PROBING KILLING AT UPLAND. Ed Sullivan Body Bears Gunshot Wounds in Neck. Special to The News. Upland, Texas., April 23.—The authorities have been conducting: a rigid investigation Into the killing of Ed Sullivan. Sullivan's body was found In the southern part of Upton County. When it was exhumed it was observed that death had been caused by a charge of large shot fired at very close range and almost severing the head from the body. Many blood-stained garments were found In the grave, and a very large bread pan was placed aver the head. Sullivan was first seen In this county about March 19. He was 40 or 45 years old and was traveling In a wagon in company with two others. An arrest has been made and an examining trial Is to be held here soon. April 24, 1912 Dallas Morning News

T. F. HICKOX GIVES UP FOLLOWING DEATH OF LAMAR SCHRIER. Special to The News. San Angelo. Texas. July 21.—T. F. Hickox, former Rankin ranchman and prominent Reagan County stockman, surrendered this morning to Sheriff Gamer of Reagan County following- the killing shortly after midnight of Lamar Schrier, a young stockman, at a dance in Rankin that concluded an all-day celebration. A report from Big Lake said that early in the evening Schrier and a son of Hickox had trouble of an unknown nature and that later the father took up the quarrel. A bullet from a 45 caliber pistol pierced Schrier's back below the point of the shoulder blade and ranged into the stomach, causing death within a few minutes. It was understood that Hickox was taken to Fort Stockton to await his examining trial. Dallas Morning News July 22, 1921

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To Bury Explosion Victim at San Angelo Special to The News. SAN ANGELO, Texas, Nov. 7.— The body of John Hale, 49, proprietor of a recreational hall at McCamey. killed there Sunday in a mysterious explosion, arrived here Monday and will be buried Tuesday afternoon. Meanwhile investigation of the blast that blew Hale through the top of his tent yet only bruised a companion sleeping with him, was pushed vigorously. Hale did not keep explosives In his tent and no enmity toward him is known to have existed. . Surviving are four daughters. Mrs. Davis Miller and Misses Pauline, Lucille and Clyde Hale; the mother. Mrs. John D. Miller. and a sister, Mrs. Joe Miller, all of San Angelo. and two brothers. Jim Hale of Tennyson and Will Hale of San Angelo November 8, 1927 San Angelo Times

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Bomb Under Bed Kills Texas Man

Three Held In Connection With Affair At McCamey Man Shot From Tent  San Angelo Texas Nov 7, Three men are held at McCamey as suspects, no charges have been filed against them following the death of John Hale, 49, at McCamey early Sunday morning when he was shot out of his bed above his tent by the force of an explosion beneath him. Death was instantaneous officers beleive dynamite was used. A man sleeping in the bed with Hale was uninjured but he is held as one of the suspects in along with two other men, brothers who said they were asleep  in an adjoining tent at that time.Morning Avalanche | Lubbock, Texas | Tuesday, November 08, 1927 | Page 1

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September 20, 1928 -Pool Hall Owner Killed at McCamey- McCAMEY. Texas. Sept. 19 (AP) —Cowboy Corn, about 43. pool hall operator and well known in the surrounding oil field, was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon as he entered a confectionery. Corn was struck by two bullets from a .45-caliber pistol, the last, bullet puncturing his heart and causing death almost instantly. Harry Appell. operator of the confectionary, surrendered to Deputy Sheriff Shannon and was taken to Rankin, where he was placed in the county jail pending and examining trial before Justice H. R Bristow. Several witnesses to the slaying stated in testimony before Justice Bristow. who held an Inquest, that Corn entered the front door of the confectionery with a large open pocketknife and started toward Appell. Corn fell on the open knife on the porch of the confectionery a few seconds later.

October 4, 1928 Appell Acquitted in McCamey Case -RANKIN, Texas, Oct 3 (AP).— Because of alleged threats that had been made against his life. Harry Appell Wednesday stood acquitted of the murder of Leon Corn at McCamey on the afternoon of Sept. 18. Corn, witnesses said, on the day of the slaying went to Appell's place of business with a knife. Appell cautioned him not to enter, but Corn stepped across the threshold and fell with  two bullets in his body, dying: almost immediately. A jury Tuesday night acquitted Appell of murder after less than forty minutes deliberation.

