Brownsville herald. [volume], May 19, 1929, Page THREE, Image 3

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PRISONERS FAIL
AT JAIL BREAK
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Bouquet of Roses Used To
Smuggle Saws In To
Condemned Men
\ DALLAS. May 1*.— UP) —Two
Viquets of white roses contributed
f \ "“in outbreak in the county Jail
1 \ Am*1 row" here today when three
. iMi' ers attacked and injured two
jaS^.* before they were subdued,
officials said tonight.
The three prisoners, one under a*
death penalty, attacked the Jailer
after they had cut out bars in their
cell* Officers said they believed
the sams used had been smuggled
in in bouquets. Last visitor's day.
the sweethearts of two of the men
brought bunches of white roses to
the Jail.
William < Dagger» Pruett, under
death sentence for murder; John
Wesley Meyers, under 99-year sen
tence for robbery of a department
store here Christmas eve. and H. R.
Anderson, sentenced to 25 years for
robbery, were the prisoners who
participated.
They attacked Ben Caldwell. 40.
night Jailer, when Caldwell walked
down a corridor to investigate
noises he had heard. Caldwell
fought fiercely until B. H. Kuyken
dall. 63. another Jailer, dashed to
ils aid. Caldwell had knocked Mey
ers unconscious, and when Kuyken
dall appeared Anderson and Pruett
•etumed to their cells.
Federated Clubs Of
Valley To Entertain
Noted Woman Doctor
Dr Minnie L. Maffett of Dallas. •
prominent surgeon and child spe
cialist. will be claimed by the Busi
ness and Professional Woman's clubs
of the Valley as their own special
guest during her visit to Browns
ville for the state medical conven
tion.
Dr Maffett will give a health talk
at 11 a. m. Sunday In the Method
ist church In Harlingen. A.num
ber of the busines women are plan
ning to attend the talk, and the
luncheon which will be given in her
honor at the Reese-Wil-Mond im
mediately following
With Daisy Leake of Temple, pres,
tdent of the state federation of Busi
ness and Professional Woman's clubs
n 1928-29. she will be guest of hon
at the quatrerly banquet of the
alley federation to be held In
eslaco on Thursday evening.
> "his banquet will close the year
y k»he Valley federation, and the
\ ftal election of officers will take
AA at this time.
Maffett was first president of
•wE^fexas Federation of Business
t A'and Professional Woman’s clubs and
I 1* one of its most distinguished
I i members
She has visited the Valiev clubs
1,7 several times. Miss Leake is to ac
I company her here for the conven
tion.
MEXICAN SCOUT TROOP
AT McALLEN INCREASED
McALLEN. May 18.—The roster of
Troop 4 of McAllen Boy Scouts,
composed entirely of Mexican boys,
was considerably increased last week
when 15 boys were present at the
meeting to be taken into the troop.
The troop has passed the number
set for the average troop, according
to Scoutmaster Bowen, and troop
officials are considering the advisa
bility of dividing into two troops.
The troop s drill team is in full
training for the drill contests held
here during the American Legion s
July Fourth celebration, and. with
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Jula Peterkin's novel. ‘ Scarlet
Sister Mary/ was awarded the
Pulitzer prize.
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the drum and bugle corps recently
organized in the troop, are expect
ed to make an excellent showing
among McAllen troops.
Judge Upholds Work
In Handling Funds
Of Jackson Barnett
WASHINGTON. May 18.——
The interior department today re
ceived a decision rendered by Fed
eral Judge John C. Pollock at Ok
lahoma City which upholds the ac
tion of former Secretary Work and
the commissioner of Indian affairs
in handling the funds of Jackson
Bennett, an incompetent Indian.
After his marriage to Anna Laura
Lowe. white, Barnetts wealth,
amounting to more than a million
dollars in oil royalties, was divided
equally between his wife and the
American Baptist Home Missionary’
society on the grounds that he was
incompetent. The division took
place with the approval of the In
dian bureau and has been the cause
of investigations and four court
cases.
HOPE OF PASSING
BILL SEEMS REMOTE
AUSTIN. May 18 —<JP>—Hope of
finally passing the Beck-Cunning
ham senate bill establishing a new
state sanitary code seemed remote
when the house refused today to l
suspend its rules and bring the
measure to the final vote.
TO HELP HOOVER
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George W. Wickersham, New
York lawyer, who was attorney
general under President Taft,
is reported as the possible choice
of President Hoover for chair
man of the law enforcement
commission. , I
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