reported his crooked He found his men just going to
operations to the authorities.' the lai) to claim their guns,
pulls a gun on the young mun---He aiwi (earned for the ftrst
at a dance in Shady Gulch, but time about the six men tn jail. In > -
Mr and Mrs L. O.
aiftt MT. aM Mrs J. A
and son. Joe Lockett Rosaon, are
spending Christmas in Chickasha
and Purcell, Okla., with relatives.
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Porter V Smith .......... 2.50
H. Wall •.......................■•5.00
Duke & Ayres ............... 5 00
W IJ Nanny ............. .100
'Oteurne Floral Co .........8 00
Bercan Sunday School Class 5 00
Mr. and Mrs J. L. Magiier 2 00
• H. Jacobson .....5.00
Persons Bros Grocery .. . 7.50
•Uterty Hotel ..............46 20.
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Kipton, Gat Bob Coude Diamond men. leu by their lare-
-of Tipton Msbes ilrt would act - — ---- —
more like lightning and avoid re-
petition. Coude lost all of his per-
sonal belongings,'for the second
time in two years from a ftre that
deatroyisd hte-feome. ... .
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_ and Mrs .Bill Gregg of
Kingsville are visiting their par-
ents. Mr. and Mrs . W F. Gregg
and Mr. and Mrsr W. T. .Haley.
PRESIDENT—tDr. Don Auquvto
Coyd. Vice President of the
Republic of Panama and Am-
bassador to tha United States,
as he looked when about to
leave Washington to become
President, ■following death of
Dr. Juan Arosemena.
blossoms on hei
The bride carr
quet Of Cattle;
oichldh with 111
Wide white sat
used profusely I
her only ornaim
11 single strand
pearls Her san
Mitin piped tn
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and creased at 1
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where they wen
bridesmaids. wh<
ly Don WebsU
Webster. J. G.
1 liras, Murphy
'Alley wore, the
cdos with whiU
Tlie bridesma
Clements of Cor
Brown of Sherm
Pauline Davis. 1
and Virginia 1
white moire ta
over taffeta sll
were identical tc
for the neckline
and the skirts
Mr and Mrs. O. A. Baker have
as their holiday guests, their son.
Garnell. an Instructor at Pecan
Grove; Mr. Baker's slater, Mrs
O H. Holt and Mr. Holt, of Sap-
ulpa. Okla . and Mr. Baker's bro-
ther, E L Baker, of DePew, Okla
BUI Radkin. stranger in the
little Western town of Shady
Gulch, learns that Thomas Lal-
ly, owner of the big Hall Dia-
mond ranch. Is trying to ruin
the small neighboring ranches
in order to force lhem to sell to
him. so that he can put through
a big deal. Radkin decides to
help the small ranchers, partic-
ularly after be meets Arlene
Waller, pretty daughter at one
ot them. Her father, at first, is
antagonistic .to him. as Waller
hopes to come to terms with
Lally by arranging a marriage —.. ---------—-w--
between Arlene and Lally's son. cowhides be burnt quick? Hasaer ,<
tJiter. however, when Radfcm asked. "I’ll show mm that the
discovers evidence of Lally • quickest way is to snatch 'em otl .
crooked tactics. Waller changes ' * *
his altitude. Meanwhile,. Halt
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man. Duke Hasser. have at-
tempted to kill Radkin. Then.
Lally himself, learning that
operations to the authorities. ’
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at a dance in Shady Gulch, but
• a deputy sheriff knocks the
rancher over the head before he
can pull the trigger.
CHAPTER XXVIH
RACK hoirfe Rfter recovering
6"* frnYM fhn Klctw nn His hpnri
a naif minute he had a man
dashing of! to .bring the luatice
of the peace
Sheriff OJds wanted to hold the
men m jail (or the grand jury at
San Jacinto to dispose of. but lie
-----— could do .nothing out turn them
from the blow on his head. Oiit on UM five-hundred-dollar in-
Thomas Lally was like a tiger dividual bonds which the justice
m a cage He tramped nerv- “,^PlrdH^..—„
ously back and forth across looge thp deviinient that'll
his spacious living room while come soon around nereA Olds
he waited for the coming of murmured to Shorty Meehan and
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33— Celestial bodice
30—Opinion of person
held by others (col.)
