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Vernie Rice Hightower

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Vernie Rice Hightower

Birth
Alvarado, Johnson County, Texas, USA
Death
3 Oct 1923 (aged 32)
Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas, USA
Burial
Alvarado, Johnson County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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The Austin American
Austin, Texas
Thursday, October 4, 1923, front page

Texan Dies After Being Shot Twice

CLEBURNE, Texas, Oct. 3. -- Arburl Williams today gave bond in the sum of $5,000 on a charge of slaying Vernie Hightower at Hightower's residence in Alvarado. Hightower was shot twice at o'clock this morning and was rushed to Cleburne where he underwent an operation but died this afternoon. Both men lived in Alvarado. Hightower was 30 years old and unmarried. Williams has a wife and three children.
The Austin American
Austin, Texas
Thursday, October 4, 1923, front page

Texan Dies After Being Shot Twice

CLEBURNE, Texas, Oct. 3. -- Arburl Williams today gave bond in the sum of $5,000 on a charge of slaying Vernie Hightower at Hightower's residence in Alvarado. Hightower was shot twice at o'clock this morning and was rushed to Cleburne where he underwent an operation but died this afternoon. Both men lived in Alvarado. Hightower was 30 years old and unmarried. Williams has a wife and three children.

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Texas, PVT. 1 CL. Q.M. Corps.



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