Car Chase

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20047229

Description

One of the largest manhunts in North Texas spread over two counties and concluded in Grapevine, Texas. A Ford Mercury Eight was stolen and police chased the automobile for four hours. It was then abandoned in Grapevine. One of the boys charged in the automobile theft is Richard W. Williams Junior. The twenty-three year old was shot by one of the officers involved in the manhunt. He is wearing a bloody shirt and trousers, and has a bandage on his chest. The other boy is W. T. Cannon, not pictured. Both boys claimed they were hitch-hiking and denied any connection with the automobile theft.

Archival Date

1941-01-22

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1316

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

Rights

Rights held by The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections. Any use of content downloaded or printed from this page is limited to non-commercial personal or educational use, including fair use as directed by U.S. copyright laws. For more information or for reproduction requests, please contact UTA Special Collections by emailing spcoref@uta.edu.

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Subjects

Williams, Richard W., Jr.; Cannon, W. T.; Automobiles; Car Chase; Manhunt; Bullet Wound; Shootings; Bandages; Ford Mercury Eight; Stolen Cars