Death of Newtons
Jess Newton died on March 4, 1960, having lived out the remainder of his life as a cowboy in Uvalde. A veteran of the Texas Brigade of World War One, he died in a VA hospital. He never was able to remember where the buried money was, and often complained about the country being taken off the gold standard since he apparently lost a great deal of money when stolen bonds were left unredeemed.
Roughly beaten in his last arrest, Dock entered hospital and never fully recovered, although he lived until 1974, dying at the age of 83.
Willis lived to age 90, fierce and unrepentant to the end. He died of old age on August 22, 1979.
Well loved in the town of Uvalde, owner of a cafe and other small businesses, an avid horseman into his 80s, youngest brother Joe Newton died at age 88 on February 3, 1989.
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