El heraldo de Brownsville. [volume], September 10, 1935, Page TWO, Image 2

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SUSPECT TAKES
HIS OWN LIFE
Accused Killer Of Eight
Escapes This Life
Of HelP
N1W YORK. Sept. 9 0P>- An
thony Cuglno, Philadelphia gangster
known u Tony the Stinger and ac
cused of eight killings, hanged him
•elf In his cell shortly before mid
night to ‘ end his life of hell."
i A suicide note left for his pretty
wife. Frances, tended to confirm a
rumor that his arrest was brought
about by a tip from a girl he Jilted
"P. S. Forgive Sally." was the
and of the note on which he signed
himself ' Jim."
Cugino had been questioned lor
15 hours. He denied sewn of the
slaying > of which he was accused,
but admitted the killing of Patrol
man Charles 8tockberger In a pay
roll holdup of a Philadelphia glove
factory on July 11 1933.
Cuglno was reputed to be the real
leader of the tri-state gang osten
- aibly led by Robert Mals and Wal
ter Legenra. both of whom have
- been electrocuted.
He was accused along with Sal
vatore Serpa of killing Edward
Wallace and John Zukowsky. asso
r dates In the Philadelphia payroll
robbery.
Wallace and Zukowsky. taken foi
a ride, were left for dead 12 mllei
out of Camden. N. J. Zukowsky re
covered consciousness, hailed a mo
torist and was taken to a hospital
There he begged detectives to hum
S*® ro?mln* house and save tw<
ris. Florence Miller and Ethe
reentree.
The detectives were too la
They found the girls had left wi
two men answering the descrtptlc
of Cuglno and Serpa Three wet
1 l*ter the girls bodies were found
a shallow grave in a cornfield
Downlngton. Pa. They hsd be
•hot.
Medical examination showed that
them had been buried alive,
ttear wife Prances " Cuglno’s
note said. -Please do not worrv
»nd try your best to be happv. I'm
going to end this life of hell I will
meet you in the next world. Your
husbend. Jim."
-J B.E L
Union Services
Planned Again
For Next Year
The open-air union church ser
vioea are to be continued next year.
; it was decided at the concluding
. aervlce on the Junior College cam
t pua here Sunday night.
The gathering, one of the largest
•f the summer aeries, was almost
unanimous In expressing the wish
that the services be revived next
pear.
It also was planned to keep the
union choir, which grew out of the
summer services, Intact through or
ganisation of a community chorus
This new organisation will be dt
j by ^ro*- David Ormlsner of
, Harlingen, according to present
plana
The short devotional service Sun
day night was conducted by Rev. o
C. Crow.
The final session adopted the fol
lowing resolution In thanking firms
and Individuals who contributed
materials and talents to the union
•arvtce*.
“As we come to the closing ser
vice of the Union Sunday evening
meetings, we look back over the past
12 weeks of happy, helpful fellow
, ship, with a feeling that these
» Union Services have been a real
■ blessing to all who have come un
» der the Inspiration and Influence of
these programs.
"We have been delighted with the
fine spirit of co-operation that has
been manifested, and feel that these
meetings have marked a distinct
advance In the cn-golng of Christ
ianity in the City of Brownsville.
“We are also fully a .are that a
program of such magnitude has re
quired the time, thought, and
•nergy of many. In fact. It will be
Impossible to enumerate all who
deserve mentlcn for their services
However In order that this congre
gation, and the pastors and officers
of the co-ooenting churches may
have an opportunity to express their
appreciation for the services that
have contributed to the success of
these Union Service*, therefore. Be
It Resolved:
*—inu wp express our sincere,
appreciation to the following; the1
board of education of the Browns
ville Independent School District foi
the use of their property; to the City
of Brownsville for the material, the
work, and the current for lighting !