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43—Wore away
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57 -Dealer in cloUia
59 -Boclsl class
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a fv hl teeture
84—Force divided by 1
acceleration
K5-Kngil«h nobleman
Australian bird
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history
71- •Rats”
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TO fflnOTRTBEPR' If vnu fall to get your paprF, phone* 133 or 134
and It -win be (Jfllvrrrd .to you. A nrwahoy Is ftt rhe Tiine«-Hrvirw
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' ' Mi mid Mrs C. M Southern
1 ■ of Dallas are spending the holidays
here with her parents. Mr. and
4M1W W. A Seott, and alan with
Mrs H F Southern.
| Mr. and Mrs T. M. Sowell and
Ison. Tommie: Mr. and Mrs Mar-
j ’-ill Catej and Mr and Mrs. Rob-
ert Cate will spend Christmas Day
in Morgan with Mr. and Mri.
C. Martin.
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I BWimed Bvary Afternoon (Bxoept Saturday) and Sunday morning by
O. O. WOODSON
108 Boutb Anglin Strict, Cleburnp, Texaa
Phones 138 and IM
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CO WOODSON, Owner and Publisher
Job FkiuiubON, Saicor * *----1
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rf all news llsfKitches credited to It or not otherwise credited to this
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Bv Carrier In City
One Year Sfl 00 Six Months ........
Hiree Months 1175 One Month ........
By Mall, In Johnson and Adfaeent Counties
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nature
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70-Auditory organ
71 Brf<t of apiria
72—Thing* which hinder
74-Bupniy water for
cultivation
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falcon*
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F Unverified report
^ftlBen “Doug" Fiiiibniikx viiulted over u ten-foot wall in
r-4912-in "Hawthorne. U. s. A:“ u Htuga rnrlmlrama, he
i touched the note o'f physical exuberance that waa to make
him famous in the filmn three /ears later. Probably the
| b«»tExplanation for his popularity was offered by a person
who had long boeii close to him! “Doug’ fulfills a latent
■ wish most of us have to climb trees ands even-story build-
ings.” On one. occasion when "Doug” was visiting the
K Ford factory in Detroit, a member of his party suddenly
! discovered that he was missing.. Also Mr. Ford. "Look
■ for them on the roof ” remarked one who^Hcnew him well.
I And indeed, there they found Henry admiringly watching
"Doug"’climbing-a ladder running up a tall chimney.
I Let this stand ever to Douglas Fairbanks’s credit: He
brought joy to millions with his zestful, graceful athletics
f in “The Mark of Zoito,” “Robin Hood," "'rhe Thief of
Bagdad,’* and a dozen oilier adventure pictures. Staid
•givntleiui’!, who had .not been known to indulge in a hop,
a skip, and jump for 20 years have been observed to have
[. no need for gates in fences after seeing one of his pic-
fc tyres, as for example, "The Black Pirate,” in which i
“Doug" slid down a sail headfirst, from the tip of the mast I
: to the deck, using a knife-cut in the canvas as a brake.
He will also be remembered, for the entertainnient pro-
f Vided by his painstaking productions—always beautiful
? to the eye, always moving fast yet never seeming to hurry.
Always he was the resourceful hero with plenty of time to
| wave a gay farewell to the villains who were in hot. pur-
suit, but were brought up short by the task of following
him up a sheer cliff, climbing a Jack and the Beanstalk
vine; or swinging across the chasm from the end of a
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■WAFA/N’/ J/ I,. GHISKTING to you
‘ From every member of the Tirufis-Revi.ew staff tu every
| citizen In Cleburne ts extended the wannest heartfelt
^^^Hfemas greetings ' ii the eve-of the greatest celebration
| of the year-.
