SHE DIED WITH HER BOOTS AND DIAMONDS ON.
BOOTLEG QUEEN SHOT IN DUEL WITH SHERIFF. NEW YORK, November 17. In a revolver duel from racing motorcars, Titian-haired Louise Horton (thirty-six), the leading female bootlegger, was killed by the sheriff of Herrington (Kansas). She died with her boots and her diamonds on. Her body lay in the mortuary to-night, with a bullet through the heart, with jewelled hands and Paris gown, just as she stepped from a dancehall to take her last wild ride. Suspecting that her automobile carried bootleg, the sheriff followed, but her chauffeur speeded away into the suburbs of the town, trying to shake off the pursuit. As the sheriff’s car drew alongside, the woman fired from her swaying automobile, but missed. The sheriff emptied his six-shooter, and the queen of Western women bootleggers slumped dead.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18938, 7 December 1929, Page 22 (Supplement)
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