Fort Worth Star-Telegram from Fort Worth, Texas • 9

0 A RWING FORT 0 l')TH STAR a ELEGRAM A FORT WORTH OWNED NEWSPAFER SECOND SECTION 4-- 1- FORT WORTH TEXAS Where the West Begins THURSDAY AUGUST 19 1937 Didn't Spill a Drop! -Weird Idaho Cavein -Perfect! Reel Flier Now----Confesses in Slaying LO I re of ly ts a nt es a i i'- ----w''-1m'r '77777 7 7 71 (7 t7 7 1 0 "11 't''') 7777 i- f-1: :1 4 i :4 '''''N'-- "IrS Fk s'1a' k- t' ::4:6: -41 ir-4 4 '42- tsswF1 4- i c's :4: 7: 4 Slt ot4! 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t'3ic 4iIZz -ii :16) 'W4g 4aiVE 1 --oil( Vs: sUl's '''A4Ati' '4 ---z-1 -r1 :1 1 )- 2 i ics 7: A41ii 'f's Vs 4'1 rt: '''s i- 1- 44N cA ft o'- kl' "At 171 I '4 1 1-i 1': ititiiiiVel': -1Illitek: 111 :7 141 -77 s--- -7 si- 1 ss-s" ::1 k'' i tk 411if 1 1: t4t i 11P P-C 4 ::1 i'' )- 1- zii: i I 1 4 7 s-f: I IQ s''' S' 1 -s1 -c '7: :4 -Mc: -7---' i- il 1 :7 4-'': triti4 1 411c K' I 1 iital'4: 2::: i' i 'I: 0c 11' lf: id 1 ik 1 1 4 1 44 -An Aii 4it I 't Mii 'k 4 '90' 3k s' 'v ki'l 7 Air si- :4: I 1 I 00: 7:721 --1-v -vok-4kiie 5 ti to A 5::: ss''S" t'- '4 1 HOT SPRINGS Ark Aug 18 (pC) A coroner's jury rendered here today a verdict of 'justifiable homicide in the line of duty" at an inquest into the slaying of Alfred "Sonny" Lamb 26 escaped Texas convict last Sunday night by a squad of state and county officers The jury returned its verdict after less than an hour of testimony by the raiding officers Assistant Superintendent of State Police Bob La Follette described the raid and how Lamb was slain after he ignored a command to surrender He told also how Lamb carried 10 rifles shotguns and pistols in a brown leather golf bag Sheriff Marion Anderson said at the conclusion of the hearing that the guns and Lambs' personal effects had been attached by the Owner of the house where the raid took place for "damages to the house" Anderson said Lamb's widow Mrs Lorene Feaster Lamb taken into custody at the time of the slaying would be held for further investigation Lamb's body was to be sent to Berryville Ark this afternoon for burial His mother and a brother attended the inquest maitazoornot6 McDowell of Iowa Park whose promotion to superintendency of the joint Black land Experiment Station and Soil Conservation Station at Temple places him in charge of the country's largest soil conservation and agricultural research undertaking John 11 Hankins secretary fc'T life of the Hill Country Firemen's Association has been a 'smoke eater" nearly 40 years He has been chief of the volunteer fire department at Junction where he is a druggist for the last 13 years LAS CRUCES Aug 18 (A)) Four defendants on trial for the slaying of Robert Aubuchon elderly Deming camp ground employe took the witness stand in District Court today to deny confessions allegedly given authorities were made voluntarily Their testimony was the high point of a legal battle moving into its second day over the question of admittance of the eight confessions held by the State in the case Direct testimony declaring they "confessed" under duress was offered by the Alfred and Delbert Lord brothers and Emmett Powell and Walter Smith "1 was scared to death" 17-yearold Delbert snapped at Prosecutor Martin Threet during examination on the stand Threet also took the stand to testify to the manner in which the younger Lord brother allegedly confessed to the fatal shooting of his uncle Charles Lord in Peck Mich The prosecutor testified in explanation of the release of Helen Lord wife of Georage who was held as a material witness in the Michigan case The woman he said was released when it was determined she was to become a mother Threet siad she Is now at her home in Michigan and that she was ready to appear if necessary A man who exhibited a bottle labeled "nitroglycerin" and brandishing a pistol with the declaration ''Give me all the money you have or I11 blow you to hell!" robbed the Modern Finance Company 417 Petroleum Building of approximately $200 Wednesday afternoon Mrs Mildred Mahoney cashier of the firm was talking on the telephone when the man entered the bottle in one hand He first showed Mrs Mahoney the bottle pointing to the label et the time pulling a pistol from his coat pocket After threatening Mrs Mahoney the man 'put the pistol back in his pocket end held the bottle aloft taking the money all in currency with the other hand As he backed out of the office the robber said "Don't call that man" referring to the assistant manager of the firm who was In an adjoining office and who later declioed to give his name Described as being about 