and to the police department for
their services; to The Brownsville
Herald for the publicity given to the
earvices through the columns cf
their paper; to the six lumber com
panies for the loan of lumber fori
seating and platform, including the
Frontier, Eagle Pass, Hardin. Mor
ris, Taylor, and Orant Lumber com
panies: to the Port Isabel Rio
Grande R R Co., for the use of ties
for platform, to the Mason Trans
fer Co., for transportation of pianos j
and use of piano cradle; to the Edel
steln Furniture Co. or the use of
more than 300 chain; to the Pat
taaon Motcr Co., for a truck used
In hauling material; to the First
Fraebyterisn church and the Flx
lt Co., for use of ptanoe; to the Cen
tral Christian church and the Naz
arane church for the use of seats; to
Mr. Oerrard fcr the repairing and
tuning of pianos: to the ladles of|
the flower committee from the sev
eral co-operating churchea; to Mrs j
B. F. Hardin and Miss Aurora Ortia
for their services at the pianos; to
the choir for their splendid music
and to Prof David Ormelaher and,
James E. Towle for their aervlces
aa director* of the choir; to the spe
cial committee on arrangements.
Dan Boling, chairman, who looked
after the chain for the choir and
the planoe each week; also the seat
ing and platform committee fcr ser
vices donated, composed of fl. W.
McKenzie. R. L. Brockman and Ben
Proctor; to Rev. o. c. Crow as gen
eral chairman and to Mr. Sherwood
Bishop as treasurer for their effi
cient services, and to all others
whoee names have not been men-1
tioned for their services.
3.—That a copy of these resolu
tions be riven to The Brownsville.
Herald for publication."
Assassin’s Mother Tells
***** *****
Of Son’s Activities On
¥•¥>*** H:•****
Day Senator Long Shot
BATON ROUGE. La. Sept. 10 —
(fP—A bereaved mother. Mn>. C. A.
Weis*. 8r.. thanked God*' Monday
that Senator Huey P. Long was still
alive.
Her son. Dr. Carl Austin Weis*,
died Sunday night under the bias
ing guns cf Long’s bodyguards after
he had shot and seriously wounded
the senator. •
Dry-eyed, but obviously suffering
tremendously from the shock. Mrs.
Weiss told of her son s activities
prior to the shooting
"When he did a thing like that
THOUSANDS SEE
< Continued From Page Onei
ever know. That Is something well •
never know. And what happened
there, what brought him there, will
always be between him and his
Maker."
Te mohther, too. could give no
motive for her eon's actions.
Huey's Death Brings
BROTHERS TOGETHER
BATON ROUGE. La.. Sept 10 —
UP*—The death bed of Huey Long
brought together for the first time
in years the four Long brothers,
who at times differed bitterly over
politics and personal affairs
Most noticeable around the bed.
was Julius Long, the oldest broth
er. who loaned Huey funds to get
his law education and became his
law partner in Huey's early days.
In recent years Julius and Huey
broke off all relations. Julius brand
ing Huey a political "madman.”
Julius even testified before the sen
ate investigating committee against
his brother, but when Huey was dy-1
lng in the hospital, Julius came'
and mingled his tears with those of
the brothers.
Earl Long, the youngest brother,
in recent months had been reunit
ed with Huey in his politics after
several years’ separation. Before
the rcvonclllatlon Earl worked with
Huey's most bitter political oppon
ents, but the death bed brought
him into the fold of sorrowful re
latives.
Dr. George 8. Long, a second
brother. Journeyed from Oklahoma
for a farewell to Huey. Oeorge
had been an admirer of his brother
although Huey had refused to aid
him In his campaigns for office In
Oklahoma. Huey’s death sorely af
fected him.
VALLEY’S NEED
(Continued From Page One)
Mr Mapes lat« Monday, to
company with O. C. Richardson,
manager of the Brownsville Cham* '
her of Commerce, and J. M. Stein of
The Herald. visited the turning
basin site and the Pan-American
airport.
-your alrpcrt reminds me very
much of the splendid New Orleans
airport, and 1 think the whole 1
set-up Is a credit to your cltlsen
ahlp and to those who have ach
ieved so wonderfully In develop
ing here an air transportation cen
ter of the first magnitude.
“And I had no idea of the mag
nificent harbor that you are
building. Theie is every indication
that It is destined to work mar
vels for your community and your
whole section, including the con
tiguous Mexican territory. X can
see from your ground plan that
your harbor is going to be equipped
most moderrly in the matter of fa
cilities. You will, I sm sure, never
have occasion to regret your ex
penditures.
“Brownsville. I can see, Is a much
more important city than I con- j
celved It to be from our distance.
