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I HIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 221 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1929 TWENTY-SIX PAGES TODAY • 5c A COPY
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' VALLEY
l!
WITH ADDITIONAL thousands of
cres going into cultivation yearly,
Vitlacy county citirens are feeling
he need of a county agent's guid
nce.
; Consequently a petition is being j
irculated for signatures and will '
>e presented to the commissioners j
ourt urging that body to appoint |
uch an official and also a home
'emonstraiion agent to assist the
omen with their problems.
Willacy county is going in for
rrapes and the onion crop already j
4s one of the chief sources of reva
lue. Both of these crops are of '
jnnor importance in Cameron and j
iidalgo county, at least for the
Present, and new methods of culti
vation need to be developed.
As yet the lands of that county
*re unirrigated and this again pre
sents a different problem from that
of the farming section nearer the
'iver.
The petition is sponsored by
-hamber of commerce directors at
ilaymondville and is being eircu- j
ated under direction of G. W. Mus- ,
grave, agricultural committee chair- I
man.
A sure sign of progress.
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VALLEY DEVELOPMENT — con- |
faction of buildings, building of
*4gete roads, concrete canals, con
fe bridges—all has brought pros
pa.ty to an industry which only a
ew years ago was little more than
n existence.
Speaking of gravel.
Pits west of Mission last year j
supplied more than 19,000 carloads !
of this very necessary material for
modern building operations and most 1
of it was used in the Valley,
i A big advantage to this section
to have such abundant supplies near
home. Makes low freight, saves
money on buildings, roads and !
canals.
A total of 19,000 cars of gravel in
a year, only a few thousand less ;
than tha entire fruit and vegetable
yield of the Valley for the same !
period.
V V V
AND NOW it appears the Wich
ita, Kansas, dancer who used grape
fruit to dimple her knees has been
stealing somebody’s stuff.
An anonymous letter addressed to
The Herald reveals that a young
woman right here at home has dis
covered that grapefruit makes dim
ples in the knees; reveals that much
bat fails to reveal who the young
lady is.
Here is the letter:
“I was delighted over the write
up and popularity of Miss Walker,
the dancer of Wichita, Kan.
“Reminded me ‘a prophet hath no
honor in his own country.* 1 was
wondering if you knew we had a
servant in one of the best homes in
our town who attributes her dimpled
knees to eating grapefrrit and
drinking the juice.
“She also gives the grapefruit the
glody for bleaching her beautiful
white hands.
“Now find her.”
e e e
YES DO. Just find her.
If the young woman is wise, she
will make herself known and there
by win fame and fortune.
At any rate the letter has been
turned over to a hand-writing expert
and a detective has been set on the
trail of the elusive dimples.
The Herald at least intends to do
its part to see that the true dis
coverer of this great secret be given
dua credit.
e e e
SYDNEY C. LAv KLAND, editor of |
the Hargill Progress, published at
Hargill. objects to Raymondville be
ing given credit for the first crate
of asparagus which was shipped on
JaR^l to New York and subsequent
ly Mid for $25.
In a letter to The Herald he asks |
that his town be given the credit.
True, the story was sent in from
[ Raymondville and consequently
I appeared under a Raymondville
date line, but the article clearly
stated that the asparagus was grown j
near Hargill.
To quote:
“The asparagus was grown by T.
L. Ogilvie near Hargill.”
Later on the same article said:
“The Hargill section has about
125 acres of asparagus, most of |
which is being grown by Ogilvie and
W. A. Harding, and this commodity J
will no doubt make a substantial
contribution to the income of Val- |
ley farmers in th* near future.”
TO KEEP the record straight, the
asparagus was grown, accordinr to '•
Editor Lackland, not even in Wil- j
lacy county, hut at tha Ogilvie
asparagus farm about two miles j
northeast of Hargill.
Our Kaymondiille correspondent j
d'd fail to state the shipment was ,
made from Hargill.
