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BOOZE AGENT KILLED
Delbert Perrison, 55, an agent of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, was shot and killed last nightat Clarksville in East Texas. Officers have a man in custody and charges are expected to be filed this morning. City Patro,man J. D. Mitchell said Perrison and another officer were watching a hidden cache of liquor outside a house in Clarksville. When a man carrying a gun stopped to pick up the liquor, Perrison rose, identified himself and called to the man to Purrender. The shooting followed. The accused man is being in the county jail