I frequently attend meetings to
the north and east. People ask me
questions about Texas, and sooner
or later they want to know about
the Valley. My information was
very sketchy, and I have been most
embarrassed by being unable to
give the proper information. That
is one reason why X made this
trip. New I will be able to give i
them an earful"
"You should tee to it that the
state completes that highway be
tween the Lower Valley and the
Laredo district, and I can see the
importance of your Kenedy coun
ty highway,*’ Mr Mapes said.
“Also you should have a road to
Monterrey and Victoria Our
American people are going to want
to do a lot of traveling to the years
to come."
Mr and Mrs.Mape* left Tuesday j
for points up the Valley planning
to travel leisurely "end ask ques
tions." They wanted to see the
fruit developments In the Misslon
McAUen area, and go on up the
river highway to Laredo.
Three Bound Over
On Liquor Charge
Three men were bour.J to the
federal grand Jury on customs 11*
quor charges here Monday follow*
Ing preliminary hearings before U.
S. Commissioner Carlos G Watson.
Carlos Ledesma of Matarooros
charged with possession of six
quarts of smuggled liquor, was held
in $100 bond. He was arrested by
border patrolmen here.
Nicholas O. O on tales of Browns
ville was held in $500 bond on a
charge of possessing five gallons of
smuggled alcohol. He was arrested
here by border patrolmen.
Celestlno Garcia of Harlingen
was charged with possessing 11 gal*
Ions of mescal and 12 pints of ha*
banero and was held In $250 bond.
He was arrested by Harlingen cus
toms patrolmen.
Court Opens Saturday i
Federal Judge J. C. Hutchinson.
Jr., formerly of this district but
now on the bench of the appeals
court at New Orleans, la scheduled
to come here Saturday for a short
session of court.
Only pleas of guUty on criminal ,
charges are heard at the short
terms. They are held for the pur
pose of clearing Jails of prisoners <
ready to plead guilty. I]
he mu&t have known he would be
killed instantly,*’ she said. “But
they (the bodyguard* didn't have
to kill him the way they did. They
didn t have to kill him at all.”
Mrs. Weiss said her son attended
Sunday morning mass with his
wife and three-months-old baby
boy. then went to the parents' home
for Sunday dinner. The entire fam
ily later went to a nearby lake
shore where Doctor Weiss fished
and swam in the afternoon
“We had no word, no intimation,
nothing,'* she said. “All we know
is that he took living senouslv
Right with him was right. Right
above everything But I'm so afraid
now. I don't know what they will
try to do with us.
“My son and his wife went in
swimming while my husband and I
stayed on the shore in the camp,
playing with the bsby. We stayed
out there in the woods all day. We
never came back to the city until
almost 7:30 o'clock Sunday night.
"My son and his wife let me and
his father off at our house while
they went on home to make their
own supper.”
Doctor Weiss, the mother said,
ate supper and then went out in
the yard and fed the dog and
fondled it. At 8:30 p. m. he called
a patient and told him to be at
the hospital early Monday morning
for the operation for which they
had arranged.
“Then we helped Yvonne, his
wife, put the baby to bed
“At 9 o'clock he had to go out
on a sick call. This is what I can
not understand. The capitol is only
a stone’s throw from his house.
Maybe he went over there to look
in. because we knew it would be in
session Sunday night. X don't know
why he went in. None of us can
understand it.
“But he must have gone almost
straight from his house to the capi
tol. for his wife says positively It
was about 9 o’clock when he left.
“All day Sunday we were Just a
happy family group. We have been
so proud of him. He had the whole
world in front of him.
"The first I knew of what nao
happened was when a newspaper*
man came to this house Sunday
night and told me my boy had shot
Senator Long. .
"‘Oh. no, no.* I cried. "My boy
never did that. My boy never could
have done anything like that. Not
my boy.’ I guess now that Is what
any mother would have said. But
he was a fine boy, keen and Intel*
Ugent beyond the average He was
always reading In a book and he
could do anything. Electricity—he
could take care of that Carpentry’.
Cooking. Anything. His future eras
brilliant."
When asked where her eon had
obtained the gun with which he
shot Lon, Mrs. Weiss said he had
the gun, and often, when the whole
family went out to their camp In
the woods, they took turns firing It
at objects In the water.
