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Seven days after he took office, a farmer named Joe Allen Goforth went crazy and started down the main street of a hamlet named Krum with a .22 rifle in one hand and a shotgun in the other. He fired his shotgun at a man who was painting the bank, and then ducked into a barber shop. When the new sheriff arrived, Krum residents called: "Don't go in there. He's crazy." But Hodges drew his pistol, walked up to the barber shop, and called: "This is the sheriff of Denton County. Come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEXAS: A Famous Man | 1/4/1954 | See Source »

...Real Collateral. In Comfort, Texas, after Bank President L. F. Goforth turned down his request for a $2,500 business loan, the applicant started to leave, changed his mind, brandished a revolver and escaped with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 10, 1953 | 8/10/1953 | See Source »

...mound once again for the Crimson's final game this term was stalwart Jack Wallace, in his usual fine form. He struck out nine men, walking only one. Six Stahlmen were struck out by Goforth, the Edwards moundsman. Eight of the soldiers reached base on hits; Harvard, likewise, collected eight safeties...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON TIES CAMP EDWARDS, 5-5 FINISHING SPRING TERM'S BASEBALL | 6/13/1944 | See Source »

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