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DAY AFTERNOON. DECEMBER 27, 1927
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not serlouate
officers a eomj
Hickman Admit*
Slaying Child
Procurer of Hearst Papers
Gets Any Kind ot Documents
One Wants, Witness Asserts
CISCO BANDIT
LEADER SHOT '
NICKMAN CLOSELY GUARDED
ON RETURN TO LOS ANGELES
AFTER MURDER CONFESSION
$15,000 LOSS IN
EXPERIMENT
U. S. NAVY TO AID
IN HUNT FOR DAWN
0. S. MODIFIES
BAN ON SHIPMENT
ARMS INTO MEXICO
TROUTT APPOINTED
TAP TRAINMASTER
STATION LOSES VALUA-
BLE MACHINERY, SEED
AND RECORDS IN MON-
DAY’S BLAZE.
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Monday Ho1ld?y
Monday was observed as a holi-
day by most business houses of
RECEIPTS FOR HOLIDAY
SEASON GREATER
THAN IN 1926, MANY
MERCHANTS SAY.
believed to have
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FIRE DAMAGE TO
HOTEL ANNEX IS
PLACED AT $3,000
♦ the servant was employed had +
♦ been awakened by some one ♦
♦ touching her. The deep voice ♦
♦ of the supposed girl aroused ♦
♦ the suspicions of tha.^cllce. 1
Negro Servant
‘Girl' in Dallas
Found to Be Man
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Prayers and Science Seek
to San Ute of Soy Scout
Acctdeotolly Shot Monday
J. A. Young, city marshal, also
announced Tuesday that he would
be a candidate for re-election Hr
will make an extended statement
soon, he said. Young has been city
marshal for three terms While no
others have announced publicly for
the City marshal's race, indications
ere that there will be at least six
candidates for the office and pro-
bably more, it is said.
R. L. West is a candidate for re-
election as district clerk of Denton
County. His is the first formal an-
nouncement to be made here for
the 1928 political campaign. When
West has been a candidate for of-
fice heretofore he annouffted on the
day following Christmas, but since
the Record-Chronicle was not is-
sued on Dec. 26 this year his for-
mal announcement had to wait un-
til the second day after Christmas.
BETTER WEATHER
AIDS SUBMARINE
SALVAGE EFFORTS
Beautifully decorated Christmas
trees have marked the campuses of
the two colleges here each night
during the holidays. Lights were
strung on large cedar trees on the
C. LA campus, one near the presi-
dent’s residence and the other in
front Of the administration build-
ing. A tree on the north side of
the Teachers College campus wa»
decorated wtxh Christinas lights.
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a license to the Mexican govern-
ment to purchase the Ford plane
in which Mrs. Egahellne Lindbergh
Hew from Detroit to Mexico City.
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Caught Soon After
Escaping Officer
HOUSTON, V Deo. '27.—Henry
Hawkins, 23. under 30-year serv
tcnce for bank robbery, was recap-
tured at Hempstead this mornlpg.
just 12 hours after he escaped from
Sheriff Henry Barton ol Falls
C ounty in the union station hero
last night.
the “jail car’’ of the Southern Pacific train at
freight Htation in the lower part of the city.
He was rushed into a waiting au-
tomobile and accompanied by car-
loads of detectives carrying sawed-
orT shotguns the machine sped thru
back streets and i Ileys to the coun-
ty ja'l.
Thousands of people had gather-
ed on the la»7n ot the old court
ho use across the street from the
jail. The crowd blocked all traffic.
The streets on all sides of the
building had been roped off and
before the throng was aware of
what w£s taking place a force of
deputy sheriffs stationed at one
of the corners cut the ropes and
the car carrying Hickman came to
a standstill before the entrance.
♦ DAI.LAS. Dec. 27—A negro ♦
♦ servant “girl” was found to be ♦
♦ a man here today maaquerad- ♦
♦ Ing as a woman. The dlscov- ♦
♦ ery was made when the “girl" ♦
♦ was taken to police station for + .
