Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 128, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 26, 1926 Page: 1 of 6
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GAINESVILLE, COOKE COUNTY, TEXAS.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 26, 1926
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Office of Valley
View Newspaper
Burns Wednesday
International
Banking Problems
Under Discussion
I. C. C. Hearing
Complaints About
High Rail Rates
Warfare In Morrocco’
Ends After Years of
Fighting.
State Rests Case At Noon
After Seven Witnesses
Are Heard.
Speaker Urges Con-
tinuation of Search
For Knowledge.
Denton Newspaper
Man Visits Here
partly
local
given the
of the most
only after the shooting, that he went
to
Denton County Man,
Victim of Shooting
nied Drawing Gun.
and his power to guide them in the
years that are to come. He stated
they must have thia basic value in
the
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in all their future dealings and to
be helpful to those about them. He
declared if this was done, it would
help to build character and char-
acter was one of his basic values of ,
life. ’*
And last, but most important of
all, the speaker impressed upon the
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ROTARIANS OF
DENTON OFFER
PROGRAM HERE
Delegation Of Fifteen’Visb
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> Junior Col-
lege board of directors. The program
came to a (Jose with the singing of
the class song by the graduates.
Benediction was given by Professor
Clark.
Those receiving diplomas are:
lawyle Bell Margaret Lee Brad
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soyiat|i'i! Pres-
forinqr convict
to leal •
for Da’
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herd from the Texa- Pam
> a Kansas ranch 560 mile-
avoid payment' of freight
SCHOOL GRADS
formerly Mi*«
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step
itice. who
Defense Testimony Wash'd turned over
Being Taken in The Trial
This Afternoon.
the opinion
‘ ‘ | no au-
yard. Mrs. Story called someone and
told them to “tell Fred (Crain.) to
come <
The car was facing east Yoward the
Toad, with the north side to'the
house. (Tain went out and stbfjd on
the side* next to Mrs. t^tory. After
a short interval, Story got out of
the car and his wife took the wheel.
The two mcli stood on
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was
ai a rule or |
xing which has long ex-
which ha* not lx*en put
as thoroughly as since
<>f Kotarv over the world.
ns
ami {minted 'Alt
her $200. telling her to pay it, to
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niotn. Story kame in shortly af-
1 *' G^ain handed him the!
i!* thanked her for it. ’
an ad I
>. all Rotarians to uphold
do some
on which he
-ed. Mrs. Crain
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Riffian Leader Seeks
Protection Of the
French and Spanish.
strenuous efforts of the defen-ie coun-
sc.l to pievent it' introduction.
The text of the statement, which |
according to the testimony of state |
witnesses, na' written by ( ounty At-
Denton
death
Washington. May 20 (By Unite 1
Pres-1 -Chairman (Htnmins. of the
senate judiciary-commit tod announc-
ed t.<fl|av% bis committee vwduld mee*
Thursday to, consider the legality of
irder authoriz-
ing use of local officers as federal
Closing Exercises Of
High School Held
Tuesday Evening.
Funeral of Mrs.
Duncan Be Held
Here Thursday
Funeral s services for. Mrs. Vera
1 as
the result 'if burns sustained "when
the apartment house in which s’l'1
was living with her husband, J ><•
Duncan, was destroyed by fire, will
be held in Fairview Cemptery here
ThruMlay wfternoon about 1 o’clock.
The ^services will be conducted by
the Rev. J. C. Marshall, pastor of
the Whaley Memorial
church. .Ji
The body will to brought her.;
overland from Dallas, the • partv
leaving that city about 9 o’clock
Thursday morning, the funeral to
Kansas City Southern
Trains Collide Head- •
On At Acorn. ,
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Tonight and Thursday
'■lowly to cloudy, probably
thundershowers; cooler tonight.
East Texas—‘Tonight and Thurs-
day partly cloudy to cloudy; prob-
ably Kwai thunder showers; cooler
tonight in northwest portion.
