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[News Clip: Drowning ; Hunt ; 20 Thousand Bond Upheld in Extortion Case] (Video)

[News Clip: Drowning ; Hunt ; 20 Thousand Bond Upheld in Extortion Case]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany three news stories. The first is about the probable drowning of Dan Medcalf in Mountain Creek Lake. The video shows police officers searching for his body. Second is about Wilbur J. Hunt, who was arrested for the murder of Leroy Eggleston. The third story covered in this video clip is about a man attempting to reduce a $20,000 bond that was set following charges that he and his wife extorted a family for $300.

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Drowning], script, August 9, 1956; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306066/m1/1/: accessed June 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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