♦ questioning after one of the ♦ '
♦ women in the household where » SECOND BANK ROBBER
WOUNDED; O T H E
PARTICIPANTS BEING
HOTLY PURSUED.
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State to aid In the proeaeq
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Mar Festivities
in Observance of
Christmas Season
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ferred to Big Spring. F. J. BMIkS
comes to Denton from Big spring
to succeed Troutt as chief dispatch- .
er. Roe’s family will move here lat-
er In the week. '
Troutt came to Denton when the
division office was moved here, Aug. A
1. 1920 He has been with the T. A I
P. for 19 yean.
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men who captured him at the conclusion of the most extended manhunt in the history
of the Pacific Coast. The photo was taken at Pendleton, Ore., where Hickman was
lodged in jail after he was seized at Echo, nearby, and shows Chief of Police Tom Gua-
dena at the left, Hickman in the center and State Traffic Officer C. L. Lieuwallen at
right.
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SOUTH BEND, Dec. 27^— ;-l
The bandit garbed as Santa j
Claus who led four otheXBl® J
the holdup of the First N»- JI
tional Bank of Cisco Friday ’>1
and escaped with three of jflB
his companions after one
member of hu gang was
tally shot, was shot and jS
probably fatally wounded
this morning near here in *
Oil Amendment
Bill in Mexico
Being Adopted Hank Bobber Is
MEXICO CITY. " Dec 27.—The
House of Deputies has passed the
first leading of a bill sent by the
president amending Articles 14 and
15 of the Mexican oil regulations.
The articles will be amended in ac-
cordance with the recent supreme
court decision in the Mexican Pe-
troleum Qompany case.
The amendment if passed by
Congress would definitely remove
the main objection by oil compa-
nies to the oil law since It would
do av.-af wtttl confirmatory conces-
sions for 50 years In exchange for
rights nc/flitred by oil companies
before May 1, 1917.
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State of Texas carries no insur-;
ance the money for replacing the
building and equipment must be
secured through a deficiency ap-
propriation by the next legislature,
he stated. Unless a deficiency ap- ;
proprlation can be secured work at ,
the station, will be ‘
the seed which was destroyed be-
ing for the most part for spring
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have not been as good as had been
expected, merchants in Denton de-
clare that the cash and charge
Christmas business was very satis-
factory.
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PONDER£OTTON GIN
E. R. Allen of Denton hag’bought
the HUffhines gin at Ponder and
will conduct the business, to the
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Warmer weather greeted Chriat-
nas to Denton, after » long acid
■pell in which freezing temperature
or below was recorded on almost
every day stoee the first of De-
cember. Th* minimum umperaiure
r*r i f u w '^n*
“toEnmum Monday was 51 The
minimum temperature during the
present month of December has
averaged 32 degrees, which Is 5 de-
grees below normal for, the month
With a slow rain falling much of
Tuesday, more rain is forecast for
Wednesday.
ner except tn nouthwent:
nssday deudy, rain in wt
warmer to southwest.
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‘JPox” Cringes as He Is Brought to Scene of
Girl’s Kidnaping and Slaying to Face Trial
But Is Jailed Without Incident.
An attendant looked clpaely
Marlon and I drove away/’
“We returned to Los Angeles
about 9 o’clock and Mnrton sat
in tht car at sixth
Streets while I telephc
Pacific Etectrto gtatfog
Mt JNT father tod th
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“Friends and former patients of
the hospital remembered the pa-
tients and nurses and wc received
a huge quantity of fruit, cake and
other remembrances for distribu-
tion on Christmas Day. which were
greatly appreciated.'* said Miss Ma-
i O Farwell, superintendent of the
Denton Hospital. "The girls were
remembered wtlh presents by many
of our former patients and they
asked me to express their thanks
to those who contributed to making
Christmas a very pleasant one.’”