I &^**nr'-V years ago a Man was born who
gave) .to this earth n doctrine whitlj has for centuries con-
| tinned through vacs hate, greed and pestilence and grown
f Stronger with.each year. It is with greatest joy that the
world pauses Monday to pay homage to this great Man.
r ; Acrot- the waters, rerhaps death-dealing guns will cease [■
| to fire, ships at sea will cull a halt to plundering and ;
I, blasting machinery and sailors, and perchance the men |
r who guide the destinies of the world will take heed of the
■ meaniiii: of this day and think more of. doing for hurnan-
I4ty than destroying it. ,-
ft On this side perhaps the problems of needy and under-
privlliged will be minimized and the affairs of state will
k Bogard loss of all the undesirable conditions which exist
in all corners of the globe,-there is one thing which all
men of this nation may be happy for—at night our lights
I bufn brightly and by day we listen for the hum of the pas-
senger and matt plane.
And so on this day when we pause to pay our homage to
I the Man who made tl is world it better place to live in, the
L■ v wts1ies you ,,H‘ miTriest Christmas and full-
I er bKringa froni lUc. day forwards- - .......
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Mr and Mrs Ned Hoffman of
I Fort Worth spent Friday nl«ht in
Cleburne attending the Webster-
Poindexter wedding and reception
Mr and 'Mrs. Tom Fowler of
that Radkln
asked.
Lally's
snatched
poured, himself — ______
gulped It down. Jail and hurried to his little pri-
“TU teach that yeller-halred vate stable behind his bachelor
young " upstart to tangle In my quarters.
businessl" he roared, slamming On his way. he met Mark Wal-
bls glass down. "I've got the rail- ler and his tlwee men just riding
road lawyers digging into the Bar away from the public livery stable.
M sale to him. When they prove "I'm headin’ for the Bar M to- >1
that he tricked that numbskull, night.” Olds told Waller. "Walk .
Ben Ormond, into selling to him. your ponies and TU catch up with
it’ll be easy enough to straighten you by Thumb Crick—got some
talk to hold with you,
■ _ „•* “ j Before Waller and his men had
tood and ail I covered half Uie distance to
__________ carried out Thumb Creek bridge, they heard
my orders and got rid of him in the roar of a forty-five gun back
the first place, all this wouldn’t in town.
have happened. Duke, the fool. They Jerked to a halt, listening,
somehow let him get away, but Another shot followed almost in-
» I’ll put the feller where he’ll never stantly. with less Blunder In “
make trouble again I He can’t Then, there was silence. I
buck me!” Scooter Hopkins spoke.
“That last shot was from Matt
JUIEANT1ME. in Shady XJulch, Olds’ Army .38. There ain’t an-
!"■ the dance was coming to a other gun around town with its
close. Duke Hasser had wandered sharp bark. He rnusta got who-
, over to the . Boston Bar, ' • ■ ffwr was throwin’ forty-five lead
At one end of the bar. he stood at W." ~—
talking with two of his men in low "We’ll drop back and see," Waly •
tones. ler said. . 3’ ■’
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I got to disappear for a spell. The (To be continued)
Boss can’t help fihdin’ out about (The characters in this serial arc
| them hides when we take the fictitious.)
Mr and Mrs J H Daniel, Jr.,
of Beaumont will spend Christmas
with their parents. Mr and Mrs.
' and Mrt.
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J 0. Penney ....... 26.00
Dr W R. Washburn .... 3 00
J. F Austin ...;..... 1.00
Barnes Stores ................. 5.00
Btowwratan JU Bain---------5.00
Cash- .................... 1.00
Mr. and Mrs Homer James 2 00
Cleburne BAP.W Club .... 7.06
Rotary Club ...... “
High Scliool ...........
Mrs Jessie Snyder
Fieri ion Beps Bakery .
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Smith ,...•.
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Sheet Methodist
Dr D K Po
Aride’s pastor at
single ring ceremc
Street church, pro
The bridal part;
altar rail which
white bridal clot
with garlands of
SimilarUy decorat
rail where trees o:
other greenery wei
as background
of cklla llliee. *
side by baskets
and white chryi
wrought-iron can
were burning will
crs. transformed
a lovely picture.
^ern smHax conn
The IiUnHy pews
white satin
Nuplia
Preceding the
Clyde Jolies of
two love lyrics, "k
and “She is Ml
al the organ
Boger As the
llAllf remingtons
Nil Ml NEWEST
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•aaenlhl fMlora to <in a i—2 .
maay yaara of ftUthfttl aaroMa.