"We did not use the gun Sun
day,” the motnerf said. "We may
have had the gun In the car, be
cause his wife. Yvonne, says he
often carried it In his car for pro.
tection. as so many people do. His
wife did not see the gun Sunday
at any time.
“The only thing I am grateful
for in this terrible thing la this:
Thank God Senator Long was not
killed. I thank God for that. My
boy Is dead, but I would never want
to have that on his soul. He Is
dead, my son. There Is no undoing
that"
The w’hole family has felt bitter
toward Senator Long. Mrs. Weiss
said, because of his political actions,
but never was anything said of an
attempt on the life of Long.
"Our family is a family that ab
hors bloodshed. This is a terrible
thing. I wish that nothing may be
said about this, about my boy, be
cause I know that no one will give
him Justice after what has hap
pened. I don’t look for Justice in
this world. I do not think there Is
Justice In this world."
TESTS REACH
(Continued from Page One)
Bayvlew section, being the third
test near the coast in this section.
The Silk well lr. the Ssnta Roea
subdivision, Just over the Cameron
county line In WUlacy county, is
drilling In sandy shale. 'Pie forma
tion Is regarded as very favorable
W. W. Silk, operator, reported that
the test Is changing from red shaie
Into b’ue which Is a very favorable
indication. Water and boiler trou
bles are reported solved
Silk said that the test • ould bf
continued to 6.500 feet, where a
Srhlumberger test will be run to
make a record of the structure.
VALLEY FEELS
(Continued From Page One)
ley. the weatherman said, pointing
out that the Valley gets a cool spell
usually about September 10. He
predicted cooler weather for at
least another day in the Lo~er
Valley.
The cooler weather broke a chain
of slightly above average temper
atures for September, the weather
bureau reported
"city briefs"
For rent—Johnson a electric floor
pelteher. Also sanding machine.
Garza Hardware —Adv.
Yellow Cab—Phone 1083—Adv.
Flowers for all occasions. Los
rbanos Greenhouse Company. Phone
1588.—Adv.
Dr. Olmsted, optometrist, now
oca ted in Arcade building. Adv.
Er. A. C. Render. Dentist. 800
Washington St., Phone Residence
md office 288 —Adv.
*5 i Anniversary Specials, wear
!ver aluminum. See our windows.
JrownsvtUe Hardware.—Adv.
2-YEAR TERM
IS ASSESSED
Ramon Cortinaa Enters Plea
Of Guilty Of Charge
Of Forgery
Rsmon Corttnas. 33, Stuart Plac«.
Monday In criminal district court
here was assessed two concurrent'
two-year terms in the penitentiary
when he pleaded rullty to indict
ments charging him with forgeries.
Corttnas was charged with pass-'
ing two $10 checks on the Grimsell
Seed store to which J. W. Pierce s
name was forged. The checks, on
the First National bank of Harlin
gen, were made payable to An
tonio Lara. Cortinaa also is known
by the name of Emilio Cantu, ac
cording to the indictments.
This was the first criminal trial
and conviction at the present term
of court which Judge Westervelt,
opened here Sept. 2.
The grand jury is continuing in
action after returning a total of
nine indictments. One of the re
cent indictments charges Dee Car
ter, Harlingen negro, with shoot
ing Clarence Jackson to death May
9. This case has been set for trial
8ept. 17.
The court will continue considera
tion of uncontested divorce suits
and pleas of guilty in criminal
cases the remainder of this week.
The first jury cases are slated for
next week.
Divorces granted Include Elodla
Saldivar de Oalvan va Rafael Qal
j van. Ruth Martin vs. Marshall
Martin and Genevieve James vs For-1
rest James.
WAR WITHIN 2
(Continued From Page One)
leave the mcment Premier Musso
lini gave the signal.
The British had completed plans
for the concentration of their na
tionals In places of safety In the
event of hostilities.
Following the example of the Ger
mans and the British, ether lega
tions—but not the American—were
building bomb-proof shelters. Offi
cial employes of the radio station on
the outskirts of Addis Ababa alsc
were completing subteranean shel
ters. The state department had not
yet allotted funds for such protec
tion of Americans here, Interested
persons said.
Italian Minister Luigi Vlnci-Olg
llucd protested to the government
that Ethiopian authorities In areas
where fie Italians were closing1
their consulates had declined to
allow the Italians to take along
their Italian-protected Ethiopian
servants on the round that they had
not received orders from the capital
to permit such natives to depart
Most of these natives were Erit
reans.
