The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, July 30, 1915 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUMNE X
MEMBER OF UNITED PRESS
BALLINGER. RUNNELS COUNTY. TEXAS. FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1915.
WE CAN TAKE CARE OF YOU with everything necessary
for the sustenance and comforts of life. Phone 37.
Van Pelt, Kirk & Mack
Price 5 Ceuta
BLOODY SHIRT MAY GIVE MAN HELD
CLUE TO TEMPLE MURDER FOR DALLAS
Becker Dies Gamely
Asserting Innocence
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By Umted Pre*'- ; mother and father probably fat-
JEMPLE, T.X. J.ly 3°.-Witl. a||v illjul.ed
the finding ot a bloody shirt on * , ...
the bed of Mrs. Grimes' bed may; LuKe JJruuer, a neighbor of the
lead to a clue for the officers ii, | Grimeses, was the first person to !
running down and capturing the make the gruesome find when he. ," ’ ’ 11 •' .’ ‘ »atgis o
cairn- to the Grimes home a few j against Wallace Moore, the 231
son of \V. T. Moore, j
some oil for his plow which was \ whose home was blown up by a
being used in the field, lie didn t dynamite bomb recently,
receive any response to his call- Wallace Moore in the complaint
ing when he came upon the house js charged with an attempt to kill
and accordingly walked into the! his father and brother. The
home, to find the ghastly sight of j young man has been in the cus-
; the father dressed in his work tody of the officers since the
the | e lot his, unable to talk and hard-! night of the explosion, but the
BOMBING THERE'LL BE A HOT TIME
man who murdered the Grimes'
family near here Wednesday j mjlultes ,u . # o c|otk t0 borrow! vear-oUl
night. Up to a late hour this ....... •• •
morning Mrs. Grimes was still
alive, but there is little hopes for
her recovery. The case is baffl-
ing the officers and the entire
country is aroused over the aw-
ful crime.
It was at first thought
IN THE OLD TOWN TONIGHT
gruesome mutdei was that ot a . ly able to move, lying upon a bed [complaint was not filed against
mad man, but the officers have no j soaked in his own blood which
evidence to substantiate this poured through uglv wounds on
claim further than the brutality 1 the head. Bruner found the wife
of the crime appears beyond all lying in a semi-conscious condi-
reason to be possible for a sane tiou covered with a quilt, her
man to comuiitt. skull crushed in. Two of the
Rewards aggregating more children, Frank and Mary Fran-
than $1700 have been offered tor ees [HV upon the bed with their
the arrest and conviction of the mother, covered with blood which
murderer. The officers are run-1 had caked during the several
11 mg down even* possible clue. ‘ hours between the time of the hor
Little Mary b ranees and Frank ^ble crime and the discovery ot
the bodies. On. another bed,
where he slept by himself, was
William, the oldest child of the
family, badly beaten about the
head and Body, covered with j
clots of blood from head to t’eet.j
bruised and cut by the iqstru-l
ment which hurried him into the
great beyond hardly before he
Grimes, twins, aged seven montns
and their oldest brother, William,
aged eight years, were murdered
sometime Wednesday night as
their father and mother, Mr. and
Mrs. William K. Grimes, lay un-
able to speake or hardly move:
in pools of blood trickling from
wounds inflicted on their heads
by an iron rail cutter, brought j knew what was happening to hint,
down with deadly intent by some . ^ kt, ever knew. * *T
unknown person. Their bodies- ■> '__— J
were found yesterday morning . c BONE BROKEN
shortly after 9 o clock by a ne.gh RESULT OF HORSE FALL,
him until today.
*J. 1). Badgitt, under whose
home dynamite bombs were found
and who received phone messages
notifying him that he would lit*
blown up, will probably resume
work on tilling an order for sad-
dles for the British amy. and will
put 100 men, who were let out
following the attempt to bomb
the Padgitt home, back to work.
It is believed that the attempt
to blow up the Padgitt home was
a blind to mislead the officers as
to the real motive for the attempt
to kill Moore and his son.
two miles;
bor, in their home,
southeast; of Temple. , - - -
III another room adjoining the !
CITIZENRY
EVACUATE
WARSAW
The Winters band arrived on
the four o’clock train from San
Angelo. There’ll he music rain
or shine. On account of the lawn
Bv United Press
SING SING, July 30.—Charles
Becker was executed in the death
house of the Sing Sing prison at
six o’clock this morning, paying
the death penalty for the murder
of Herman Rosenthal, a gambler.
