Corsicana Daily Sun from Corsicana, Texas • Page 7

THE COESICANA DAILY SUN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1933. SEVEN EXAMINING TRIAL OF NEGRO HALTED WHEN TESTIMONY CONFLICTS DEFENDANT AND WOMAN (GIVE DIFFERENT STORIES AS TO LOCATION KILLING An' examining trial before Judge Sam B. Jordan for Leon Haynes, negro.r charged with murder and assault with intent to murder, was Tuesday morning by Judge and the summoning of witnesses was ordered conflicting stories were re- -loted by the defendant and two negresses about where the shoot- Ing occurred and other important details. The hearing is scheduled to be. continued Tuesday afternoon.

is charged in connection with the fatal shooting of D. O. Dodd, 27, and the serious wounding of Van Dempsey, at the home of Gertrude Washington, on South Second street, in- East Cor- sjcana, Sunday night about 9 o'clock. Dodd was rushed to the hospital and died a short time later from a bullet wound, in the head. Dempsey is in a serious condition with a pistol wound in the back, but officers stated he was reported somewhat improved Tuesday morning.

Haynes maintained the shooting of Dodd was accidental. He said an altercation following gambling precipitated the shooting. He claimed Dempsey was armed with s. knife and that he shot In self- defense. The accused negro surrendered to City Officer Dave Seaton following the trouble.

He maintained that he. the two men shot and others had been gambling at the Washington residence Sunday afternoon' and evening. Gertrude Washington, resident of the house where the shooting occurred, said that no gambling had been done at her house and that she saw three men arguing at a corner near her house and the shooting started near her back door. She denied that any of the participants -mentioned in the game had been at her house. 'Haynes Is reported to have made a written statement to Bruce Nutt, chief of city detectives, prior to his being turned over to Constable W.

B. Grantham and Deputy Jake Nutt Monday. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR JOHN MAGGARD TUESDAY AFTERNOON Funeral services for John Maggard, aged 60, who died with heart attack Monday morning al 9 o'clock after being stricken while at work at the Moss House, are scheduled to be held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the family residence, 212 West Third avenue, with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Rev. E.

T. Miller will conduct the services. An r.mbulance rushed the stricken man to a hospital where he pronounced dead upon ar- was a native of Navarro opunty and had resided in Corsi- iana for a number of years. Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. J.

Harris Murphy and Miss Madie Maggard, both of Corsicana; mother, Mrs. John Maggard, Kerens; four brothers, Dave Maggard, Emhouse; Charlie Maggard, Emhouse; Thomas Maggard, Emhouse; and Ray Maggard, Kerens; three sisters Mrs. Gordon Adcock, Denton; Mrs C. D. Chaney, Kerens; and Mrs Kate IHiliard, Kerens; and other relatives.

The funeral was being directed by the Sutherland-McCammon Funeral Home. Notice to hereby given that the Commissioners court of Navarro county as wlu on Monday, August 21 1833, at 10:00 o'clock a. at the Court House of said County, hold a public hearing at which time the budget for Navarro county, as prepared by the County Judge WJU be considered by said Commissioners Court. L. C.

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graphic description of cringing terrified racket witnesses was presented to the senate subcommittee on racketeering today by Augustine J. Smith, secretary of the New York County Grand Jury association. Smith, who was foreman of the March grand jury, told Senator Royal S. Capeland, chairman of the committee, that grand juries should not be limited to cases presented by the courts. He was first speaker of the committee's second day of open hearing in the bar association auditorium.

Describing a fur racket case that came before the March grand jury Smith said: "I wish you could have seen the witnesses, how they stood before us, terrified, the perspiration standing out upon them, afraid to speak out." Racketeers, he said, keep their spies around the grand jury room. They know who testified and they swiftly punish. also demanded better extradition laws. "Now an touching upon something that must be -dealt with," Copeland said. B.

McGovern, who said he came to ask the committee to look into labor racketeering, identified himself as a member of the Steamfitters Union. "In New York," he said, "unions are run by bullets and not ballots. Supervisors come to meetings with guns on their hips and they even go into courts armed that way." "You mean they ara run that way now?" Copeland asked. "Not in my own union, but in others," he replied. MARYLAND WOMAN IS FOUND DEAD; MURDER CHARGED WASHINGTON, Aug.

The body of Mrs. Ella M. Schrodt. 58-year-old former actress. was found early today in a bedroom of her home in Mount Rainier, near here, with a deep gash over the right temple.

Shortly afterwards John C. 'Mulligan, 45, who lives at the same address, was arrested on a murder charge. Mrs. Haden G. Hiromerous, a neighbor, told police Mulligan called her about 3 o'clock this morning.

