The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 108, Ed. 1 Friday, October 18, 1929 Page: 2 of 14
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CIVIL OFFICERS
RIM BORGER
goiter* Relinquishes Control
and Prepares to Move
Troops
BORGER Tex. Oct. 18.-(*•>-
Civil officers here and in Hutchin-
son county administered their du-
ties today for the first time since
Governor Moody sent troops here
Sept. 30 to investigate the assassin-
ation of District Attorney John A.
Jfomes and clean up the town.
Martial law was still effective
but Brigadier General Jacob F.
Welters had withdrawn his soldiers
from the courthouse and the city
officers and had turned over all
police duties to the civil authorities
and rangers. The soldiers them-
selves planned to leave this after-
noon and it was thought that with
their departure a proclamation re-
instating civil government would be
issued In Austin.
As the troops left there was no
indication they had been able to
track down the gunman who kill-
ed Holmes but their presence led
to the resignations of almost all of
the county and city officials and
new men approved by Clem Cal-
houn newly appointed District At-
torney sat in the sheriff’s office at
Stinnett and in the city offices
here.
C. O. Moore a ranger who was
released by the state to become
sheriff was given responsibility for
keeping the county free from the
influence of oil boom conditions.
Albert Mace experienced in hand-
ling law enforcement after the dep-
arture of soldiers sat in the chief
of police’s office. Mace took a
similar Job at Mexia in 1922 when
the troops left after cleaning up the
locality.
3 MONTHS’ TRIP BY AIR
LONDON.—Mrs. Spencer Cleaver
has returned from a three-month
air trip covering 9000 miles and ex-
tending to India Persia Irak and
GIRL SWOONS AS BODY OF N. Y.
NEWSPAPER MAN IDENTIFIED
■DANCY TO SEEK
AID ON HIGHWAY
Commission Will Be Asked
to Give $250000 on Point
Isabel Road
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County Judge O. C. Dancy will
appear before the state highway
[ commission in Austin Monday for
the purpose of again asking for
state aid on the Barreda-Point
Isabel highway.
He will present an application
; for 250000 aid which it is estimated
will extend paving to the built-up
: section of the sea coast town about
a mile inside the city limits.
It will be explained to the com-
mission that the road thus far built
has been financed solely by the
county and tnat had state aid been
applied on the entire project it
would have been necessary to spend
more than the $250000 now sought.
If aid to this amount is granted
the Point Isabel commissioner pre-
cinct will have sufficient money
left in the $2000000 of unsold coun-
ty road bonds to do considerable
paving on other roads.
I The state commission has indi-
cated it would grant state aid on
» the Point Isabel road when a port
is assured there. Judge Dancy will
base his plea Monday on the fact
that the government engineers re-
cently have recommended an ap-
propriation of $1000000 for con-
struction of a channel there.
POLITICS COST LIFE
LONDON—The recent election
has caused the death of the daugh-
ter of Lord Buckmaster who over-
worked while electioneering.
PILES
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NEW ORLEANS Oct. 18.—(i2^—
Before an open grave on the
shores of the Mississippi lone Ord
sophisticated city girl gasped
swooned and finally admitted that
a bullet torn body was that of Jack
Kraft New York newspaperman
and adventurer with whom she had
started out to see the world.
A small tattoo of an Indian head
on the forearm furnished the iden-
tification along with a scar on a
knee which George Kraft older
brother of Jack who had come from
New York said established the
i identity beyond any doubt.
The scene wTas on the banks of
the Mississippi 55 miles below New
Orleans and one mile below the
spot where her traveling compani-
on’s body went hurtling from the
Creole New York-New Orleans j
boat.
The girl was subjected to ques-
tioning as natives peeping from
the underbrush chattered in queer
i old French.
i She said neither she nor Sam
Epstein ship’s steward had shot
Five Earth Tremors
Shake Big Spring
BIG SPRINGS Oct. 18.—(A*)—
Much excitement prevailed here this
morning after hundreds of residents
j were awakened by the rattling of
windows and bric-a-brac believed to
have been caused by earth trem-
ors.
The first of t series of shocks
occurred at 12:30 a. m. the last was
registered shortly before 7 o’clock
Residents who reported they had
counted five tremors said the last
was the most severe. All of the
shocks were of a few seconds dura-
tion.
WILL PENALIZE MARRIAGE
BOURNEMOUTH Eng. — Four
heirs of Benjamin Bensham widow
two nieces and a nephew will for-
feit a large part of their heritages
if they marry.
Kraft but would not swear that
John McGouldrlck second officer
had not shot him. She declared
she did not know who had shot
him. She said both McGouldrlck
and Epstein had come to her as-
sistance when Kraft was beating
and choking her in a jealous rage
She declared she had not seer
Kraft leap overboard. She could
not explain the coroner’s verdicl
that Kraft was dead before he hit
the water.
The girl was led over the rough
prairie to ft negro tenant’s cottage
where she was given coffee. Sud-
denly a detective laid a bedroorr
slipper on her lap. With a shriek
she hurled the slipper across the
room jumped up and fought the
doors and walls in an effort to es-
cape. It was a slipper worn by
Jack Kraft and washed ashore with
his body.
Then the investigators drove back
to New Orleans stating they were
convinced the girl knows more thar
she has told about the tragedy
The case will be laid before the
grand jury tomorrow. _____
Youth Dead In Gun
Fight; Officer Helc
TULSA Okla. Oct. 18.—(£>)—Bol
Hyde Tulsa county highway patrol-
man was seriously wounded and ar
unidentified youth was killed in t
gun fight with bandits who attack-
ed Hyde and his fellow officer Nei
Bailey while they were sitting ir
their car on the sand Springs high-
way last night.
Fight; Officer Hurl
In Death of Texar
HOT SPRINGS Ark. Oct. 18.-
(fP)—Police today awaited word
from police at Chillicothe. O. fo:
descriptions and finger prints o
two men arrested here late yester
day as suspects in the murder o
Preston R. Austin wealthy Victor
ia Tex. cattleman here the nigh
of Sept. 26.
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R. W. Orr Dies at
San Benito Home
SAN BENITO Oct. 18.—R. W.
Orr 70 died at his home here
Thursday at 3 p. m. He had been
a resident of San Benito for the
last three or four years.
He is survived by his widow and
one son M. S. Orr of Los Fresnos
the first “master farmer” of Came-
ron county.
Funeral services are to be held
Friday at 3 p. m. at the First
Presbyterian church in San Benito.
Thompson's mortuary is in charge
of arrangements.
CAT STARVES AT GRAVE
RUNGELEY. Eng.—Refusing to
leave the grave of her dead own- j
er. Osmond Dobree a black cat
named Tabby starved to death.
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