ABOARD THE U. S. DESTROY-
ER STURDEVANT, Dec. 27.—Two
destroyers from the Charlestown
navy yard at Boston were making
all possible speed to Sable Island
today to start the search for the
missing plane, "the Dawn ”
The Mahan, the first of the two
destroyers to leave, had orders to
proceed to Brown Banks ofT Cape
Sable and pro Mid from there to-
ward Sable Island at daybreak.
Dirigible AMb Search
LAKEHURST, B. J„ Dec. 27 -
The navy dirigible Los Angeles to-
day began its sekrch for the miss-
ing Sikorsky plane, "the Dam" in
the vicinity fo 8ttb Island, where
a radio message * “
come from the Ng
Sunday night. ,
A radio message,
the dirigible at the
tion here, said that I
was cruising off the
Scotia In the viclnil
land, keeping a ahni
The message wm
May Hamper Work
Should the appropriation have to
wait for legislative action lb is
possible that little work can be
Cone at the station during next
year, It was pointed out. A shed for
machinery, saved from the flames,
had Just been completed from mon-
ey appropriated to replace a build-
ing destroyed by a storm in 1925.
A report of the fire was made
to the director of State Experiment
Stations Monday afternoon.
Included In the seed destroyed
were small amounts of over a thou-
sand varieties of seed. The machin-
ery destroyed included two experi-
mental threshers, an experimental
pin. a new 6 If. p. engine used to
drive the line ahaft for the mach-
inery and other expensive experi-
mental equipment. Records which
were kept in the safe were destroy-
ed by the heat, but these can be
replaced.
A small grass fire at the station
had been extinguished an hour
and a half before the fire at the
office building was disccvered. and
a spark may have caught in a crack
at the shed and caused the fire.
•TTie Pecan Street automobile
mall box, a modern convenience to
the public. Is the result of a btt at
fine co-operation, characteristic of
Denton Citizens during the post
year." said O. R. Warren, secretary-
manager of the Chamber of Com -
meroe. "Some months ago the
Chamber of Commerce appointed
a commltee to seek such a box. Post
master Fenton prompity provided
the box. Mayor McKenzie announ-
ced necessary parking regulations
for a convenient strip at the south-
east comer of the post office lawn,
the Record-Chronicde announced
the location of the box and as a re-
sult of the co-operation the pub-
lic became the recipient of a needed
and greatly appreciated service.
Traffic congestion in front of the
post office will be lessened at peak
hours when the citizens become
more generally accustomed to using
the box in which mall may be post-
ed direct from automobiles.
CORSICANA, Dec. 27.—Clarence
Carter is being held at Blooming
Grove near here under >2,500 bond,
following the death of hLs father
Monday morning from a gunshot
wound
The elder man, W. O. Carter, was
brought to tiie city jail here Sun-
day night. When officers went to
the Javl the next morning they
found him dead. When the elder
man was admitted the previous
night it was not known that he was
suffering a punshot wound in his
abdomen, it was said.
Young Carter admitted having
fired a gun In the air Sunday night
during a family quarrel.
Yuletide obseivance In Denton,
parties, Christmas trees and Christ-
mas programs, centered for the
dhe most part around the various
'■churches of the city, these taking
fthe lead in planning for the ob-
servance of Christmas.
.Most of the churches arranged
Christmas trees during last week
for the children of the Sunday
Schools, some being held Sunday
. - , - , 'morning. Several young people's or-
Denton this year than ever before pan^atiGns held Christmas parties
during the latter part of the week
and some of the churches held par-
ties for the entiie membership.
The Christmas theme was pre-
aombiant in Sunday services. Prac-
tically every' sermon was based on
the btrth ot Christ and at i
vices Christmas anthems
carried out the program.
K. T. Service
The annual Christmas program
of Denton Commandery 45, Knight
Templar, was held at the Masonic
building at 11 o’clock Sunday.