West Texas Tonight and Thurs-
day partly cloudy to cloudy.
the pistol on
! described
Morris and her three children
tinned to live on
and on Nov. 10, ^24. Mrs. Morris the gate with
was married to Fred (’rain in Cle- By this time,
btrrne.
The judiciary committees meetic.g
f a reeolu
tion adopted yeeterday by'the sen
ate,, permitting the committee to in
quire into the legality of the order
In th«> debate on the resolution. Sen-
ator Walsh. Democrat. Montana de-
fended the order.
This committee will deliberate with
v view to possible legislation and
Senator . King. Democrat Utah, may
present a demand that Sargent hie -
self b? called to explain hi« ruliat
•alidating the order.
grx’t
been an-
No. 11 and
Washington
I’roesl flic
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ments >>ii
freight rates
plaint that
Southwest a
. attlerfi^Ji .are
railroad-.
\p|H-aring a»
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Rrprest niati'v
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living with the car
| not to shoot any more. Story did • Duncan. 3u. of Dallas, w ho diml
divorce, follow ing Morris’Hot answer. He drove-away in aliout
a minute, going east to the main road,
turning squth. He stopped the car
is.t pleasing Rotary spirit per-
al mo-plu-re at the lunch-
of tl:t local Rotary ( tub Wed
noon, when a delegation
Deuton Rotarians
sre presmit and gaxe the prograi i
|s wcre.delh ered by Judg
r. President Elect Bi!1
ic Denton Club, and Will
The salutatory address was given
and the
was presented by
Engines Demolished. '
And Baggage Cars' .>
Are Telescoped.
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claring that there were two classes
of students who should not Im* en-
couraged t<» go .to . college. One of
these classes dealt with those Joiaig
principle * p^upie w|„, looked ujam the college
laud universities as a place to have a
good time and the other class were
those whose intellectual abtlifics
were not fully developed. The appaker
declared that these two clasiws of
students are a menace to thosf who
really get the best there is ojut of
college.
Dr, 0. E. Cooper Speaks
r In appealing to the graduate^. Dr.
C'M»|>er asked them to ermaider human
life and then descrilred the five basic
values in the course of •>nes’ living.
In telling the economical value of
life, the speaker used averages to
impress upon his audience wlvat he
had to say. He compared the value
of e college education above that
of a high school education and show4
ed in dollars and cents how much -
more a high school education was
worth to a boy or girl who finished
the four years than for those who
quit and went to work beforehand.
“The value of health and the value
of recreation is also one of the basic
needs in life,” the s|ieaker went on.
“Give It a chance in ’ your life so
you will not get the opportunity to
let in dissipation. It is more import-
ant than arithmetic or geometry.” •
1 Dr. Cooper then implored the gradu-
w as
was
had
first
me.
draw
my gun. I had it in my |hh kct.”
IntriHliK-tion of the statement fol-
Deputy
able at '
who told the' jtuy that- he
went to the Crain home with County John—Morris,
Attorney Hooper about 12..30 o’clock,
following the shooting; and that he
was presentrain made
statement" to Hoojtcr.
nesses were I
WORK RESUMED ON LISTER
WELL AT CALLISBURG TODAY
Driller John Marks received orders
todajr to start work on the Lister
well at Callisburg. The cement plugs
will l»e drilled for the purpose of
testing an oil sand found in this
wtdKsome weeks ago at a depth of
3.9U<1 feet. It is reported the sand
has ibeen penetrated some twelve to
fourteen feet and if there is enough
gas pressure the well may flow for
quite a while. Oil men who have ex-
amined the ssnd claim the well shouRT'D; Cain, a phy-ivian. now dead,
make from 50 to 10U barrels daily.
a cal tie raiser, rat it
member of cofigresa,
Htidapeth Democrat
commission that on ■
• •f his" herd' rrccntlj was moved oi;
foot over the trails lot' mile', at i>
t o't of .'><• , fits a head, w Ire teas it
would liaXe cost him *l.‘2.*> .< head to
ship them to the same dc.'t i:iiit ion.