45 years old the robber had gray hair wore a dark suit a striped bow tie and a sailor straw hat He was about 5 feet 10 inches tall After leaving the building the robber reportedly ran north in an alley between Houston and Throckmorton Streets 66 0 look when it is completed Total cost of the building and landscaping will be $110000 Its erection marks the end of a 26- year county seat fight between Mertzon and Sherwood This is how the new Irion County courthouse at Mertzon now under construction will 411 ft ElIALFOR IVENTIRESET There Ought to Be a Law? Here Are Some BADLY BEATEN MAN IDENTIFIED JUDGE REFUSES FREEDOM PLEA Negro Charged in Livingston Attack AusTIN Aug 18 the clock strikes midnight Friday the Texas citizen will face new prohibitions and privileges Under laws passed at the general session of the Legislature and effective 90 days after adjournment he may sue for injunction to stop a bull fight but technically he can't get his first automobile license without submitting to Showers Reported At Anson Olney Stowaway Talks To Her Husband although probably it will not be exercised until the voters pass Aug 23 on proposed amendments authorizing aid to destitute and blind children require dealers in second hand pipe line and oil well equipment to secure a bill of sale from the seller and abolish high school fraternities in Dallas County When the clock completes a few more cycles still other laws will come to life including the generally tightened liquor control act effective Sept I It places many restrictions on dealers in intoxicating liquors wines and beer and authorizes cities to regulate selling hours for beer Repeal of legalized horse racing effective midnight of Sept 20 is to all intents and purposes already in effect The racing commission which will be without funds after Aug 31 end of the current fiscal year has denied applications for late race meets ANSON Aug which have continued since 6:30 o'clock this evening have resulted in considerable moisture and clouded skies give promise of more rain A man found unconscious with severe head wounds early Wednesday morning was identified shortly after noon as Gold of 605 Cromwell Street The identification was made by a son Charles Gold Gold was found behind a sign board at East Lancaster Avenue and Commerce Street He was found by Radio Patrolmen Carter and Woods Gold appeared to have been beaten over the head with a sharp instrument Pockets of the man9s clothes were turned inside out leading police to believe he had been robbed No marks of identification were available The hospital reported he was well dressed and about 58 years old Both eyes are swollen shut and he has a gash on his forehead Freedom was denied Charlie Wagoner Jr whose parole recently was revoked by Judge Power of Ninety-sixth District Court Wednesday after a hearing in a habeas corpus actica Henry Bishop defense attorney gave notice of appeal for Wagoner who went to prison from Tarrant County in 1931 to serve sentences totaling 11 years for murder and burglary Wagoner charged in County Courtat-Law No 1 on Aug 4 with theft of a $5 sink testified he accompanied Earl McKinley into a vacant building and that McKinley alone took the Sink McKinley charged with the same offense corroborated that testimony Judge Power declared in upholding the revocation of the parole that he thought Wagoner was guilty of the theft Mrs Miriam A Ferguson who granted the parole was referred to as "a kindly Governor" who had when she released Wagoner "nothing in her mind except to help this man" LIVINGSTON Aug 18 White 27-year-old negro was charged today in connection with an attack Aug 11 on the wife of a wealthy stockman-farmer at her country home near here The negro was taken to the Jefferson County jail at Beaumont for safekeeping Sheriff Holliday said the negro made a written statement County Attorney Ernest A Coker who took the statement said the grand jury would be requested to convene in specitl session at an early date White was one of the first negroes arrested after the victim reported a negro stole into her upstairs room disarmed her held a knife to her breast and attacked her While officers aided by Texas Rangers were rounding up some 18 negroes for questioning feeling ran high in the community and there were rumors of possible violence No evidence of possible violence was reported today GALVESTON Aug 18 Esther Worman of London firmly believed today her stolen voyage to America in the hold of a freighler will not be in vain She talked by telephone with her wandering husband Gus Worman and was convinced he