Toasts were given as follows: To
the grand master and the grand
encampment of Knight Templars
of the United States, by Sir Knight
J. J. Maclachlan; to the grand
commander of the grand command-
ery ot Texas, by Sir Knight Ray
Bishop; to the moat excellent high
priest and the Grand Chapter Roy-
al Arch Masons of Texas and the
grand thrice illustrious master and
the Grand Illustrious Council of
Texas, by Sir Knight W. F. Jarrell,
to the most worshipful grand mas-
ter and the Grand Lodge of Texas,
by Sir Knight C A. Montgomery;
to our Royal Arch Chapter and ex-
cellent high priest, thrice illustrious
master and illustrious council Blue
Lodge and worshipful master, by
Sir Knight L. P. Floyd; to Masons
everywhere and to departed Ma-
sons. by Eminent Commander B. E.
Looney.
MISSOHHIUHK K
ROBBED OF CS,
RELIGIOUS SERVICES FEATURE BUSINESS HERE
CHRISTMAS OBSERVANCE HERE GOOD DURING
RaM Texas: Twlght and
Wednesday cloudy with local
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Loss estimated al around $3,000
was .ustained in a fire which early
Sunday morning damaged the God-
win Hotel Annex building. The
loss is covered by insurance, Clyde
Godwin, manager, said.
Origin of the fire is not known.
Godwin said It started in a room
in the southeast part of the second
floor Due to the efficient work cf
the Denton Fire Department, the
flames were confined to thh room,
the hallway and the roof of the
building
Nat Stevens of Fort Worth, a
guest of the hotel, lost clothing to
the amount of about *200 in the
fire Only a feu rooms m the an-
nex were occupied at the time of
the fire, according to Godwin.
Outhouse Burns
An outhouse on a vacant lot on
Mvrfie Street was burned Sunday
sftemoon starting from a Trass ______
fire. The house was of small value, following passed more quietly
Al’tingF P* 1 ! *• C' - anizl I y~Yz»VS 9exV-» ♦ Vs n Vvzi
in the opinion of many observers.
Not a major accident marred the
holiday celebration and very few
minor accidents were reported. On-
ly two arrests were made ovdr the
week-end.
One man was arrested on drun-
kenness: charges by city officers tod
one by county officers, the only mis-
demeanors reported Fireworks ac-
cidents, which are usually numer-
ous at Christmas time, were almost
nil, only one minor accident being
rejxirted by physicians.
Walter Miller Jr. has hLs right
hand painfully burned Saturday
afternoon when a firecracker ex-
ploded as he was holding It.
Billie Harmonaon, 10, suffered
concussion of the brain late Satur-
day when he was thrown from his
bicycle to the paving on Hann Ave-
nue as the result of a collision with
another boy on a bicycle. He was
unconscious for about 12 hours but
Tuesday was said to be doing nice-
ly.
The small son of Mr. and Mrs. I.
E. Jones suffered a light concus-
sion of the brain Sunday morning
when he was struck by an automo-
bile driven by a negro on West Oak
Sfreet He is improving nicely. The
accident was said to have been un-
avoidable.
The 7 year-old son of R. B. Fos-
ter of south of Denton was acci-
dentally struck on the head by a
baseball bat in the hands of
playmate Sunday and suffered
painful calp wound.
joyed.
Practically all of the dry goods
stores and the grocery stores did a
large volume of business, while
most of the drug store owner* de-
clared they had the best business In
history. One druggist said his bus-
iness last week established a new
high record.
Jewelry stores and other busi-
nesses here had a goed traSe. ___ _ . . _
While condltlona during the fall; planting. It must be replaced soon
1 In order for the work to be carrier
on.
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HOUSTON, Dec 27.—Prayers and
science today sought to keep alive
Milton Rush, 16-year-okl Wharton.
Tex., high school boy, whose lungs
became jiaraiyzed Monday when he
was accidentally shot.
As friends worked over him In a
hospital here, pumping hi.‘- arms
up and down to push air in and out
of his lungs, others, resting from
their night of labor, gather- d ^-ith
Rev. E. T. Butts, coutmaster, who
led them in praver.
But doctors say the youth w-ill
die.
The friends, members of Whar-
ton Boy Scout troop to which Rush
belonged, were still keeping him
alive today—but the end, unless
prayer triumphs, is not far off.