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THE NEXT TIME Hargill ship*
tha first crate of asparagus, and
we hope they do it often, perhaps
Editor Lackland v ill inform us of
that important event and give us
the elect facts. Thus the town will
receiva the deserved credit.
Long live Hargill.
fJttTTHCOCK TEAM REATEN
MONTE. Cal, Feb. 9.- B—
V>mmy Hitchcock and his Sands
Point poloists went down to defeat
on the Delmonte field today before
the hard riding Greentreen team by
a 13 to 9 margin. The game was a
preliminary to tha Pacific coast
championship aeries which starts
hare tomorrow.
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TEMPERATURE
FAILS TO DROP
SATURDAY P. K
Frost Still Menace For
Monday Despite Ris
ing Mercury Expect
ed Sunday
With the mercury in Brownsville
standing at midnight only slightly
below 36 degrees, the maximum tem
perature record Saturday, the Valley
seemed in a fair way to escape its
most dangerous threat of a freeze
for the present winter.
However, W. J. Schnurbusch, local
weather forecaster, before leaving
the office at a late hour had report
ed the weather showing a tendency
to clear, which was expected to put
the weather on a toboggan to lower
temperatures before morning.
In the meantime other sections of
the state were reporting the lowest
readings of the winter and many
places had weather which set rec
ords for several years.
For Sunday Mr. Schnurbusch saw
a considerable rise in temperature
and clearing skies. If the weather
does become fair during the day
there still would be a menace to veg
etables by frost Monday morning,
he thought.
Continued cloudiness and rising
temperatures in a large area north
of the Valley were seen as important
sides in warding off the freeze which
began to threaten early Friday.
A severe freeze or heavy frost at
this time would cause heavy damage
to beans, peas, potatoes and other
vegetables and might materially re
duce the size of the citrus crop, as
about half of the fruit is believed to
still be on the trees.
Many orchardists Saturday pre
pared to light smudge pots and bon
fires to protect their orchards but
early Sunday morning it appeared
the need for this precaution had
parsed.
Meanwhile, the Texas Culf coast
was feeling the chill bite of most
unusually low temperatures which at
two points took an almost unprece
dented drop to below 30 degrees.
Calveston reported a minimum of
29, Houston of 23, North Texas, and
especially the Panhandle section, lay
under snow and ice with lower read
ings expected in some sections.
At Forth. North Texas, the ther
mometer got down to 14 degrees, the
lowest since 1*99 when 16 was the
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Corpus Christi
To Get 100-Watt
Radio Station
SAN ANGELO. Tex.. Feb. <AV~
Radio station KGFI hero has been
purchased bv the Eagle Broadcasting
company and will be moved to Cor
pus Christi. KWKL will continue
to operate here.
E. El. Wilson, his two brothers,
Ernest of Brownwood and C. T. of
this city, and their father, Dr. E. M.
W ilson of Goldthwaite, form the
Eagle company. They said the sta
tion would be increased from 15 to
100 watts upon removal to Corpux
Christi.
Slayer Freed As
Jailer Disarmed
WINK. Tev., Eeh. 9.—<,IV-After
.lader John Reeves had been offered
mnnev to rclen>e W ilbur Garton. un
der murder charges in Oklahoma, a
man who gave the name of a former
deputy overpowered Reeves, disarm
ed him. ard forced another man to
unlock Garton'* cell here last night.
Garton and the stranger fled in an
automobile toward New Mexico.
Posses were hunting the fugitives
today.
SENATE TO CONTINUE
WILSON CASE INQUIRY
WASHINGTON. FWb. 9.—<4V-The
senate today authorised the sub
committee of the elections committee
to continue its consideration of the
contest of William B. Wilson, dem
ocrat, for the seat of Senator-Elect
Vare, repuhlican. Penn., through the
approaching recces and until the end
of the next regular session.
ASK LINd7~TO INAUGURATION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—{AV-Col
Charles A. Lindbergh was invited to
day to participate in the Hoover *n
augura] festivities. The inaugural
committee mailed the flier an em
bossed invitation.