Antither cattlrni'tii.
drove a I
handle to
away to
rates.-
man dro.e her <ar back
Teams Will Go
Out to Complete
Last Words Written On a House Numbering
Pasteboard Cover of Shoe
Box By Attorney,
I HAPPENINGS i ABDELKR1M
OF THF.' DAY I SURRENDERS
Texarkana. May 20 (By Associat
cd Preset,—Passenger trains Nos. I
and 2. Kansas City Southern rat>
foad. clashed headon at Acorn, six
miles merth of Mena, | Ark-- this
morning. Eleven passengers were re
ported injured, none fatally.
The two engines were ^demolished
Four coaches were telese«med by the
crash, the baggage and express coacb
es on each of the passenger trains
being splintered in the collision.
2 was standing still when
plowed into it. it was re|orted.
I. which had sidetrack orders,
going about 25 miles an hour.
as tliaiiman.
on "The Impo**-
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'tax e la-'aulred and then
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exhibits two and three, the gun
(rain was said to have carried when
he was shot, and the gun carried by
Story at the time of the shooting.
The prosecution rested its case at
this |M»in.t but a conference during
the thirty minute recess that follow-
ed. resulted" in the request to Judge
Moore that one more witness be
placed on tht* stand, and County At-
l<-rt of Itenisun as distri'-t deputy
grand chan'cll'T of the order
• Knights of Pythia- for tlw
domain of Texa*., ha'
nojnncrd. The district is
«'inbra<r> lodge, ip Gainesville. Detj-
isoii, Sherman. Bonham, U'brtcwrigh*.
Pilot Point and 1 rentou
lowed the testimony of
Sheriff I. II. Kerliow. constable at
Krum
Denison Man Is
Pythian Official,
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1 lie appointment of Hugh E. K<h
of Denison a* <
Twelve jiassengers were hurt when an express train on the Cliicago A Northwestern Railway split a switch at
Wilmette. HL. near Chicago, and crashed into a freight t rain on a siding.. This photo, taken just after the wreck,
•hows the engine of the pa'Senger train lying amid, the wreckage of the freight cars.
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Jealousy Caused Story to Kill
Crain, Is Deathbed Statement j
dry agents.
Cummins^ expressed- t'
that while the president ha<|
thority to issue the order, despitj
contrary rulirig by Attorney General
Sargent can have no important ef-
fect as it changes no existing law.
Satisfactory explanations were made house every day. Crain came to the „ jj| (m> u^der autlioritv of
Ktwantans to Attend
. Dallas Gathering
Scleral local hiwanian-. including
l-ratnille Jones, -I. R.'M: Patterson
and J. B. Piper, planned
late Wednesday afternoon
l»< to attend the banq'iet tender*-!
bv-Atw Dallas Kiw inis < liib to Jotri
JI Moss, president of Kiwanis in
ternatlona 1 Bev. - . Harri'<"i Bi-
ker. «ho' in Greenville, also es-
pexted to attend the banquet, going
to Dallas from that city.
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Fez. I French M"r<a <sK- May 2<>' IAs-
•upiatvil Press' It was officially an-
miiui'-ijl l"ilay that
fill- Ruffian- chief, was
tbi- Fijtu-li lines.
Kritii. it is aiinoiiin cd. put liini'elf.
his .family and hi- property mid t
the pri't«■< t ion of I ranie.
Prioil to notityiitg the. French of
his *>u|rendvr. lie returned all th
French; Spanish and natiie prisoners
wljo have been held in^tlu' Riff.
World War Record
Of Dan Moody Is
Upheld by Legion
tiporgctown. Texas. May 2t> (Aaso
< fated jl're'S—The world war reeor 1
"f Attorney General Dan Moody,
'-a^did^te for the Ilemovratic nori’-
iiafioiii for governor, is upheld ami
declared ■•satisfactory to his cotr
iade'"j in resolutions adopted by Abe
Hjrri'i'n j»ost of thJ* American Legion
here. |<f which Moo ly is a mem-
ber. I
The |resolutions “deprecate the un
«arralited attaik'." and expresses^
"oiir itvgrets that the record of iri.-
'-ojiirajle ia questioned.”