The youth was wounded in the
spuiad column when a friend. Kelly
Carsons, accidentally discharged a
.22 caliber rifle.
Newspaper articles served to find
home for Henry Green and he
Spent Christmas with his family.”
said W. A Mathews Tuesday.
"Green, suffering from amnesia, re-
membered tliat his home was call
ed Bunset. and went to Slinaet, Tex-
as. but found that was not the place
he was looking for A newspaper
story about his plight was show
his parents who live in the Sunse
community IS miles west of Green
vllle and they came after him Sun
day. He has suffered frotn amnesia
since childhood from a fall from a
wagon, his parents said ”
The first gun of the city politi-
cal campaign was fired Tuesday
morning with the announcement of
I Mayor B. W. McKenzie that he
would be a candidate for re-elec-
tion. He Is now completing his first
term in the office. City politics are
unusually quiet at this time espec-
ially in view of the fact that the
election comes early in April. Oth-
ers have intimated that they would
be in the mayoralty race but no
definite Ftatement has been made
It 1s pouible that four candidates
I will be in the race, according to re-
ports.
Christmas business in Den-
ton this year, on the whote,
was better than in 1926, Re-
cording to many Denton bus-
iness men, and in some in-
stances merchants declared
mast'esr** k$at th«y the best Christ- \Tha buiiffii
t further maa trade they had over en- aMroeS'kMi
D R. Troutt, chief dispatcher in
the Texas A: Pacific division office
here for the past seven years, has
been appointed trainmaster for the
road with headquarters at Boa-' Jg
ham. according to an announce-
ment made by R Wynne, superin-
tendent of this division. The ap-
pointment was effective Dec. M. but - ;
Troutt will not take up his work
at Bonham until Wednesday. His
family will remain here until the
end of the school year, he saM
Tuesday.
He Is to take the position held by
C. C. Kilway. who has been trans-
took advantage of the lull in trade nitions embargo against
was’^^lect’ Mast ™ cl^mh^the StatC n<'pa.rtment today ffrant"
heavy rush of business.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27-Presi-
dent Coolidge hM been advised
that the State Department js con-
sidering the lifting of embargo of
. . -j------1 houses of arms into Mexico tq permit the
Denton and llttlj activity was not- sl^pment of some airplanes and
iced. All c?tabffihments with the soime arms and ammunition into
exception ot cafes, drag stores and that country which were purchased
filling stations were closed for the in the United States,
day. Drug stores observed Sunday w
closing hours. Many business men ation” of'the'atfciwt and
CORD-CHRI
ing we drove Into Cisco city llmlta.
c.„
and luunu a uar wiuiuuv < urv»itibb
They took that car and left me. t • fl
drove on into tow-n.”
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Dec. 27—Terror-stricken and
shorn of his air of bravado, “The Fox,’’ in the person of
Edward Hickman, brilliant Kansas City school boy, was
brought back today to the scene of his crime. Cringing
before the ominous rumbling that swept the city with news
ol his arrival, the slayer of Marian Parker was taken from
a little-used
PROVINCETOWN. Mass.. Dec. 27
—With continued favorable weath-
er, salvage work at the scene of the
8-4 disaster was being steadily ad-
vanced today
After alt permanent mooring had
been put in place, divers worked for
10 hours yesterday removing wreck-
age from the deck of the sunken
submarine to make way for raising
-ssr^ to aid divers in
connection with future work on the
8-4 will be taken below today and
placed around the hull Signs will
read “this way aft,” and "this way
forward.”
While yesterday's weather favor-
ed diving operations, the water
Waa extremely cold and diver* were
not allowed to remain below more
ww* minutes
ROCKDALE POSTMASTER DIES
FROM INJURIES
ROCKDALE. Dec. 27.—Ebner I.
