2 Women Who Saw Sam Bass Shot See Desperado In Wax

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Interviews with Mrs. Matilda Swenson Mayfield and Mrs. Justine Swenson James who saw the outlaw Sam Bass shot in Round Rock , Texas on July 19, 1878.

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[2] p. ; 28 cm.

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Creator: Unknown. 1939.

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This report is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2017 and was provided by the Round Rock Public Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 140 times, with 5 in the last month. More information about this report can be viewed below.

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Interviews with Mrs. Matilda Swenson Mayfield and Mrs. Justine Swenson James who saw the outlaw Sam Bass shot in Round Rock , Texas on July 19, 1878.

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[2] p. ; 28 cm.

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The identification number "4363405" was added by Round Rock Public Library.

"It is entirely possible that this report was a draft of a newspaper article. A similar item appears in Associated Press story in the November 13, 1939 newspaper, The Monitor (McAllen, Texas). Variations show up the same week in the Abilene Reporter News, the Corsicana Daily Sun and in the May 23, 1940 Brownsville Herald."

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2 Women Who Saw Sam Bass Shot See Desperado In Wax, report, 1939; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1121232/: accessed May 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Round Rock Public Library.

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