Typed as spelled and written
- Lena Stone Criswell

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT
Thirty-First Year - Number 72
Marlin, Texas, Saturday, July 25, 1931

BLOODHOUNDS ASKED TO
TRAIL ESCAPED CONVICT

Alleged "Lifer" Believed Hiding
Woods in West Falls
County

A request for bloodhounds to aid in trailing an escaped convict believed to be hiding in a wooded section of the western part of Falls county near Durango was reported communicated by Sheriff Reese to Texas penitentiary authorities today.

Tipped off that the man had (missing) in that section for some time, Sh(eriff) Reese and Deputy Ray went there early to day.  Later, the sheriff notified his office in Marlin that request had been made for the dogs.

Prison authorities were quoted as saying the man believed to be the one sought was given a life term.

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