She found Mrs. Schrodt's body in bed. A doctor whom she called said the woman had been dead several hours. Dark marks on the floor of the bedroom led police to believe blood had been washed up before they arrived. There was no blood on Mrs.

Schrodt's night clothing, however, nor on the bed. Mulligan, who works for a Washington jewelry girm, told police Mrs. Schrodt retired about midnight, while he went to sleep on the front porch. About 3 a. he said, he went into the house, noticed the cut on Mrs.

Schrodt's forehead, and called his neighbor. Courthouse News County Court. The trial of the case of the State of Texas vs. F. J.

Watkins, et appeal from the findings of the condemnation board, on the right-of-way taken, for Highway 22 at Eureka, got under way in tile county court Tuesday morning 2ourt attaches state it wjll likely require two days to try the case. Marriage Licenses. Ervln Burns and Ethel Lorene Caskey. Vivian Crowder and Violet Lee Dickens. Jack Leach -and Christine Hodges.

Trustee's Deeds. L. G. Kerr, substitute trustee, for H. R.

Smalley, et to CUBAN (Continued From fa.se One) Taylor rode at Anchor. The U. S. navy cruiser Richmond was en route through the Panama Canal to the Atlantic side to await orders. The destroyer Hamilton was expected to arrive at Manzanillo today, but confidence in the return to normalcy was seen in the recall of the destroyer Claxton.

Dr. Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, the provisional president, gathered about him a young and inexperienced cabinet to cope with the political and economic troubles growing out of a widespread strike, now ending, and disorders attending last Saturday's revolution. They and the whole republic were asked by Dr. de Cespedes In his inaugural address to cooperate in recovery. Soldiers and squads of ABC opposition continude to see out and kill, or imprison for trial, men of former President Gerardo Machado's strong arm squad, the Por- ristas, who are charged with slaying political opponents in an effort to maintain the Machado dictatorship by force.

The popular temper against remains of the deposed government, however, cooled considerably. At least 18 members of the American Motors Finance com- Poora have been slain in the last pany, Lot 4, Block 524-A, Corsicana $100. George W. Scott, trustee for W. F.

Penn, et to The Travelers Insurance company of Hartford, 94 acres of the Joseph T. Bell survey. $500. G. W.

Scott, substitute trustee, for J. A. Tate, et to The Travelers Insurance company of Hartford, 185 1-2 acres of the H. and A. G.

Cage and T. J. Chambers surveys, .52,000. three days. A score have been wounded.

Military authorities estimated that at least 12 were in prison. Reports reaching Havana said a number of Porristas had barricaded themselves in a town near here under the protection of soldiers, who guarded nearby highways to prevent the sacking which has been visited on residences of every prominent Machado follower. Leaders of the Machado regime G. W. Scott, substitute trustee were in hiding, had fled, or were m-i preparing for flight.

Out of Cuba for J. A. Tate, et to The Travelers Insurance company of Hartford, 759 acres of the T. J. Chambers Eight-League sur- $8,000.

Justice Court. Judge M. Bryant assessed fines against one for affray, four for theft and one for disturbing the peace Monday. FORMER PREMIER ALBANIA REPORTED ASSAM VICTIM VIENNA, Austria, Aug. reaching here today told of the assassination in Salonika, Greece, of Hassan Bey Pristina, former premier of Albania.

Ibrahim Tselo, a 25-year-old native of Albania, was said to have confessed to police upon his arrest that he killed Pristina yesterday because he wanted to avenge a brother and other relatives executed in Albania during Prlstina's premiership. According to another version, the young man killed the premier because the latter had proposed to kill King Zog of Albania. Pristina was 55 yars old. He was premier of Albania In 1920 when Klhg Zog took over power. He then left the country, becoming one of the strongest opponents of the present Albanian are Machado, who is in the Bahamas; his family, who are in Florida; former Secretary of State Orestes Ferrara, in Virgin Islands; former Secretary of War RAIN, WIND (Continued From Paie One) normal service restored.

Lightning struck electric lines between Corslcana and Powell and several hours were required for workmen to restore normal service. Many homes here were without lights several hours Monday afternoon while repairs were being made. Lines were reported blown down into the streets in Bast Corslcana. Auto Top Damaged. Ted B.

Ferguson, local manager of the Texas Power and Light company, was traveling in the vicinity of Pursley Monday afternoon when the hall storm struck and the top of his automobile was so badly damaged that a new one will be required. A skylight over the elevator shaft at the Navarro Hotel was reported damaged by the early storm Mondav, and a window was blown out of the kitchen of the Navarro Coffee Shop. Windows in the residence of George Leonard at the intersection of West Collin and South Fourteenth streets were reported blown out and the house and furnishings damaged. Windows in the- quarters of the Radio Service company were also reported damaged. Persons making a survey of the city after the hard wind Monday afternoon reported that at least a hundred trees were uprooted or damaged.