The man died game with the pic-
ture of his wife pinned on his
the Angdo papers were very com- shirt above his heart and with a
plimentarv in commenting on the j prayer, “Jesus have mercy,’’ on
class of music put up by the Win- his lips, and a crucifix clutched
ters boys. There are several lady ! in his hand,
i members in the Winters hand, j Three different shocks were
in the park being v/et, the concert They will arrive in Ballinger at necessary to electrocute Becker,
will be given on the street in front | four o’clock this afternoon and j said to be due to bad strap ad-
of the First National Bank I spend the uight here-
Two of the best amateur bands; The Ballinger hand does not
in Texas, consisting of about fifty | take a hack seat for any amateur
instruments, will appear on the hand, and the hoys arc stronger
court house lawn this evening in in their line up than at any time
an open air concert- The oecas- during the history of the hand-
ion will In* that of a joint con-' They propose to carry their end
cert between the Winters hand of the tunes in a way that will
under the direction of ( has. T. make the old park ring with mel-
Grant and the Ball'll ger hand ody.
under the direction of Joe T. The program will probably call
Ward. j for certain numbers to be played
justment about the chest. When
the third shock was turned on,
little smoke curls went up from
over Becker’s ear and he was
pronounced dead.
Before going to the death chair
Becker was passionate in assert-
ing his innocence. He paid a great
tribute to his wife who had been
mained loyal to him throughout
the three years fight for his life
and said he was proud tb?t he
The Winters hand has the repu-1 by the two bands together, but had been the husbapd Helen
tation of being right up in “G.” each band will render sweet music Becker.
The aggregation of music makers separately. It will be a real mits-
have been on an outing west of deal treat, and every one is eordi-
San Angelo, and while on the trip j ally invited to be on the lawn
the entertained the citizens of ! promptly
S>an Angelo with a concert aud; night.
at eight o’clock to-
What The War Has Proved"
Resume of Becker Case
1912.
July 11—Hermann Rosethrl,
■ the gambler accused Becker pub>..
liely of grafting.
July 16.—i'.Osenthal shot to
We are glad to report that
one in which the deplorable trag- C’onda Wylie, who was reported »«—--
edy occurred, slept Maggie. Ver-; seriously injured by his horse] , By United Press
nie and Mildred Grimes while the falling on him, at the Odom LONDON, July 3d,—A report
deadly work ot the assailant was ranch near Fort Chadbourue. is Bom Warsaw says that many
being accomplished. They peace- not hurt as had as first report <1. people are leaving that city and
fully slumbered through the night The injuries consisted ot a hrok- others are preparing to leave,
until day, when they were told en collar hone, and reports from This leads to believe that Rus-
of the tragedv which had render-j the ranch today say that Mr. sians army will surrender the
<ed the family three less, and the Wylie is getting along nicely.
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city to the Austro-Germans i t. an
early date and retreat.
TO TEACH FIRE-FIGHTING
*eatb as, he stepped from the
• door of the Metro pole Hotel in
West Forty-third street, shorter
“ ~ ... , , ... before 2 o’clok in the morning,
the helhg.-re.its: drawn battles July 29. - Becker indict**"
may he magnified into brilliant “Bald Jack» fyse>
successes but the souls of tin* war-; Weber, and Harrv Valou confess
past three j ring people cannot rejoice at these a,' o<) -LTcn
days an article from each of the inconclusive evidences of success, j ri Tt P T • ,, t, °a
Imling nations .-uvolv.,1 in ,IV. All nations dwell too ,-los.-ly ,»!~R W*
EDITOR’S NOTE—This is the
last ot a series of articles dealing
with the first year of tlu* Euro-
pean war. For the
great war, have appeared, ami
this is the summing up of "What
The Year Has Proved.’’
know victory is
berg, “Dago Frank” Cirofici,
i “Whitey” Lewis, “Jack guJLL
.. . , van find William Shapiro indict-
( ompromise must bring au eiidjed for murder.
lefeat, and all
too far away.
to the conflict- Th
O' nations of q_“Bitr .Tack’’ ZpUjf a1
BY J W. T. MASON I the work! must learn that ail iudi- le^ed to have hired J
Written for the United Press. ; vidual life depends on a perpetual
NEW YORK, July 30.—The l-compromise with
first year of the war cries for aland that the lives of nations can-
your engine and it can be done in ten minutes.
Don’t have your car torn down to have the
carbon removed.
Come and see it work.
We will save you one half the up-keep of your
car.
Try us for one month and see the difference in
your account.