Toral Killed By
Firing Squad To
Avenge Obregon
By CLARENCE DL'BOSE
Associated Tress Correspondent *
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 9.—(AT)—The pistol shots that killed General
Alvaro Obregon last July had their last echo today with the execution by
a firing squad of Jose lie Leon Toral, the president-elect’s assassin.
The young slayer, who throughout had maintained that he felt his act
was for the good of Mexico, went to his death calmly and bravely, facing
the firing squad quietly and dropping swiftly before a hail of shot.
The execution had been set for noon, but it was put over until 12:30
p. m. A few minutes before that hour, Toral was taken to a patio and in
structed how to act before the firing)
squad.
smiled a little as the men told him
how to die. Then he was led to a
stone wall in a courtyard of the fed
eral penitentiary and was placed be
fore a portion scarred by the bul
lets of many other executions.
"Viva" Cut Short
At 12:35 p. m., the shots rang out
and Toral slumped down. His body
twitched and Captain Rodriguez
Rabiela, in charge of the squad,
fired the coup de grace, using a pis
tol once presented to him by Gen
eral Obregon, Toral’s victim.
Just as the rifles of the firing
squad cracked, Toral tried to shout.
“Viv—**.
That was as far as he got.
He bad hoped to cry “Viva Cristo
Rey" ("Long live Christ the king'*)
but his words were cut short by
death.
The condemned man wore a black
coat covering a sweater, black
striped trousers and a cap.
Upon taking his place in front of
the firing squad, he took off the
cap and held it in his left hand. Then
he raised his right hand to cover
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BANDITS KILL
STOREKEEPER
Dallas Grocer Is Slain
By Three Negroes
In Holdup
DALLAS, Tex., Feb. 9.—<£*>—Joe
Piccola, 29, grocer, was shot to death
tonight when he resisted three ne
groes who attempted to hold up his
store.
He was dead when relatives, hear
ing two shots, ran into the store.
About 125 in cash was taken from
the register. A larger sum in Pic
cola’s nocket was saved, the dead man
having one hand clasped tightly over
the pocket when he was found. A
batcher knife was near his hand. He
evidently had attempted to reach it.
Police were given a good descrip
tion of the three negroes. A sister
of Piccola met the trio as she left
the store shortly hefore the shooting
end saw them again as they fled.
REFUSAL TO SUMBIT
BILL HELD ILLEGAL
AUSTIN, Feb. 9.—t/Pi—It would
amount to misuse if not usurpation
of power for the legislature to re
fuse to submit a constitutional
amendment which any considerable
number of citizens desire referred.
Representative R. M. Hubbard of
Xew Boston, said today in urging
passage of the resolution proposing
a $175.000,000 statewide bond issue
for highway construction.
Pointing out that the bond Issue
plan had received the endorsement
of many organizations, he said if he
were opposed to issuing bonds he
would favor submitting the plan to
the people for their action.
I FOUR BRIDGES OVER RIO GRANDE IN VALLEY TO BECOME MONUMENTS
IN STEEL DEDICATED TO TEXAS HEROES OF THE MIER EXPEDITION
• Special to The Herald*
ROMA. Tex... Feb. 9— What !•
believed to be the most unique plan
ever conceived to honor the mem
ories of Texas heroes is announ
ced by the owners and builders of
the bridges over the Rio Grande
at Zapata, Roma. H dalyo and
Thayer, each bndf* to be dedi
; rated to the memory one mem
ber of the Mier expedition. The
bridge at Zapata will be dedicated
to Col. Men E. McCollouch, the
first man to enter Mier on Dec.
23, 1S42, who with only ten men
. put the city under tribute for sup
| plies for tha Texans encamped at
j Alamo just across tha Rio Grands
N
seven miles from Mier. He cap
tured the alcalde and held him as
a hostage for the delivery of the
supplies, which, although gathered
and earoute to the camp of the
Texans, were intercepted by Gen.