Anpprehensive fcT the safety of his
nationals, the Belgian minister ask
ed the government for a police es
cort for those wishing to come to
Addis Ababa. There are 28 Belgians
and other European* listed as em
nlcye* of '?algian coffee plantations
in different narta of the country.
The emoerors refusal Tuesday was
♦o a ^e«u**t for pcTnieeion to bring
In a detachment of troop* as a spe
cial legation guard.
ALLLEVEES
(Continued from Page One)
~~
there. The river was at 221 at Hi
dalgo. and rising at the rate of a
tenth of a foot In three hours, the
peak being almost there.
Await Laredo Rise
Mercedes showed 22.1 and Browns
ville 18.1, very 6mall rises during
the past 24 hours.
W. J. Schrurbusch. m charge of
I the weather bureau here, predicted
the river will change little if any
at Brownsville and Mercedes, fall
at Hidalgo and Elo Grande City, |
and rise considerably In the section
below Laredo during the next 24 to
38 hours.
Water was pouring into the big
flood way Tuesday through both en
trances. Lytel reported.
Just v hat effect the new rise
coming down from Laredo will have
on the Valley situation wsa not
1 predicted Tuesday.
MARKETS
CHICAGO GRAIN'
CHICAGO. Sept. 10. {*)—1The
wheat market had a firm tone early
Tuesday, scattered selling on frac
tional bids being easily absorbed.
Attention was called to the fact that
wheat price gains In three other
principal w:rld markets ranged from
■»-l7» cents more ih’-n the net ad
vsnce here since the first of the
month.
Opening unchanged to % higher.
December 93 H-4, wheat later
fluctuated around this level. Corn
started 4 lower to 4 up. Dec. 354
36, and then scored fractional gains
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 10. (A">—
Gotten opened higher Tuesday, gain
ing from 3 to 7 points at the first
call and then running up a few
points In early dealings
Better cables and a feeling abroad
that the government crop reoort
issued Monday was mere bullish
than the Interpretation given It In
local markets brought light buylnr
Into the market.
October opened at 10.39. then ran
up to 1044. December sold at 10.42
at the first call and shortly after
reached 10.48. while May acid at
10.58 In early dealings.
Chaudoin Improves
i Soectal to Th* Herald)
HARLINOEN, Sept. 9-Mackey
Chaudoin. highway patrolman crit
ically wounded In a gunfight here
several weeks ago. was reported Im
proved at Valley Baptist hoepltsl
Monday.
Clothing Stolen
(8i»ctal to The Hera t!)
HARLINGEN Sept 9-Mrs Ho
gan Stokes. 1221 E. Washington
street, reperted to police Saturday
night that burglars entered the
home while the family was attend
ing the movies, and stole a quantity
of clothing.
HUEY LONG
^Continued From Page One)
The body was sent to a funeral
home.
To Lie In State
Christenberry said the body of
Lhe senator would lie in state in the
five million dollar capttol which was
erected when he was governor and
in which he was shot. Other ar
rangements awaited a conference In
the office of Governor Alien.
tA the bedside besides Mrs. Long
and the children. Governor Allen j
and Chrlstenberry. were the sen-1
ator’s sisters, Mrs. W. M. Knott and
Mrs. Stewart Hunt, and their hus
bands; his brothers. Dr. G. 8. Long.
Julius and Earl and the latter's
wife; his father, Dr. Roy Long, and
several cousins.
hTe fifth blood transfusion which
the physicians attempted to ad
minister to Senator Long never was
completed. At 3 a. m. Dr. Sander
son anounced there no longer was
any hope.
' He is dying.” he said.
The end was only little more than
an hour am*ay then and the physi
cians had abandoned their battle
against death.
"We have done everything In the
world we could for him,” Dr. Sand
erson said.
Governor Allen made the official
death anouncement. His voice was
husky and barely audible.
“This marks with the death of
Huey P. Long the passing of the
greatest builder of economics in
the history of Louisans in 225
years.” he said. “It also marks with
the death of Huey P. Long the
passing of the greatest hro for the
common right of all the people of
America."
