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BANDITS IN AMERICA. BRAVERY OF TWO FARMERB. SEVERAL PERSONS KIDNAPPED. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright, (Received July 23. ii a.m.) BOSWELL (Oklahoma), July 22. Two farmers shot dead Freß Tlndol and seriously wounded Peter Troxler, two of three armed bandits who broke out of a Texas prison on July 8 and a week later kidnapped Baird Markham, Junior, the 21 -year-old son of a wealthy oil magnate. The bandits had kidnapped the two farmers. A police* posse had previously shot dead Chapman, the third bandit involved in the Markham kidnapping. Tindol and Troxler, in their efforts to escape, had stolen a number of cars and had kidnapped several persons. The two farmers used the bandits’ own weapons when the latter dozed during a forced ride.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20253, 23 July 1937, Page 7
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127SHOT DEAD Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20253, 23 July 1937, Page 7
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