Ampudia and 600 cavalrymen, and
returned to Mier.
It it history that the Texans,
hungry and angered by this act,
determined upon an invasion of the
city and on Christmas eve, 1842,
300 men forded the Rio Grande,
marched to Mier and entered the
city, gained two houses on tba
military plaza and held out against
a force of nearly 3000 soldiers for
19 hours, sorrsndcred only after
promises on the part of Gen. Am
pud.a that they would be kept on
the border and exchanged. They
never were, but after languishing
in Pcrote prison for several years,
the remnant of this band finally
succeeded in being liberated
through Gen. Wgddy Thompson,
American minister to Mexico.
During the Mier engagement.
Captain Ewen Cameron. Late of the
King’a Highlanders, and for whom
Cameron county is named, was sta
tioned in the rear court yard of
one of the buildings to prevent n
rear attack. With five men and
only round cobble stones for am*
muation, ikii valiant band hold off
the entire attacking force daring
the engagement. The bridge at
Roma will be named in hi* honor.
Gen. Tom Green, protector of
Santa Ana at Velasco after that
general's capture at San Jacinto
and when an angry mob of Texans
awaited the coming of the ship
that bori hint from Galveston, in
tent on tearing him to pieces for
hia part at the Alamo, was second
in command of the expedition aft
er the army had voted to relievo
On. S^oswa—H'* at «nmw«ai at
Carrite Indian Village, (now called
Zapata). Gea. Green wai one ef
three prisoners who bored threvgh
the seven-foot rock walla of Pero
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to prison and mad* his escape
there from eia Verm Crux. The
bridge st Hidalgo will be known
as the Tom Creen bridge and the
one at Thayer will be named in
honor of Wm. 8. Fisher, who was
elected commander of the expedi
tion when Sommorvill# wm relior
ed of command.
Bronx# tablets with suitable in
scriptions will be attached to a
tower of each one of the bridges
so the* visit*v* will kaom whoa
crossing them that they are oa his
toric ground and in tha shadow# cf
monuments of stool erected to men
whose hearts were steal*
REDUCTION IN
IMMIGRATION
IS PREDICTED
_
Consular Service In:
Mexico May Be Used
To Reduce Influx of
Laborers
(Special to The Herald)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 9.—A
general tightening up of all Mexican
border points to reduce immigration
of Mexican aliens is rumored here, as
a result of the failure of the Box
quota measure to secure recognition
during the present session of con
gress.
While no authoritative statement)
has been issued by administraticn
leaders, it is understood that they re
gard the Box bill in the light of what
might be termed inopportune legis
ltaion. Relations between the Mex
ican and American governments have
attained a \ery satisfactory stage,
and passage of the Box bill, placing
Mexico upon a quota basis, would,
it is believed, seriously interfere with
the present harmony.
But the American government has
a means whereby the desired end of
restricting immigration can be at
tained, and that is through the con
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Senate Passes
Bills For Four
Valley Bridges
WASHINGTON. D. Feb. 9.—W
—Construction of bridges across the
Rio Grande in Texas would be au
thorized under house bills passed to
day by the senate and sent to the
president.
Rridges are provided in the bill as
follows:
Rio Grande Del Norte Investment
company ut or near San Benito.
Donna Bridge company at or near
Donna. Ix>s Indios Bridge company
at or near Los Indios. Rio Grande
City Camargo Bridge company at or
near Rio Grande City.
KING GEORGE SOOTHED
fcY MURMUR OF SEA
BOG.NOR. Eng., Feb. 9—OA—
i Soothed by the murmur of the sea.
King George rested well at Craijrwell
| Hou-e tonight aftpr a successful
journey by a special ambulance from
London.
