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K
& W (Austin) Drilling Rig |
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my buddy and I were moving to Plata and Casa Piedra in 1959 we had
no driver to drive the car. I drove the rig and my buddy drove the
pickup, and he was pulling a welding machine. After three weeks without
the car we caught a train on a Friday night and went home to get it.
My brother wanted to go back with us, so I told him to pack his glad
bags. We left at noon Sunday and we were running hard. We got to Junction
and got more beer. We were trying to make a dance in Fort Stockton
at a place called the Cow Pasture. We stopped in Sonora at a bar and
my brother had his shirt unbuttoned. This cowboy came up to him and
told him to button up. My brother told me what he said, and I told
the guy [where to get off]. He was going to get me, but I hit him
with my left fist and put him in the jukebox. Glass and records were
every where, so we got out of there. Eleven miles west of Sonora we
crashed. My buddy and I almost got killed when we ran under a semi
that was stopped to make a left turn. He had no stop lights or turn
signals. So we did not make the dance. |
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Bob,
Ray Hajda and Gilbert Herna disposing of evidence in Granger 1958 |
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The
getaway car that got 11 miles away. |
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