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R F McCay dies of Wounds- San Angelo Texas Feb 5, R F McCay died at McCay Saturday night as a result of gunshot wounds sustained at his filling station near McCamey. February 6, 1928 Dallas Morning News

McCamey Boy Drowns. McCAMEY, Texas. March 14 (AP) —Funeral services were held Tuesday for Clarence Laughead, 9. who drowned in a twenty-four-foot open tank at the edge of town. Billie Ray Garrett another 9-year-old boy who was with Clarence, tried lo rescue him. but failed. March 15, 1933 Dallas Morning News

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 McCamey Counts Heavy Fire Loss McCAMEY, July 5.—AP—This city counted, its loss today from a disastrous fire which for a time menaced the entire business section last night. Two persons were H. P. Priddy. manager of the Theater , was badly burned about the face and hands, and Bob McKinney, fireman, fell from an awning and was painfully bruided.  The Coney Island. Electric Service Co.. Towler Radio Shop. Vogue Beauty Shop and West Texas Autto Parts buildings were damaged though equipment  was saved. Officials declined to make an estimate of the loss. The fire was blamed on a defective exhaust on a motor of the theater's cooling system.  McCamey recently encounterd heavy damage in a tornado.July 5, 1937 Abilene News Reporter

Wallace Gary, 17, Son Of Starkey Teacher, Injured In Game Friday Wallace Gary, 17, of Rankin, Texas, son of Mrs. Johnnie- Gary, teacher at Starkey Elementary School, sustained a broken leg in the second period of the Rank| in-San Angelo football game Friday night, played -in Rankin. Gary is a senior student at Rankin High School, and underwent surgery at noon Saturday in a Midland hospital. Gary will be remembered ,as the hero of a fire in San Marcos in August when he went upstairs in a burning building to rescue an elderly aunt. He is just now recovering from burns buttered in that experience. Kerrville Times | Kerrville, Texas | Sunday, October 12, 1952 | Page 1

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Tumble weed piles clog state highway RANKIN (AP) — Tumbleweeds blown about by fierce winds clogged a section of State Highway 349 north of this West Texas town, stranding several motorists and forcing officials to close the road for seven hours. Highway department workers used shovels and a front-end loader Saturday to clear the surface while dust dropped visability in the area to near zero "I have never seen anything like this," said Department of Public Safety Trooper Richard Izatt 'I think I've swallowed enough dust to last me 30 years." Gusts of 40 mph were common in West Texas the National Weather Service said. A burst of 98-mph wind was recorded at the Davis Mountains Observatory. A 10-foot wall of weeds covered most of the highway about 16 miles north of here. One car was buried under 12 feet of tumbleweed. Izatt said he found several cars stranded at noon when he reached the clogged stretch. Officials put up roadblocks to re-route traffic. Marie Stamper said her car snarled in the weeds as she drive from Midland to Rankin. "I'm a Texan, but I've never seen this before," said Ms. Stamper. Terry Teate, an oil field geologist, said he saw the trunk and rear window of Ms. Martin's car as he drove toward Midland. He plunged into the prickly weeds, but failed to find the car. "I've seen a lot of hurricanes in Florida, but nothing like this," said Teate.Galveston Daily News | Galveston, Texas | Monday, March 07, 1983 | Page 15

 A Rankin woman was killed and a man was injured in a Sunday morning shooting incident in Rankin. Rosa Deanda Viasana 57, was pronounced dead at her home, the scene of the shooting shortly after the incident at 12:50 a.m. She apparantly had been shot twice in the Upper torso. an Upton County spokesman said. A man listed as Tom Washington was in fair condition this morning in intensive care unit of Medical Center Hospital. He was shot in the back in the same incident, the spokesman said. The Rankin sheriff's department said two different weapons were used in the incident. No arrests have been made June 27, 1977, Midland, Texas