While Long and his physicians
fought for his life, the roads around
the hospital were barred by troops
and police who swarmed over all
Baton Rouge, a multiplication of
the guard which failed to save him
in the statehouse.
Bills Are Passed
The legislature met Monday and
ground out the senator's bills. One
of them gerrymandered the poli
tical bailiwick of District Judge B.
H. Pavy, the assasln Weiss’ father
in-law. Guards searched all for
weapons. The senate briefly Mon
day night and sent the bills to Its
finance after a minister Implored a
deity ‘to wise to err” t o save tha
senator.
The pariah coroner started an
Inquest Into the death of Dr. Welsa.
but postponed it because only two
witnesses testified. He said ha
might have to close the inquest be
cause he was powerless to make the
senator's guards, slayers of the
assassin, appear.
Just before Senator Long came
Into his range. Weiss said:
“It wont be long now*
As an auto bore Senator long
to the hospital ha said:
“I wonder why he shot me*
There was much speculation on
the possible effect of Senator Long’s
death on the political empire which
was built largely about his own
dynamic personality. Some political
leaden. Including the veteran Sen
ator Ellison D. Smith, (DS C.) be
lieved the whole Long movement,
In the state and in the nation, would
collapse.
crnnng me ragni. aiier nope ior
his life had been abandoned, the
senator’s political IV-tenants held
conferences on the future of his vast
political organization.
The conferees included Governor
Allen. Seymour Weiss. Abe Shus
han. director of the levee board;
Lieutenant Qovemor James A. Noe,
Speaker Allen Vellender of the
house of representatives and George
Wallace, Long's legislative aid.
At the tcp in the order of succes
sion is Governor Allen.
Sut • O. K." has never cared much
for politics. He "trucked” along
with Long because Long wanted him
to; they'd been friends since boy
hood. The sum substance of Allen's
regime as governor approximated
this: Long had to have a titular head
of tbs state government so he maae
Allen governor. Allen Monday night
said he would retire after the cur
rent term.
There were two courses open to
the Long leaders:
1— A political oligarchy, with the
lieutenants of the senate* carrying
cn his policies;
2.—The designation of one of these
lieutenants ss leader of the oram
satlon.
Wreckage Predicted
Political observers and politicians
pondered this primary question: Is
there anyone in the oramzation cap
able to fill the place of the chief -
uin?
In addition, there waa the possi
bility of jealousy cropping up among
the lieutenants, of Internal strife
in the organization. Such strife In
the past has broken many political
machines.
The New Orleans situation offer
ed. also, a serious threat. Recently.
Long—In his fight against his arch
foe. Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley—
had won over, because of his control
of finances and patronage, many o!
the district leaders In the old-line
democratic oranlzatlon.
Now with Lon one. Walmsley Is In
a Mr on position to rebuild his New
Or.cans oranlzatlcn.
If the Lon lieutenants were in a
quandary about the future, those
who have battled Long's rise to Phas
er held a new hope of victory.
A few weeks ago. a group of Louis
iana congressmen who withstood the
onslaught of the senator's forces
formed an opposition bloc. They’ In
tended this as the nucleus of a for
midable army of foes.
rs.i dotg tegsucgET A.
Bui there was more to puzzle the
political world than Louisiana. What
will become of the hundred of "the
shire-th-wealth' units built by the
senator and his organization? They
spread across the nation. Monday,
while Long was fighting for his life,
tha St. Louis unit announced it
would soon open offices for “Long
for president in 36 ''
A few weeks ao. in New York, Long
said he would run as an Independent
in ’Sfl if "the republicans go Hoover,
the democrats go Ro:cevelt and
there is no liberal candidate in the
field.’*
But in Baton Rouge Tuesday, the
national scene was submerged to
the state. Long was dead—and his
lieutenants had to think about the
future. The oranlzatim he built up
waited for a new leader.
Jean Wood 111
(Special to Tha Herald)
HARLINOEN. Sept. 9. — A alight
Improvement waa noted early Mon
day afternoon in the condition of
Jean Wood. 13-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wood, who Is In
the Valley Baptist hospital here
suffering from a throat infection.
Although Improved. Miss Wood’s
condition to &UU considered critical. j
BOND SET IN
(Continued From Page One)
Watts of Edinburg. He 1* under
continuous guard at the hospital.