Wade, postmaster of) Rockdale, died
in a Cameron hospital Sunday
nght from Injuries received a-few
* He vaa found lyint in
id bruises on mt body
it he had Men aOrrnk
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Here is Edward Hickman, murderer of Marian Parker, standing between the two
WASHIN’GTON. Dec 27-Mig-
uel Avila, agent who procured al-
legedly forged Mexican State pap-
ers for William Randolph Hearst,
American publisher, was character-
ized as a notorious purveyor of
“any kind of documents you want”
by a witness before the Senate
Mexican investigating committee to-
day.
Frank G. McLaughlin, vice pres-
ident of El Sol Petroleum Company
who has resided in Mexico since
1921. made the characterizations
and told of his experiences with
Atila.
J. O. FRAZIER AND MISS TATE
MARRY SUNDAY
J O. Frasier and Miss Irene Tate
were married Sunday affemoon at
the home of his brother. 1403 High-
land Strtet, W. A. Mathews, justice
of the peace, officiating.
MAN FINED llt.70 TUE8DAT ON
DRUNKENNESS CHARGE
A man who plead guilty to a
charge of drunkenness in city court
was fined $13.70. He said he was
unable to pay the fine and agreed
to work it out in the City Park.
DENTON YOUTHS HURT IN.CAR
WRECK AT WALTERS. OKLA.
Sam Corbin had his left hand
badly mashed and suffered cute and
bruises and Leon Caln was badly
bruised and cut when the automo-
bile in which they with four others
were riding turned over near Wal-
ters, Okla., Bunday. The car, which
turned completely oaer twice af-
ter striking loose gravel on the
highway, was considerably damag-
ed. c
LOS ANOELES, Cal , Dec. 27 —
With utmost secrecy surrounding
Edward Hickman was to arrive here
today, to face death fo? the con-
fessed murder of 12-year-old Max-
ion Parker.
Hickman. 18-year-old Kansas
City youth, confessed 10 H1* mur-
der while being brought hero from
Pendleton. Ore. He previously said
tiie murder was committed by an
accomplice, whom he named a* An-
drew Cramer.
Hickman was to be taken secret-
ly from the train by Loa Angeles
officers who brought him back from
Pendleton. Ra was to be spirited
into the city far a bearing this
Wat that anger aroused o.*.
er the kidnaping and brutal murder
of the child Would result in mob vi-
olence wan expressed and every
means was to be taken to prevent
hickman from being lynched.
HLckman made his confession af-
ter long questioning by District At-
torney Asa Keyes and other offi-
cers They had pleade d with him to
“ease his conscience,” and finally
the youth announced he would teM
everything.
Wanted Money
He detailed first how he had
stolen an automobile in Kanso..
City and had arrived here Nov. 23
He immediately started looking for
a child to kidnap.
He wanted money to attend col-
lege. he said, and believed thjj was
the easiest way to get it
"I first thought of the daughter
of another banker," he said. “But
I decided she was too young and
decided on one of the Parker girls.
I picked Marion because she seem-
»d to be Mr Parker's favorite.
“I had rented an apaitment In
the Bellevue Arms. One day I went
to the Mt. Vernon school where
Marlon attended and got her from
there. I drove to a sidf street and
told her she was kidnaped.
“We returned to Lo« Angeles
about 6 o'clock and I tried to tele-
phone her father, but the lines were
busy I finally got him on the tel-
ephone. He said he wanted his
daughter and would pay.
“I drove to Pasadena and Marion
remained in the car while f went
in and sent the second wire. We
drove around a while and that
night we went to a theater In South
Pasadena. The picture 'Figures
Don't Lie.' was featured. Marion
thought it was a good picture. At
about 10 o'clock that night we re-
turned to the Bellevue Arms apart-
ment and remained in the car out-
side until It was safe to go in with-
out being seen. Marlon followed me
upstairs.
Tied Child to Chair
"She slept on a couch that night
and I slept on the bed. I put a
lighted reading lamp by the door so
that I could see if she tried to es-
cape The next morning I fixed
breakfast, but Marion wasn’t hun-
gry.
"I ate. Marion wrote a letter to
her father and I wrote one. I tied
Marlon to a kitchen clialr with
cloth strips while I went out to
mall the letters. I did not gag her.