Action was taken by the post ftp
lowing attacks on—MimhIv's war rv4
"rd by >lames Fcr’gii'oii. husband wf
tiiiverhor Ferguson^
Convict Thought
To Have Killed
Santone Woman
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J 21. > Hv would' talk with all of them. Mr.
Crain then left mid Mrs. Morris were separated Nov.
24. 1923.
After they Were separated, wit-
thanked her for itJaess testified Story came to the
of where Rilda lived. There
<4ti"tfiV'r tenant house, on
occupied by a Mr. Martin.
At Home Day of Killing
Rilda was at home on Jan.'20,
, i , •. , .| 1925, the date of the killing. She ing
t ic stain . am u i nti n< k pi u-ent to sehobl to get heT books, and of his pistol. Slie identified the pistol
<«nie back about 9 o’clock. Nathan as the one,»he had seen Crain wear*
. were ing. tflso -identified the holster. as
Ford coupe, j one he had on the day of the mur-
coat at
jca-loii'. I had a
for - her first man.
thrcatcmnl to kill me. Het
man had threatened to kill
I did not 'hoot. I did not
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torn*1.' Elbert Hoojler of
county, a* (rain lay on
bed/wii' as foUows: ,
"He shot me because he
pistol but. i
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Paris, May 26. fUdited Presxt.—
Abd El-Krim, chief of the Riffiana,
who for more than two years has
Imen making war on the French and
Sjwini'li in Morocco, surrendered to-
night. I
He entered the French lines and
placed- himwlf under French protec-
tion. bringing hit family with him.
w-Cording to Fez a<Lvicetf which-have
liecn confirmed.
He is expected to reach Taza to-
night. there to await tlie pleasure of
■ the. Ffench and Spanish leadeat.
Kriiii earlier in the day, brought
to tint French lines, the prisoners'
he. has Is-en bolding and surrendered
them to their cornra<k*s.
Since the 1926 campaign against
Krim bpened, he has lieen weakening
in his Ircsi'tunce and during the last
weiek, tin* lines of t|ie forces opposed
to hin|, have l>ccn diming to cut off
his esifaptf.
A few days ago Krim transmitted
toithe [French, the terms i
wgs re^vdy to sttrreiider.
' Krit4'* Riffians have
Spanish and French'-one
difficult problems of warfare in re-
cent yjears. Fighting with the fury'
of'Zelqt'. comparatively small bands
of; Rifiian troops Imve harassed and
often defeated^ "more than double
their duinlirr of French or Spanish
and inflicted heavy losses. The Rif-
fians vxere fighting in a desert coun-
try with which they were familiar
and uilder a burning sun which al-
ways vfas their ally against the Eu-
roj>ean«.
regarding payment of the $199 yet farm in- Septemlrfr. 1924. Story was
due, witness sank *
Heard Shot Fired
The girl then described her version oif^n- --
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The newspaper plant and building
of the Valiev 4 iew Voice, at \ alley
View-, ten miles soiith of here, wa-
eompletely destroyed by fire Wed-
tiesdav afternmvn about 2:39 o'cha-k
The stnn-tutc v'a» Im-aiisl just
south of the Valley View school
building, adjoining^ the brick build’’
ings mi the north side of the square,
the, latter being endangered by the
blaze for some time, and saved bv
the 'plemlnl efforts of ' alley View
citizens. . *
The J'*ss‘ of the building. ne ’
by J. F. Lowe, wa* estimated at
I15U0 and the printing equipment
ovv mil by lai Knight. wa« valued at
•2.090. no in«uran<e being carried o«
building or equipment.
lie held upon arrival here
Mrs. Duncan vias f
Vera Stice ofGainesville, | and
well known here- She was a
daughter .of Mrs. J. F. |StL.
resides on Moran street.
Her husband was also
binned in the fire, and is in a cri4
ical <-<>iiditioii in a Dallas hospital
at this time.'
Flo T-eeds, who figured so promi-
nently in l|he Stillman divorce mixup.
sails for-Ijiris where she is expected
to marry; “an American business
titan'' next month.
