4 DIE AS NEGRO GOES BERSERK R. D. Register, Who Drew Etex Royalty Checks, Is Finally Shot To Death HAWKINS, July 14, (P) -Four persons were slain and one wounded here Wednesday when a 40-year-old negro landholder who drew royalty checks from East Texas oil property suddenly went berserk. One of those killed was the negro, R. D. Register, who was brought down by a shot fired by a store owner after Register had terrorized the countryside, fatally wounding three. A. H. Humphreys, justice of the peace, said the negro killed his wife, Newell Ellison, white man, and another negro, Leonard Hughey and wounded Roy Allen, former Hawkins postmaster. The woman and Ellison were almost instantly killed and Hughey died late Wednesday night. Allen was in a Dallas hospital, hit arm broken by bullet.