Western Hills Hotel robbery

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20130210

Description

Detectives are shown at the place where loot in the Western Hills Hotel robbery was recovered by officers Sunday night, November 2nd. A thermos jug sealed with paraffin, unearthed early Monday morning, November 3rd, near Azle, contained $128,000 of the $248,000 taken in the Oct. 3 robbery of two Cubans at Western Hills Hotel.

Archival Date

1952-11-03

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-576

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Robberies; Crimes; Forests