W ill—Edwards, editor of the Denton
Record-Chronicle, was in Gainesville
today attending tlie Rotary meeting
and was a pleasdut caller at the
Register office. M>. Edwards is one
of tin- leading newspaper men of
Texas and he is always a welcome
visitor at this office. The Denton
Record Chronicle is one of the best
afternoon paper* jniblished in 1 exas
and enjoys a wonderful patronage
front the merchants of Denton. The
circulation of the paper is also yrow-
tng right along.
Admonishing his hearers to fiirther
their education by attending cfvllege
and enumerating the basic values
of life as those of economics, acs
t het les, ass'M-iations, character and
religion. Dr. Oscar H. Cooper, head of
the education department of Sim-
mons University at Abilene, deliver-
ed the principal address in the com-
mencement exercises held in the audi-
torium of the Newsome Dougherty
Memorial High School Tuesday even-
ing when eighty nine graduates re-
ceived diplomas signifying the finish
of the prescribed f6ufr year* high
school ixnirse.
The commencement program was
ushered in liefore a crowd that taxed
the rapacity of the spacious ■ ml it or-
ium, filling Imth the lower floor and-
the balcony. The 1926 graduating
class was the first group of students
who have finished a qoinpleto four
years in the newly constructed in-
stitution. Inv'satioii was given by
the Rev. J. F. Murrell, pastor of tho
First Baptist church of this city.
The graduates, arrayed in the con-
vcntional caps and gowns, niarclted -
onto the stage to the accompanying
strains of the Hungarian Dance No.,
5, played by the high school ofches-.
tra under the direction of Miss Uor-
rine Hammill. Dr. Cooper was Intro-
duced by Superintendent las* ("lark
of the Gainesville schools, who payed
a glowing tribute to the speaker of
the evening when he said Dr. (’ooper
was considered .as one of Texas’
leading rduratora.
In bix introductory remark*. Dr.
CuoptT urged the graduates to go
on in an endeavor to develop their
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Three teams of five- toiisg
will x|M*nd Thursday afternbon
winding up the niintlterind of
Jealousy caused Nathan A. Story
to shoot Fred Crain, tenant farmer,
on the Story place 'even miles west
of Krum ou Janmii v 21*. 1925. Crain
said in his dying statement, short-
ly before li'i* death.
The statelnent. written on
1 cover of a pasteboard shoe
_a» exhibit one
on a charge of
with Crain’s
Mav 26 ( A»''s-iati I
Interstate Commerce
uliieh is hearing argu
the {•nq>uM*d western
i. tislay heard a <pl*>
livestock rates in th?
Iready ate so high tha'
avoiding use of -the
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here Wedne'da v tnorning. despite the|
| take
' puL.,
Denton county, led, th(J direct ex-
ajiilnntum-for the statr. At the con-
clusion of the afternyoii session,
counsel for both sides and court nt-
taiehes conimented oft thq. tinusital
eoinposury of the girl, declaring she other, and Crain endeavored ,4o
S ... I*«—— u>*«*iaat«l i Ito our* /oik tn Itia L-
h^<| exer heard testify. ,hhe .wavered 'mid" several shots weEe- fired into I fifth ward.
Story fol-
shloting at I
>und, on his '
she had been ’ right side and l[is pistol dropped near
living with her mother on the Story his body. ' .
farm, seven and one latlf miles north-1 Story then got in the car. the left
wc'st of Krum, about' two years prior! door being opem Witness had reached
* tn the murder of Crain. Her father,' the scene by this time. She slammed
' , was not living with the car door shut and told Story
her 'mother in 1923, she said. They!
obtained a (.....m, ■«■■»-.■■■£ ,io
sentence to the • penitentiary.’ Mrs.
eon- . _ ,
the Story farm,'down the road and cai^e back to
a pistol in his liand.
several 'wciipants of
the house were giving aid to Crain.