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correaIMwtanra ran m»v
ra of, with Rrwmatta.
Fw Towch Twpa
Metho*! InatriMMhw*
R aaiilet ,haa^o<rtaM>1
i BenUajiS^k*.
■ruM. to help
l«r« •« tTM wilk
«to. I..™. U. awl
•tohMtep.
them tildes to sell utter on vour
Qtwt* Krwrtir matnari rut Hitewetnar
like he ordered. I’ll telT im’thai.
when I found out about it. you
up and high-tailed it. Wjt don’t
worry—when we git rid of this
stuff. I’ll send vour cut to you."
“Yeah, but what if Uie old man
blows up and makes voti burn 'em -
now?" Dootsy suggested. j.a.
"How can threa thousand tougti r
rnt quick?" C
asked. “I'll show nnn that the
quickest way is to snatch 'em off
the place and nide 'em somewhere ...
else. Then I’ll find a buyer." (
It waa- WtortJy attar Uus U.a; ■■ -—■■
Thomas Lally, his impatience be- • either side eutw!
coming too much for him. came
storming into town after Duke)
Duke Hasser.
Time and again, he stopped be-
side the liquor cabinet to throw a
glassfull of whiskey down his
throat. ' ' ___ _ ________
X M e a n w h 11 e. T o m. Jr., lay ha<j tjlelr gung aBttin. Lally threw
outstretched on a couch, holding a a parung wrathful remark at the
piece ot raw beet against his sheriff
swollen and discolored left eye -j found out. Olds, that we
"Wliy the devU don’t Duke .get can.t
here? the older man raged. "Whv —_ ___
don t those two men I sent for him nght"after it comes off. we ll be
2_ _ . *2 _2 I ~ ■ * “ - • «---- •—
“Just make that
double. Tom Lally P’
“Now that you've took them six
prisoners off my hands. I ain’t
tied up nere with guarding 'em
If you only knew what tha'
meant, you’d have been glad to
leave 'em here a right long spelll"
Maybe if hot-headed Matt Olds
had suspected that Duke Hasser
was at that very moment wonder-
ing just how much information
Bill Radkin had imparted to the
arais off Uie lani Then we;U mTXouhT ftave^controU^d
his temper better. He did see a
change come over the face of the
nA41I LMiMIlUIlU lUlCUMMI. UUl IV .
too late to recall the words he had p
“I found out. Olds, that we
— - vm. • hold that district;
1. 'why election tor another ten days, but
for him rl<ht after |t Comes off. well be
«ome back and toll me what’s rld of your fool doings. In the
holding em up? Tom. we’ve got •“ .......
do something quick!" He glared at
his son. "How at? you flxea with
Waller and his girl? Can you still
bring 'em in on a rope it I have to
fall back on him to lock the deal?"
“I got 'em licking out ot my
hand. Dad." Tom assured him.
"They'll trot Into your corral any
time 1 se’ the wedding day."
Lally snapped. “1 don't aim tor
it to go that far—you're nqt mar-
rying a girl like that! I'll get those
homestead claims straightened out
if I have to dig wells a hundred DUI „BUR1I1 lmu IHIP.,VCU w v„..
feet deep and old* up every sprig gherlff about the cache of cow.
of mass on. tlie laud. Then well Ha F» o nnn
close the deal with the railroad
?.nd..^0UJ‘, mBrry • Blrl Of VVU.V v,v. V..c V. —
world" he,P y°U 8° UP ,D the Kalf Dlajnond foreman, but it as
“What are you gonna do about recklessiy~f!uni at Lally? ~
flint fnllflr TYuH9” T’/ini A rvxAwmnt latnr Uoeanr Htt
away, motioning for Dodtsy and
He Twister to follow.
As soon as Lally and the rest
of his men departed. Olds left the
Jail and hurried to his little pn-
t ns.
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Ferguson, Joe. Cleburne Times-Review (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 68, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 24, 1939, newspaper, December 24, 1939; Cleburne, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1304202/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Johnson County Historical Collective.