Herrera, en route to Jamaica, and Octabio Averhoff, former secretary of the treasury, and Eugenio Mollnet, Machado's secretary of labor and agriculture, who also are in the Bahamas. The gunboat Cuba arrived here last night and it was expected that United States Ambassador Sumner Welles and army officers would escort what followers thero are remaining the vessel. Use a Dally Sun Want Ad for quick results. regime. pie and their children visited Mrs.

He suggested that Mrs. Schrodt Schrodt and Mulligan last night, might have fallen in the bath- and there was considerable drink- room, struck her head against Ing. They questioned the couple radiator and managed to get back in bed. Police said a Cottage City cou- and said their account of what occurred last night conflicted Mulligan's statements. Used Cars If You are Interested in Buying A NEW OR USED CAR We cordially invite you to Come to See Us Jackson Bros.

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Flint, Mich. Special equipment nttM. Low dftiveted and MCT GJC.A.C. threat. A Motoim CHEVROLET DEALERS MAIN AT SEVENTH PHONE 1248 CORSICANA SAVE WITH A NEW CHEVROLET COTTON (Continued From Page One) the previous season and a carryover of 9,682,316 bales.

The supply was made up as follows Stocks on hand Aug. 1, 1032, tool In consuming; establislimpiits. 1 "17 888 In public storage ami at com- pi-esses imp 803 Elsewhere (partially 1 Net Imports (total re- exports) IJn.OOS Ginninffs dunnff 12 months total 15. son, 838 Crop of 1032 alter July 1833 is.fla OOP ol 1033 to AUK. 1.

1033 171.351 Afgreg-ate supply Si.urj.tlflO The distribution was as follows: Net exports (total less re-imports) 5.17 Consumed Destroyed (pinned cotton) :iO.OOO Stocks on hand July 31, total I 70. 1:13 In confluming; establishments. In public stm-nfre and at i-uni- presses S.7:10,100 Elsewhere l.oso.noo AR-greg-ato distribution Excess of distribution over supply Ml.SUB Stocks elsewhere includes cotton for export on shipboard but not cleared; cotton coastwise; cotton -in transit to ports, interior towns, and mills; cotton farms, etc. The excess of distribution over supply is due principally to the Inclusion in all distribution items of the "city crop," which consists of rebaled samples and pickings from cotton damaged by fire and weather. The supply and distribution of linters, not included in the foregoing statistics are: Stocks of linters Aug.

1, 1932, were 625,381 running bales; pro- duction during 12 months ending July 31, 1933, 741,346 bales; exports, 183i970 bales; consumption, 757,696 bales; destroyed, 5,000 bales, and stocks July 31, 1933, 438,425 bales. Census Bureau In Consumption Report WASHINGTON, Cotton consumed during July was reported today by the census bureau to have totaled bales of lint and 90,497 bales of linters, compared with 696.472 and 81,468 during June this year, and 278,568 and 37,896 during July last year. Cotton on hand July 31 was held as follows In Consuming establishments, 1,351,033 bales of lint nmi 321,694 of linters, compared with 1,400,804 and 328,420 on June 30 this year, and 1,217,886 and 301,299 on July 31 last year. In public storage and at compresses, 5,739,100 bales of lint and 31,731 of linters, compared with 6,318,944 am? 41,412 on June 3D this year and 6,699,868 and 54,082 on July 31 last year. Imports for July totaled 11,941 bales, compared with 14,094 in June this year and 8,264 in July last year.

Exports for July totaled 692,007 bales of lint and 17,695 of linters, compared with 614,561 and 21,064 in June this year and 449,476 and 9,169 in July last year. Cotton spindles active during July numbered 26,069,158 compared with 25,540,504 during June this year and 19,758,252 during July last year. INTEREST GROWS IN 1ST PRESBYTERIAN PRAYER MEETINGS The officers and members of the First Presbyterian church are gratified over the continued interest in the Wednesday evening prayer meetings. The pastor. Rev.

W. R. Hall, Is leading a study of the Gospel of John, presenting one chapter each Wednesday evening. The lesson this evening at o'clock; will be the ninth chapter of the Gospel. Members and friends of the church are most cordially Invited to attend this service.

Mrs. Boyce Martin will bring special musical message immedia- etcly preceding the Bible study. These Wednesday evening pray-, er meetings are a part of an ex--' tensive church-wide preparation for a period of evangelistic meet- Ings to be held In the First Presbyterian church, Sept. 24, through October 8. SEE ME For Health and Accident Insurance L.

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