(Witness said she had known Story Story stood at the gate about a min-
alsnrt-four years. His home was on a ute and was told not to cotne any
hill, several hundred feet southwest further. He went back to his car
■* ’ was also and drove away rapidly. He'imme-
the farm diajtely drove away from home and
.disappeared, witness “said.
. Identified Pistol
Rilda described how Crain was~ly-
on the ground and the location
A moi
vaded the
eon
nes'day at
of about fifteen
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were
of the hour.
Addressifs
Juliii Spot, r
Long of ft _
(. Edward i. district governor-elev t >f I education and at the same time de-
tlie list lot ary district, while Dick
( riddle pit sided
Judge Speer spoke
tancic of Notary Education.’* and he
defined Rotary
of right I
tsted ^but
into practice
the’spread
He declared Rotary progresses
Rotarian* brogrei
the advantages of Rotary to the indi-
vidual in knowing his neigbors bet
ter. in praicticing Rotary ideals am!
thus working for the ladtermcnt ••
mankind.
Judge Sneer fold of the recent
school in H*yirrv education comlueted
by the iJeaton club, and of the dis
tihetive supre.'s of this undertaking,
and closed his remarks with
monition t
Rotjary pri triples and thus
thing w ort liwhile for fellowmcn.
Slefhodist I
Member* [of the Denton delegation life before all others and without
present 'included Mr. and Mrs. O. M.'it they would be at a total low*.
Curtis, WilBC. Edwards, Dick ('riddle,.
Judge Johif Speer, W. R. Nalnts, by Miaa Ruth Williams
E. Wakgoncr. R. M. Mitchell, valedictory message
Walter Boljon. Bala Williams. J. H. Miss Dorothy Collins. Both were very
Russell, Grady Brown, Steve Donald, appropriate and well delivered. Pro-
Bill lamg, l( C. Burnett, E. N. Wood- i lessor I-er Clark then presented, the
rum and Iffren McCray. ! scholarships to Miss Dorothy Collins,
Other guests included Rotarian _W. j the girl making the highest average
S. Fleming of Pittsburgh, Texas; jand to James Atchison, boy making
Tom Bugliee of Long Beach. Cali- j the highest average during the year,
fornia; George Carroll of Clarendon: .These scholarships include a one year
.Clark Owsley pf Ok^ioma City; course in the Gainesville Junior Col-
Judge Alvin C. Owsley and County lege to each recipient and were Offer-
Attorney Albert Hooper of Denton; ed by Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Johnson
8. Westheitoer and W. Neustadt of , of this city and by the
Ardmore; County Attorney J. L. 1— *"---* -»:— -*— «
Gettys. William Roes. Norman Mc-
Ardle and Morris MeElreath uf
Gainesville. a
New .meihbers of the Rotary Chib
introduced at the meeting were
Howard Perkins. Lindsav Embrv and
Dan Siddall.
Nfory and his wife and son
tliere. They came in a J
They were, in the house, ijt the room der. (>ain was wearing a
dith Mrs. ('rain, when Rilda return-, the time, she said' and she did not
Mrs. Crain was in bed, (having see the pistol on him before the
ill for several days.' The Storys shooting. She described the five
had.zcome there, at the invitation wounds on Crain's body, one being,
of (Tain and his wife, to make a in the right arm. one .in the left | p (f PP
settlement of accounts before Mrs. breast and three in the back. Crain! V7 111 I ll/l/W
Crain was removed to a hospital for died shortly before 4 o'clock, bke I To Pass On Dry
an operation, (ram was not there said. * OOO J
at the time, he having gone to Den- J Asked how long she- had known A ~ —— 4— >> -- I - — —
' t^n to obtain money to pay Story. Story, witness answered, “about four
'Witness said the anf'iint agreed years.’’ In that time, she testified,
upon was $309. Some of the money she had seen him al>out throve times.
11- I 1 . r <3 j . 1 _ .
was due him for breaking land and ami sometimes at his home/She went
The 'heiiff answered in the affirm- j for various other things. Mrs. Crain to his home quite
ative when the prosecution fired a (
qn»"tio'i at him. asking if he had l/efore going to the hospital,
heard alsuif Story keeping a woman
bn his plac| in 1923. and the defense jy {^fore
attorneys dame back with qainttiou*
leading the officer to deny knowledge-
the
ivtlulr vvit-
Herman Shiflett, libputy
-Sheriff Buckner and "several others.”