still loves her She looks forward to a reconciliation in England where two small sons await them Mrs Worman held here for deportation was taken from a ship last week in IIouston after the crew discovered her nude when a fire broke out She explained that the stifling heat forced her to take off her clothes After she told a story of coming to America in search of her husband who left her several years ago immigration officers immediately began a search for Worman finally locating him in a New York rooming house lie now awaits a hearing at Ellis Island on a charge of illegally entering the United States School Trustees Win at Beaumont OLNEY Aug 18--Showers in Olney and vicinity today cooled the atmosphere A one-inch rain was reported at Jean 10 miles southeast of Olney It fell in a 25-minute period SUSPECT IN SLAYING MAKES INNOCENT PLEA SANTA FE Aug 18 (in-- George Guy Osborne 27-year-old Oklahoman pleaded innocent in Federal District Court here today to the slaying of Truett Rowe agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Judge Colin Neblett remanded Osborne to the State penitentiary to await trial late next month at Albuquerque Rowe was fatally shot near Gallup June 1 when he attempted to arrest Osborne ex-convict sought as a fugitive from the Eufala Okla jail COLORADO Texas Aug Filneral services will be held from the First Presbyterian Church in Colorado at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon for McEntire Sr 65 well known West Texas ranchman and a resident of this section since 1379 Mr McEntire died at his home tear Sweetwater Tuesday night following a stroke a week agl With his father the late McEntire Sr Mr McEntire came to what was then Tom Green County ftt 1879 The older McEntire bought lands surrounding the head waters of the North Concho River later the land lay in Sterling County The land which the McEntire's originally bought extended from within 12 riles of Garden City to the Seven D's on the south Grierson's Springs eis the west and Slaughters ranch on the north In 1889 McEntire Sr sold his Glasscock County land to Slaughter along with 3000 steers and -enough saddle horses to take them to Kansas" All this is recalled by WI Conger of Sterling City who went to work for Slaughter at that tirne When he was 17 McEntire went into the ranching business by Liaself filing on land which joined his father's on the headwaters of the North Cencho Ile also bought several sections from the horse ranch Originally the lleEntires were cattlemen They bought their first sheep in 1898 Mr Mchlritire witnessed Okla- noma's famous "eimarron" while feeding cattle in the Cherokee Natori of the Indian Territory In 1893 lie rnet and married Eudora Fowler while feeding cattle In Pine Bluff Ark in the Winter of 1893-94 Although still owning his Ster4Z County ranch lands Mr Mcrntlre moved to Colorado 25 years go and left here to live in Nolan County Fnm three years ago In to his wife he is survived hY three sons Fowlcr McEntire 't Sterling City McEntire I1 of Colorado and McEnre Jr of Tulsa Okla GeorRe McEntire Sr of Sterling City brother and Mrs Clark of Dallas Ilia sister New Restrictions Guard Quintuplets DEFEATED GOVERNOR CANDIDATE WILL RUN AUSTIN Aug 18 (P)--P Pierce Brooks of Dallas unsuccessful candidate for Governor two years ago said here today he would seek an office in next year's election but was not prepared to say at this time what it would be name will be on the Democratic primary ballot" he said "but I'm not ready to say whether it will be in the Governor's column" In his last campaign Brooks promised a "businesslike administration" If elected One plank which his platform stressed called for free automobile licenses Brooks is a real estate operator These and many others emerged from the legislative grind and according to the interpretation of the Secretary of State's Department must be observed beginning midnight Friday Marlin Sand lin assistant secretary of State said courts had ruled previously that a bill which did' not receive sufficient votes to become law immediately took life 90 days after adjournment excluding adjournment day Actually the automobile driver applying the first time for a license won't have to take an examination until some time in September because the Public Safety Department will not have funds or personnel for administration until after Sept 1 Provisions other than that for examining applicants already are effective Other laws taking their place on statute books include one permitting counties through local option elections to levy a livestock tax not exceeding 