A medics! bulletin tonight gave
assurance that his majesty had stood
the id-mile motor trip well and that
I his general condition was satisfactory
several hours after he had reached
1 his quarters in “Sunshine House.” J
RIGHT HMD
MM HELD AS
Searchers Are Taken
To Remains of Okla
homan By His Sus
pected Slayer
WICHITA FALLS. Feb. 9.—<JPh~A
ballet wound through the head and
hands folded carefully across the
chest, the body of Arthur Pender*
graft, 48. wealthy farmer of Cotton
county, Okla.. was found in a clump
of bushes on a vacant ranrh land
about 10 miles from here late to
day.
L>. J. Hobbler, described as having
been Pendergraft’s "right hand man"
for 11 years, was charged with mur
der after he had led officers to the
body. Hobbler was quoted by As
sistant District Attorney George W.
Anderson s.s having said he shot
Pc-ndergraft in self defense in an
altercation about five miles from
here the night of January 27.
Sam B. Spencer, district attorney,
said he would recommend recalling
the grand jury at once. Judge W.
W. Cook, by whom the order to re
convene most be Issued, declared he
would abide by the district attor
ney’s recommendation.
The murder charge was filed
against Hobbler after an inquest had
been conducted. The coroner’s ver
dict was that death was caused by a
gunshot wound an inch behind the
left ear.
Officers of four counties had been
searching for Pendergraft since he
disappeared.
TO PLAY POLO
FINAL TODAY
5th and 12th Cavalry
Team* Will Meet
A13JP.M.
The fifth cavalry polo team of
Fort Clark and the Twelfth cavalry
horsemen of Fort Brown are to play
the final game of the Mid-Winter
polo tournament on the parade
grounds at Fort Brown st 3 o'clock
Sunday afternoon, providing no rain
falls over Saturday night and Sun
day morning.
The content will be for the cups
in the handicap event. The Fort
Brown riders will be given a two
goal advantage by the Fort Clark
aggregation which won the open
event and defeated the Wichita
Fails civilian:! in two hard fought
games.
The visiting team has proved a
well-mounted. accurate striking
group that lines up well in driving
the ball down the field. Capt. Hogar
and Maj. Robenson are among the
most creditable poloist* performing
here in some time. They will prob
ably be a thorn in the side of Col.
Koch and his team mates Sunday
afternoon.
Pr. bable line ups:
Ft. Clark Po». Ft. Brown
Maj. Robenson No. I Lt. Garver
Lt. Drake No. 1 Sgt. Comde
Cspt. Hoger No. 3 Col. Kocb
Lt. Thorpe No. 4 Lt. Willey
The 12th Cavalry band will fur
ni h entertainment between chuk
kers and the Fort Brown Officers’
chib will be host at a tea to all
holder* of parking space immediate
ly following the game*.
Tuesday afternoon a round-robin
will be played between the two
American army teams and the 17th
cavalry, Mexican army aggregation.
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Isaac Corns, Boy
Farm Expert of
Valley, Honored
(Special to The Herald)
COLLEGE STATION, Feb. 9.—Isaac Corns, of Harlingen, Cameron
county, and Paul Robison, of Midway, Madison county, 17-year-old 4-H
club boys, have been chosen to represent Texas at the National 4-H club
encampment at Washington next June, Director O. B. Martin of the Exten
sion Service, A. & M. College of Texas, has announced. These boys were
selected from a large group of contestants who competed for this annual
trip on the basis of their records as club members for the last three years,
their qualities of leadership, club activities and stories of their club ex
periences. Expenses of the boys to Washington will be paid from the reve
nues of the 4-H club refreshment stand operated each year at the Farmers*
PHOTS OF 10
STATES ASKED
TO MEET HERE
Flier* Are Invited To
Celebration of Air
Mail; Progress On
Program Made
Licensed pilots of ten states will
be invited to participate in the
two-day celebration here of opening
of the Brownsville-Mexico interna
tional air mail line. February 23 and
24. it was decided at a meeting Sat
urday afternoon of the Brownsville
Chamber of Commerce airport and
the general celebration committees.