Dry Batteries.....27 l-2c
Gasoline, per gallon . . . . 11c
We cut the price on Ford tires, per set . $40.00
Shock Absorbers from $5.00 per set to $12.00
We will save you more than one half on your
repairing hill.
Better see us—we will save
you money.
GARAGE OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE LAWN
CHARLESTON, S. July 30.
J?/ —Chief Louis Behmis of the fire
I department is preparing to tour
A* | the state at the request of the
.State Insurance Commissioner to!
2k j instruct the fire departmens in
W j other towns in the science of fire-
I fighting. The local chief will
v's't Ml the towns and cities where
| even the smallest tire companies
... j exist, giving the members the ad-
] vantage of his years of experi-
• I cnee. Every point from tending
\WJ of apparatus to the rescue of hu-
2k. I luails will he discussed. The tour
will take up most of tin* month.
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A CITY PAWNSHOP SUCCEEDS
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leged to have hired the gunmen
who murdered Rosenthal, shot to
enwronment. death in Second Avenue.
™ , ... „ Oet. 7.—Becker’s trial begins
compromise. Froml the capitals of,not obtain immunity from nature’s |)ef0re Justice Goff in Supreme
the belligerent nations come re , laws. 1’his is the great lesson of Court.
ports of dominating optimism;, the first year of tin* war. Franc Qcq 94_Becker convicted of
but the encouragement is all based recounts her success at the i murderin'^ the first iWree
on phantom beliefs in what the fut Marne: England relates the prow- i 0(.t _KPCker sentenced to
ure may have in store It is a pit-jess of her fleet; Germany tells of jdie jn sing Sing’s electric chair
during week oi December 9.
Nov. 19.—“Gyp the Blood,”
iful tale each country has to tell her wonderful accomplishments
of the past. There is no aspect on two fronts; the other belliger-
anywhere of hope in the present.
Appeals to unsubstantial visions >
of the future alone encourage
hope in a full won victory.
But, thefuture is so often a
will-o'-the-wisp that leads to the ;
quiuksands and quagmires. Amid
the bold claims of success which
each nation is making on the first
anniversary of the var, it is piti-
fully easy to detect the wailing
not * of sorrow trying to disguise
itself as a paeon of triumph In j
I truth, there,will boon t '-bi mob ant
ce is triumphant at the | ™ n
KANSAS ( 11^. .Mo-. July ->(). |,(, fw< |\(- mouths fight- ■ niost, "T
—The welfare loan agency—in ,0,i1|,r0111isc therefore, he-1 Europe’s
other words the city |wwnshop—-v itable. The world has! confess
is going to move. It his out-. |,|ood and wasted itsis,‘»'5f P*
ff\ ! grown its quarters in the city halLs to i,.„rn i|,ai ,-ivilization '!-•>' is
Increased business, especially,wj|| tolerate conquest 1 conflict,
among women, lias made the move,,. |,as p,-OVc<l that eduea- vv’dl «lcg
necessary, members of the hoard, |K,S taught himself, in- ‘‘lineh, w
of public welfare declared Loans 4v ;1|)OV4. cvervthing "’here fa
in the chattel and pledge depart- ,.'trt „f self-protection. But i
ments now total $ 100,103 .111 m- j,t. wa-rring nations, them- Beuefitei
erease of $15,000 during the last j,,. |,.sso„ is not fully learn-
year. All loans hear interest at|H*||igereu1 realizes the “Last
the rate of 2 percent per month, far as ilself is «-onc(%ned. b,;"’
A feature of the new quarterK.(.|ll(.tullt to ,.,mcede a lik
will be a department for women |,r,. to t|ic opposing side
where they may transact their £ thought tn be willing to
business with less publicity. v-0n!, s again, as sli - so fre
" has done in the pasl : 'out
Alex Henson came in from the,. .,|| mankind is being
east Friday to visit Ballinger and tn ea-h country !
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too. Why not open one and be a real business man?
Ballinger State Bank & Trust Co.
Ballinger, Texas
II whispered t he lial ive see-;
elf preservation. 1
■fore, a compromise is in-;;
The dead in 1 he second ; b
t he war " ill he t lie iliar- 1 W
jibe age-long beliet that el
11as her favorites. Tins is m
I s for t bat blind 1 rust in at
ire to which the bclliger- i ie
PREMIER AND CABINET
HAVE RESIGNED
By United Press
Tokio, July 30.—Pemier Okuma
ot Japan and his cabinet have
tendered their resignation. The
resignations have not been ac-
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In other words, you are throwing away the “found-
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Sledge, A. W. The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, July 30, 1915, newspaper, July 30, 1915; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1137855/m1/1/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.