1 cent a head on sheep and goats and 5 cents on cattle for a livestock protection fund aimed agianst thefts And cities and towns may license automobile and accessories dealers providing revenue is used for enforcing laws prohibiting theft Of cars and parts Another local option measure authorizes counties to require licensing and penning of dogs between sunup and sundown as a protection for livestock The measure was aimed at depredating dogs charged with wholesale slaughter of livestock Once the option is exercised a livestock producer legally could poison such dogs A canine caught killing sheep goats or cattle could be slain without recourse by the owner Other laws create a division of welfare la the Board of Control BEAUMONT Aug Monroe Chapman and Otis Fti lien Beaumont school trustees retained their positions by a vote of 2 to I according to tabulations Wednesday in Tuesdays special election The special election was an outgrowth of the pair's part in the dismissal of Bert Shepard popular high school teacher It also resulted in a students' strike Mrs Chapman won by a vote of 754 to 385 and Fu Ilen by 760 to 376 Texas Chick Group To Meet Here in '38 Resolve to Aid Mankind Kept CHILDREN BURNED BY ACCIDENT POLICE FIND CALLANDER Ontario Aug New restrictions to guard the Dionne quintuplets from infection were effective today but it was emphasized that the children's parents Mr and Mrs Oliva Dionne would have free access to the nursery as usual Tradesmen and others heretofore permitted inside the nursery 'have been barred Dr Alan Roy Dafoe quintuplet physician and guardian announced lie said public appearances in the inclosed playground would be continued for the present because there is little danger from this source Dr Dafoe has slight fear of infantile paralysis Several deaths have been reported in the province but none in this section Cecile who has been segregated for several days has rejoined her sisters and the quintuplets are all together and well for the first time in several weeks HOUSTON Aug 18 (AP) Th Texas Baby Chick Association voted today to hold its 1938 convention in Fort Worth Fort Worth and Amarillo were the only cities making open bids Officials said Amarillo would be considered for the 1939 meeting The afternoon session which closed the three-day convention was devoted to business matters A Demke of Stephenville executive secretary read the report of work done by the association during the year together with financial statement Harris of Fort Worth and Demke were appointed members of a committee to consider amendments to the constitution to be submitto4 at the next annual medial" LAST RITES HELD FOR TENDER BOARD MEMBER TYLER Aug 18 (fP)--Funeral services were held here today for "Linkie" Waterbury member of the Federal Tender Board for the East Texas oil field who died Monday The body was scheduled to leave late today to arrive in New York Friday morning Services there are to be conducted at St Bartholomew's Church at 1:15 ol Friday Burial will be in Westchester Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt wife of the President wired the widow "our deepest sympathy In your great loss" NEW LONDON Aug 18 When his only son was killed in the March 18 New London school disaster John Lumpkin Oil company executive avowed his intent to devote part of his time to serving mankind especially children his latest act in keeping the vow was the purchase of a 50-passenger bus for transportation of children and their parents to Sunday school and church services Driving the bus himself Lumpkin transports his passengers to the church of their choice and then returns them to their homes Ills goal is to haul 100 children and parents each Sunday PART OF NEW MEXICO WOOL YET TO BE SOLD ALBUQUERQUE Aug 18 (IP)--A sag in the wool market shortly after opening of the season left about 2500000 pounds of New Mexico wool to be sold Stewart Santa Fe Railroad freight agent estimated today About 9000000 pounds has been sold and shipped Stewart said New Mexico's crop this year is estimated at about 15000000 pounds averaging between 28 and 30 cents DALLAS Aug 18 children who were burned here Tuesday night by hot paraffin were victims of an accident police said Wednesday after an investigation John Bunting 13 and his cousin Mary Louise Bunting 11 were recovering from the burn9 First reports were that man threw a bucketful of the melted paraffin on the children Police said Wednesday that a youth accidentally dropped the bucket on the sidewalk in front of the children the liquid splashing on them PI A 11 1- 3 BIElEt I'.