These invitations are to be ad
dressed to licensed fliers in the
states of Texas, Mexico. Arixona,
Kansas, Oklahoma. Mississinpi, Colo
rado, Mexico, Louisiana and Mis
souri.
For more than two hours various
details incidental to arrangements
for the convention were discussed
and a form letter to fliers of the
various states inviting their partici
pation in the celebration, was de-1
cided on. In this letter it was point
(Continued on page five)
Maverick Water
Bonds Voted For
Big Power Plant
EAGLE PASS. Tex.. Feb. t/Ph
Citizens of Maverick County Water
Improvement District No. 1 today
voted overwhelmingly for a $1,800,000
bond issue to finance widening the
canal of the proposed irrigation dis
trict to furnish power for a hydro
electric plant.
A 14,500;000 bond issue to finance
a gravity irrigation project for 60,tKK)
acres, taking mater from the Rio
Grande, previously had been voted.
REIGN C)F TERROR IN
BOMBAY CONTINUING
BOMBAY. Feb. <JP>—Fatal af
frays continued spasmodically today
between Hindus and Mohammedans
in Bombay's reign of terror. Tonight
the city appeared quiet, but this was
due largely to stringent measures by
polire and military, who broke up
groups and herded individuals of the
two factions away from each other.
There was a wild disturbance at
Kalhadevi this afternoon. It was
quelled by troops, but only after
four rioters had been shot dead and
several ethers wounded.
fchort Coarse at A. A M. Isaac
Corns’ work was under the direction
of County Agent Henry Alsmeyer of
Cameron county, while the work of
Taul Robinson was under the direc
tion of W. H. DuPuy, Madison
eounty agent.
It nag been the distinction af
Texas boys who hava won this trip
that their net profits from club
work have always amounted to
more than $1,000 and the recipients
of the honors this year ara no ex
ception. Young Corns, a freshment
at A. A M. this year, made and
saved $2091.10 in three years for
his college education on corn and
cotton, but chiefly poultry projects.
Paul Robinson, aside from the dts
tinctin of setting a Texas corn pro
duction record of 154 bushels to an
acre last year, has handled a variety
of crop and livestock enterprises for
a total net profit in the last three
years of $1474.49. Ha is attending;
school in Madisonville.
Working under the direction ef
County Agent Henry Alsmeyer, af
Cameron county, Isaac Corns has
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vrams
HIS KIDNAPER
Florida Man Slays One
Of Three Abductors
And Escapes
MOBILE, Ala.. Feb. 9.—<AV-Ce
sair Reyes, St. Augustine, Fla., to
night told officers that he had kill
ed one of three men who abducted
him last night.
A body found at Moss Point, Miss.,
was believed to have been that of
the kidnaper Rtyes said he killed.
Reyes said he was en route from
St. Augustine to Montgomery by au
tomobile last night when he no
ticed a car following hut paid no at
tention to it until he approached
Flomaton, when the other car pulled
up beside him and ordered him to
stop.
When Ji« stopped his machine, he
said, three men in the other with
pistols took $150 from him, and or
dered him into their machine. One
of the men, he said, got his car and
drove behind them. Reyes said he
drove the bandits' car under orders.
As they drove into Flomaton
Reyes said, and passed the filling
station, he produced a pistol the trio
had overlooked in searching him and
fired on the man sitting next to him.
who fell from the machine, and then
turned on the other, wounding him.
Reyes said he then fled the car,
and hid in bushes from where he
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RVERSON FINALIST
MIAMI. Fla.. Feb. 9.—(AV-J. B.
Ryerson. Cooperstown, N. Y., went
into final* of the annual Miami Bilt*
more invitation golf tournament to
day when he defeated Maurice.
Feeney. Indianapolis, S and 1. Ryer
son will meet T. W. Palmer, of Miami,
tomorrow in the 3* hole final match
of the tourney. Palmer today de
feated Tom Higgins. Chicago, 5 and I.