Olivares waived examining trial
as to the consplrary and possession
charges but demanded a hearing
on the resistance charge The gov
ernment called John Wolford of
McAllen, assistant supervisor of
mounted customs Inspectors in the
Valley district, as its only witness
Supervisor Wolford testified he
drove to a point on a side road
north of Santa Rosa the night ot!
September 6 with Customs Inspec
tors W C. Greer of Corpus Chrlstl.
Paul White and C. T. Boulware of
McAllen. Greer drove ahead in h!a
car, stopoed near a small parkeu
truck cared Olivares to the truck.
Wolford walked behind the car
from his own, parked behind Greers
and as he walked up on the driver s
aide, Greer stepped to the ground
Olivares, the officer testified, drag
ged an automatic pistol from hi*
trousers, pointed It at Greer and
snapped the trigger. The gun failed
to shoot. Even after Wolford and
Greer trained their gum on the1
man. he refused to drop his pistol,
Wolford testified, and they took it
from him by force
Meanwhile. Boulware and White
walked In front of Greer's car to
search nearby weeds and three men
opened fire on them with rifles
and shotguns White stumbled and
fell into a ditch, escapinz death as
the shotgun blasts roared over his
prone body. Boulware was untouch
ed by the bullets and opened fire
on the men In the weeds. He was
Joined bv White from the bottom
of the ditch and the men fled.
Cantu was later found about 10O
yards from the scene of the fight
and brought to Edinburg, Wolford
testified.
After the officer* shot their way!
out of the ambush, they failed to
locate the other two men. but con- j
fiscatel 69 quirts of cognac, eight
17-llter cans of alcohol, four guns
and the small truck.
Olivares and Cantu had been
sought for the past five years by
customs inspectors for their alleged
connections with border liquor
gangs and Cantu is wanted bv Mex
ican officers for murder, it was
stated. Neither could make the hlgn
bonds, which were protested by their
attorney, C. C. Bryant of Harlingen.
STATE REPEAL
(Continued from Page One)
stralnt. regulation cc taxation. These
counties and subdivisions were wet
under local option prior to state
wide prohibition.
Counties dr)' under local option
will continue under the Dean law,'
old prohibition enforcement statute,
that makes sale of liquor a felony,
punishable by one to five years im
prisonment.
A speclsl session of the legisla
ture hsa been called for September
16 to enact laws to regulate liquor,
sales.
The official canvass did not in
clude returns from Briscoe. Kim
ble. Marlon. Randall. McMullen.
Parmer. San Augustine and Stone
wall counties They were unreoorted
when the canvars was c:mp!eted.
Governor Allred also proclaimed
the results on six other proposted
constitutional amendments. They
were:
Authorizing payment of old age
pennons: For 444 539. against 108.
565.
Authrrizine temporary commit-'
mrnt of Insane: For 294 287: against
188.968.
Emiwwenng district Judges So pul
convict* cn probation: For. 346,
285; sainst 216.549.
Abolishing fee system: For 274.
537; against 188.643.
Free teat books lor denomination
al and private schools: For 257,813;
agilnst 280,019.
Authorising submission of oonstt
tuaonal amendments at special ses
sions: For 214.034; against 238.258.
McCraw said he was studying the
question of liquor advertising and
would give an opinion soon. The chief
prcblem is the circulation in dry
counties of periodicals carrying li
quor advertisements.
"You cant overlook the fact that
pcrl dicals from outside the state
with such advertisements have been
circulating all over Texas,'’ McCraw
said.
Traffic Signs Are
Placed At Schools
School zone traffic signs hav#
bee i placed and officers will direct
traffic In the vicinity of the schools
during the ruth hours In an effort
to preserve the good school traffic
record here, it hss been announoed
by Lieutenant of Police John T.
Armstrong.
Due largely to these precautions
and traffic talks mada by Instruc
tors. It hss been several years since
a child was injured here In an ac
cident near the schools.
Csra are required to slow down to
12 miles sn hour In the vicinity of
the schools.
Both firemen end policemen ere
used In directing traffic during the
rush hours In the neighborhoods of
th-? schools.
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endless stairs . . . boots, boots, boots9
on a thousand aching feet.1. it's the
constant disappointment and the pace
that wears ... boots, boots, in a battle
with the street. . •
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