The witness said Crain talked to
Hooper after the latter told the
wounded man that he was the coun-
. ty attorney. Kerhow i
write the statement, he
and examined it v. .....
merit was Completed,
(.«lvcst"n, Texas,’May 26 IAu"
c'atc<l Pre-*»i International banking
proMems were ditwii**nt»d before tie
4.’nd annmW <sii»vcntion of the Texas
Hankers' \Ni»<iati"n in «rs«h>ii In re
t"<lav bv Roberto Riveroll. of Mu«t<*
rev. Mex ieo.-w bo spoke mi the rela
tions between the bankers of leva,
• ml those .of northern Mexico. 1
The trust, section of the assm-i-t
tion will meet this afternoon..
testiiiisl that while in,
house and went Denton with Cqain and her mother
• liefore thev
were married: Story met h'er mother
' i a store tliere during Crain’s ab-
the man's bedside; and that Dr G. 'seat beside him. Rilda said she was senev. and after a conversation Mrs.
* ’. wa» *roning at the time, near a window Morris and Story left together, be
Asked fur detail* uf through which she could see into.the ' (Continued on Page 6)
the visit, be said he went into Crain’s
roqiu ami that in the presence of sev-
eral persons he s|*uke to ( nriii, tell-
ing him he w as the count yl attorney.
Ciain seemed rational at ft he time.
. r on his hide i to face
! thd witness. Hooper a sited him
"yjiat tin* 'trouble was about.” which
j'rqmpted the first st'iitcncc of1 the
'tatejiirnt. Hisiper then asked hhii
if he had a guii. and thi' query
prompted" the reJiiaindbr of the state-
ment. • ,, j"
With the concijjsioti of Hooper’s
testimony, the state finally rested its
easy, and court recessed until 1.39
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, it be-
ing neailv noon at that time.
Girl Fint Witness
Hilda Morris, 14-year-old daughter
of Mrs. Fred (train, wiife of the man
with wlid^c murder Nathan Story is
las .the first witness- t.>
Hand Tuesiday afternoon.
Elbert Hooper, county attoritey o'f
countv. led, the direct ex-
Antonio. Tex*'. May 26 (As
arrest of «
Isdieveil t-(
i killed Mr^
\ trgijiia Petty, of San Avtonio
whose Isaix wa« found Sunday m-ar
New Hraunhd' i- anticipated by an-
thoiiiie- of the di'trilct attorney’s of-
fice. The suspect is known to hav|
acroinpanied Mrs. Petty to New
Braunfels last Saturliav and the of-
ficers have definitely;established that
4 he 11-t me
to >nn Antonio Sunday alohe.
Rotarians
same ntann’r in which one goes ahoti*
his husineMi. to “sell Rotary to him
self, ami tpke the idea to his asso-
ciates,’
"Rotary pas no manual -cr ritual,”
the speaker pointed out. "and it is
necessary for n" to talk Rotary, live
Rotary apd practice Rotary to per
seriously■. petuate Rmary ideals,”
Will Ediards commented briefly) , , .
■ the fiilndly spirit »<•*
Ia*tween (tin* |>eople of Denton *n-j
Gairiesvili«,.| and extended an i'ix*iTM
tion to Gainesville Rotaimns 9* vis-
it his home city.
The meeting being turned , over t<*
President JViTl Leverett of th?
Gainesville club at the close of the
program. Jpdge Alvin C. Owsley of I
Denton w a,s called upon to 'jm-h!; I graduates their need for Jesus Christ
and he praised at some length the
influence oft Rotary in tlie world for
betterment jof its peo,>le. ,
saw Hooper
...‘ declared.-
when the instru-
Thc officer
* then identified the statement exhibit-
ed by Ho •{•er. and it was then of-,
fered as an exhibit in the trial.
