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PEN BILL MAY
I BE WORKED OUT
Overwhelming Defeat of
Civil Service Bill Di»
[ appoints Moody
AUSTIN. May 3.—(AA—Although
discouraged by overwhelming de
feat of Governor Moody s cmi
service bill, administration lead
ers were encouraged today by an
Mreement between penitentiary
Ifecentration factions.
1% compromise on the \ oung
fumer-Loy bill, amended to em
power the prison board to centralize
the system on any lands now own
ed by the state, was effected last
i night after a lengthy conference
which followed two meetings witn
the governor.
The original bill called for con
Icentration on either the Ramsey or
Darrington farms or both. It was
this measure which passed the
house during the regular session
• Rep. Harry Graves of Georgetown
i proposed concentration on the
Walker county property, and Rep.
Leonard Tilpotson of Sealv pro
l*osed using the Ramsey farm as a
i unit of centralization
' Rep. Graves was the first to
give in.
l “I will agree to concentration on
l any property anywhere in Texas:
f 111 do most anything to get this
f thing started." he said.
Suddenly Representatives Dewey
Young of Wellington. Henry A.
Turner of Madisonville. and J. J.
Loy of Sherman, put their heads
together and Turner announced
the concession. Tillofcson and
Graves agreed
It is thp biggest piece of work
' w e have done in a long time.'
nep. A K. King of Throckmorton,
rhairman of the penitentiary com
I mittee. said.
Confidence was expressed that
Gov. Moody would approve the
amended bill and that it would be
rnacted.
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This sketch, furnished to Gov. Moody by the state
reclamation department, is expected to be a knock-out
trgument against the use of the Darrington or Ram
sey state prison farms for location of the new central
irison plant
ft shows an engineers’ estimate of SI.548.213.75 co6t
>f making the two farms flood-proof, and at that
»bout one-fifth the Ramsey farm and one-sixth the
Darrington farm, would be left outside the protected
irea. This would make the cost of flood protection
801 an acre for the farms.
The sketch shows a levee 19 4-10 miles long would
have to be built to a height of 20 feet, to keep back
Lhe flood waters, and Oyster creek, now flowing
through both farms, would have to be diverted by
jigging a new channel. A second diversion channel
would have to be built as shown by the line at the
right-hand side of the sketch. The Sugarland rail
road. through the two farms, would have to be raised
several feet to cross the levees, and a pumping plant
would be required to lift interior drainage of the farms.
3ov. Moody will send this sketch to the legislature
along with bis new bill to locate the prison plant else
where than on the farms subject to overflow.
A Frenchman was ordered u> pay
$7 for breaking down the dior of
a compartment in which he had
been locked by accident. He fought
the case two years and finally saved
his money. The suit cost him a
trreat deal more.
One advertisement for a husband
brought a Maseachusetts woman 19
replies. She still is unmarried.
UNDERGROUND
• A LOVE AND MYSTERY STORY s
I BY J.JEFFERSON FARJEOTH TU**. »»«r fry Tnm
«Continued from page six.
is, if you'll be willing to give it.”
“You can take that for granted.
provided you don't want us to help
you write an article for your paper,”
replied Rupert, smiling.
"No. I'm not a journalist.*’ she an
swered. All the same. I have come
here to try and solve the mystery of
Coomber House.'* She kept her eyes
on the road as she spoke. "For some
while, certain people have thought—
at least, one person thought—that
something was going on here. This
person wasn't satisfied with the
theories of wheats, or with the ex
planation of the booming waves. He
believed these things were blinds for
something else, and he decided to
try and solve the puzzle."
She stopped speaking for a mo
ment. Rupert got the impression
that she was exercising considerable
self-control.
"Who was this person?" he asked.
"The last caretaker.'* she answer
ed. "Tell me—do you sec anyone
along the road there?’’
Roth men turned quickly, but saw
nothing.
"Perhaps I was mistaken.” she
‘a'd. "I don't think I was. though.