DALLAS MAN
CONVICTED IN
FORGERY CASE
Jury Returns Verdict
After Deliberati n g
Case Little Over
Three Hours
DALLAS, Feb. 9.—Bea C.
Richards, Jr., Dallas politician, was
found guilty of forgery and given
three years by a jury here tonight.
The jury deliberated slightly over
five hours.
Richards was charged with having
forged an endorsement to one of two
910O0 cashier's checks put up as aa
election wager. When V*. Ray Adams,
one of the winning bettors, found
the monev bad been paid to the
wrong man he killed Orville Mathews,
banker who acted as stakeholder. His
trial for murder resulted in a mis
trial.
A. A. Crabb, confesed “tool" of
Richards in the conspiracy, also will
be tried for forgery. He testified
against Richards in the present trial.
Richards went to trial Monday oa
a charge of forging an endorsement
to one of two 91.000 cashier's cheeks
put up aa stakes in an election wagor,
wrongfnl collection of which lod he
the killing of Orville Mathews, bank
er-stakeholder, by V. Ray Adams, ene
of the winning bettors.
Adams, whose trial for murder re
sulted in a mistrial, has been la the
courtroom the last two days. He wee
not called as a witness.
The maximum penalty, seven years,
was demanded by the state.
“This man. Richards, is the most
scheming, most careful man whe
ever committed a crime in Dallas
county," charged Jimmy MeNleoll,
assistant prosecutor, in pleading for*
conviction.
A. U. Puckitt. defense counsel,]
pleaded with the jury not to senA*
his client to the penitentiary. "Do
not tear his little daughter*! armei
from around his neck." Puckitt nrged. i
Richards' testimony yesterday, im]
which he denied any knowledge of*
the conspiracy to collect the election*
stakes and repudiated the testimony**
of A. A. Crabb, his sieged accomplice,
was attacked by District AttontejS
William McCraw in summing up for
the state.
“Richards squirmed around on thtf
witness stand like his pants were fall
of ants,” McCraw declared at one
point in his address. Defense eoon
sel objected to McCraw’s words.
Famous German
Transatlantic
Flier Is Buried
BERLIN. Feb. 9LT-i—'The body of
Boron Ehrenfried Gunthor »o*
Huenefeld today *h laid at rest
in St. Glitx cemetery amid the trib
ute* of hix comrades of the air and
war. The scenes of popular sorrow
at the cemetery scarcely were
equalled at obsequies of the most fa
mous of war see*.
First there was the imprsaaiva fu
neral service in the cathedral where
members of the former imperial fam
ily occupied the royal pew. The nvi
j ator's comrade* of hi* trans-Atlantie
adventure. Captain Herraad Koahl
and Colonel Jams* Fitxmaurice. stood
j erect beside the bier and behind them
j were the famou* Pilot* Loose and
Ri-tirc _
Aiuwi.it U.e •.»*•«■** - -*•**••
former Cxar Ferdinand of Bulgaria
and the Swcdifh Pilot Lindaer who
accompanied Von Huenefeld on h»»
flight to Jaoan. his last long adven
ture in the sir.
BELTON MAN GETS 30
YEARS IN SHOOTING
BELTON, Te*.. Fab. <>P>—H, Gj
Thompson. 58. was sentenced to W
year* today by a jury which con
victed him of the faUl shooting of
Carllon Fewell. 19. at a skating rink
here last May. . . ..
Thompson said he shot the youth
after he had become convinced Fewell
intended to elope with his married
daughter. The daughter testified
Fewell had conducted himself prop
erlv and denied intention af elopin
with him.
EAST TEXAS—Fair, ■ ■saxwfeat
warmer Sunday; Monday, incroasinir
cloudiness. Light to fresh norther
jy to easterly winds on the const
' WKSrs TEXAS—Pertly aland
lo me what warmer Sunday; Monde
partly cloudy.
OEIAHOMA—Fair, warmer Sp
day; Monday, partly cloudy.
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