Sheriff W. S. Fry followed Kerlmw
> on
tol given to him by Stqry. when the
latter came to the sheriff's office in
Denton and siiirimderetl after the
killing. The sheriff dedareil that
five shots had lieen fired, and that
when tin* grin was. placed in his pos-
session. he blared Story under arrest.
Jt'ro*.' examination showed t......
S(oi v sin rendered alwuit 1 o'clock in
the afternoon, that tin* defendant
was placed in the county jail and
that he had made teviul the next day.'
Fry admitted having known of the
I defendant for several year', that he
knew Story had lived m-hr Kmni
•everal Tears, and that so far as he
knew. Story’s'general reputation as
a peaeable., law abiding citizen, was bnd been Iwrrowed from Stdsiy. Some every week, sogietime
good.
Hitl l-on ;'s subject was "How to
Put This' Thing Over." relating
Rotary education, and he advised
o go'at the work in the
Waril -Shetron
alongside the eat* and wer? engagedJn ,|r > j„bl| s HaT(|y M|„] yLy i
Third Ward—Otto X'aet.li
man- Levnard Marks. Gel
ip TeNgue and Harold Tauner.
Fourth ^W:i”<l Floyd Armstrqng..
____________'.VkJ''- Mi.lkift\ B. Logan.
Ralph Atkins and Henry Lynch.
Thera* is>ii"nitiees hope to corn-
? work “in the wards naineii.
the first' ward having -been
pleted previously, while a
i working each aftennoon in
tattered cover of a
box. was introduced
in the trial of Storv
minder in connection
death, in Sixteenth District -Court
[charged,
the
' breaking ground and passed the
I bouse every day. He stopped there
of the manner in which Story and | Wh;>e"'
, his wife left the 1
Jorney Hm»|H‘r was railed to testify, around to, their' automobile, a short and others, a few days
The ’attorney said he knew Crain distance away. Story took the ^|eer-
' ' .... t jgjr wbeel. with Mrs. Story in the in
ie often./
Asked if Story came to her home
j j often w hile her mother was living
Crain returned to the house short-' with John Morris, her father, she
. noon. ’ witness testified, testified Story was there as much
went to Mrs. Crain’s bed aryl handed «* two or tlitee limes every week,
i... 0255. ” ........ .......
of whom Story had rented,his farm. ^jr
County Attorney Hooper offered ’•* j j
terward. Mrs".
ntoneyt arid hl
m< n
in
winding up the numberin'! of house:
in the second, third sud fourth wards.
...... .... . .... ... it announced Wednesday morn-
out here, we want to see Inin. , it|{, df(t.r (I|<, M-..rs J tl'lv vaull.,
men had •iritifiev! Junior ChamlsT oi
( omnierce officials that (hey w<>uI-1
allow the employes to spk?nd- half 1
day in such work.
The three teams are as follows:
Second Ward -Shetron Bryan.
the ground Vliai|-U|M||; Cecil Murphy. A. Dunn
luriiri.
Jr., chair
h-on Bc!i.
conversation for some minutes. Wit-F p
ness said she lookc*d out occasionally1 Ilian. |
as she iron ami could observe the | pijjjj
movements of the men. Story was
whitying a stick. Crain was giving c||rtj| niall
his wife-a dose of medicine when
notified that he was wanted out-1
side. After several minutes, witness j|lt.
.said she heard a shot and’then an- j ti.„
' svt Ii4*v* >i< I 1 ‘ruin nndo-irivroil AFU11 ‘ | *
uf the “best" witnesses they around the car. He fell to his knees' H
oqly negligibly under cross-exaniin*i-1 his back, witness testified. JStory fol-
tion, weighing each question carefully lowed Crain as he ran, s
liefore answering. • I him..Crain fell Ito t lie. ground,
||||v f y | j* | tfa!w(]|| Of 1 j-1 • * • !*•»-! 1*—•• ri < r 1 uf sztclzi *.x 1111 I i i zlf'ssviVM
iivi i’ll viiv nivr* .
and one Im If miles north-1
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