Will you watch the road, while we’re
‘alklng—but don't let it appear too
obvious that you're watching.”
"Right." replied Rupert. "But
-Mease go on! About the caretaker.
Why was he so interested?”
* He was a detective.”
"Bv Jove!"
‘ And it was when he found that
the authorities wouldn't take the
matter up—he admitted himself
that there really wasn't much tc
go upon yet—he took the caretaker's
job—and. ap I think you know dis
appeared "
"I suppose you mean, he disap
peared to the world?' asked Rupert,
as she paused. "Officially it was
known where he was?"
"No. He really disappeared "
"Good Lord!" murmured Charlie
"And didn't anyone look for him?" |
"Yes—I came to look for him." she j
responded, her lios tight. “And. last
night. I found him.”
"Good God!" exclaimed Rupert.
“You mean—”
He stared at her. and she nodded.
"Yes. there was a body on the
floor of Coomber House last night, j
Mr. Blak**." she said, her voice very
low. "When the laborer—this poor
man here—told you he had seen a
dead man lying on the ground, he
was speaking the truth: It was the
body of the Paretaker. the detective. ]
Mr. Brown saw it. too. It was he ;
who helped me open the cupboard i
in the lounge-hall in which the body 1
was locked.”
"What—Browr.!” Interposed Ru
pert
"Yes He came Into the house
when I was ! here—and when we
opened the cupboard, the body fell j
out.”
They stared at her.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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DEATH PENALTY
TO BE MOD 1
-7- I
Rep. Baldwin** Bill Would
Require Governor to Fix
Execution Date
By RAYMOND BROOKS
AU8TIN. May 2.—The ancient
law of “a life for a life" will be
modified by Texas In an important
step toward the future abolition of
the death penalty, under a mea
sure offered in the legislature by
Rep. Prank Baldwin of Waco. In
compliance with a request by Gov. j
Dan Moody In the call for the spe
cial session.
This law would have the gov
ernor fix the dates of execution
of prisoners, and would obviate the
continued pressure on the gover
nor for stays of execution and for
commutation of sentences of exe
cution imposed by the courts. It
would permit the- governor to fix
the dates of all executions, and
would require him to order any 1
death penalty convict to the elec- I
trie chair within 30 days after the
recapture of the convict if he es
caped prison. The measure grew
out of the escape of J. R. Silver,
whose death penalty had been com
muted.
Under the bill, a man given the ,
death penalty would wait indefi
nitely until a governor had review-!
ed his case and decided that the !
prisoner must die.
Electrocution is retained as the j
method of execution.
The governor will still have the 1
power, under the hill, to grant stays I
of execution, reprieves and perm a- :
nent commutation of death penal- 1
ties.
Bob Silver, riven death for the ,
robbery with firearms in which
J. R Wilson. Fort Worth theater
operator was killed, recently escap- |
ed from the Wynne prison farm, j
along with three other convicts, i
The escaped convicts commandeer- I
ed a car and required a boy and
girl who were in the car to drive
them to Houston. Gov. Moody In ,
offering a reward for Silver’s re- !
rapture, expressed regret that he i
had commuted the man’s death
penalty, and advocated a law that
would modify the commutation sys- ;
tern and permit a governo- to or
der a man to the chair, after con
viction. at any time.
ROADS IN PANHANDLE
ARE PROPERLY MARKED
AMARILLO. Tex.. Mav 2.—*!P\—
Every state and federal highway ir
the Panhandle of Texas will be
properly marked with road markers
showing curves, dangerous corners,
dips and other highway irregularities
as well as mileage and highway num
bers. according to W. A. Finch, di
vision highway engineer.
This work started several days
ago and is to be completed by the
last of May. he said. Four crews
have been at work on the markers.
About 5.500 of these signs were
assigned to the Panhandle as a part
of the statewide campaign of clear
er markers for highways. The state
snent $250,000 on the signs, and a
shipload recently was received at
Houston.
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traveling freight and passenger
agent of the Southern Pacific
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rarily. but will have headquarters
in Harlingen.
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