She said she would be quiet
“I returned to the house after
mailing the letters and after buy-
ing some papers Marlon was in-
terested in the papers which had
her picture in it She wanted to go
out again so we took another drive
out in the country, going a* far as
Ban Diego and back. At San Juan
Capistrano we stopped to buy gas.
An attendant Ipokcd elpdely at
“This rata held off just long
enough,” declared a Denton mer-
chant Tuesday. “If the last few
day* before Christmas had been
drizzly, I believe the trade would
have been cut in half. As It is. the
rain comes at a time when the
Christmas rush is over, and allows
employes to straighten up stocks
and remove Christmas decorations
that have outlived their useful-
ness.”
s
Shot Accidentally
CISCO. Dec. 27.—Carl Wylie, flR . .
kidnaped Sunday by the Cisco bank
robbers and left here this mann-
ing, told officers that he was not
shot by the robbers but was hit to
the right arm by a shot fired at
the bandit* by his father. The aMk
er Wylie opened fire when the
bandits left his farm Sunday With
Carl In his car.
“They carried me about the
country all day yesterday," he told.
"There were three robbers in the
crew'd and two were wounded. One
In the arm and the other in the
leg Last night we stayed in a field
about eight miles north of Cisco
and nearly froze. One of the rob-
bers took my overcoat. This morn-
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo.. Dec. Tb~
Two unmasked youthful raMani
held up the People’s Bank*tMlk to
day and escaped with approxtatoto*
ly $25,000 In silver and currengf.
arms Into Mexico tq permit the
“*7L/T.::Z _f some airplanes and
— ------ —j ammunition into
in the United States.
Deciding upon a "distinct relax-
war mu-
Mexico.
Fire of undetermine ori-
gin, starting about 4:30
Monday afternoon, com-
pletely destroyed the large i
office and shop building on i
the State Experiment Farm,|
four miles northwest of Den-
ton, burning all of the ex-
perimental machinery and
over 100 bushels of experi-
mental seed in addition to a
number of records of experi-
ments made at the station.
Most of the Important records ot
the station were saved, according
to Paul B. Dunkle, manager
Through effort* of a bucket bri-
gade, formed from employe* of the
station and a number of nearby
farmers, other building* nearby
were savqd. Employes of the station
were at work on the windmill when
the fire was discovered. The Den-
ton Firs Department was called but
arrived too late to Mve the build-
ing and tito firemen assisted in
preventinc a spread of the Maae.
Ths building, which waa worth
““ "“■* —Mam ’■
f, Bnu wW UMbCnmery
for $15,000, Dunkle said Since the j «»'nt hta kidnapinc. It to
pitched battle with
County officers.
Tlie dead man was brought baeR
here shortly after the battle
•a as identified as the bandit leader, ’ i
His other two or three companions j
were being hotly pursued by
large i«>sse of officers and citizen* IM
The bandits abandoned the au-
tomobile in which they were rid- ' , J
ing under fire of the peace officers T? Si
after their leader had been killed., .^9
• They escaped on foot and wore 9H
! shooting back at the posse as they . . f
ran
The leader is suffering from two ■ U9
old bullet wounds believed to have ,>|9
been received tn the battle at the J
bank and two fresh wounds re- jjjaj
cetved this momtog.
The two other bandit* art be-
lieving to have been wounded as a . ' j
trail of blood was followed some m
distance Officers this afternoon be- f
lleved that the fleeing men had %
again escaped them. . <
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Suspect Bandits Kidnapers
CISCO. Dec. 27 —Twen<r-ifr“‘
hours after he had been lured ft
his home near Putnam and kidni
ed by ‘hree armed men, Carl WJ
21. was shot and left wounded
his automobile on the streete
Cisco this morning.
After shooting Wylie this fl
stole a coupe and fled north, 1
ports here say they have been a
rounded 21 miles west of RM
eortofe, near Albany.
k>t. ean not bi replaced and
lleved that the kidnapers are' I
men who attempted to rob a ba
here Friday.
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