The Lufkin News (Lufkin, Tex.), Vol. [18], No. [47], Ed. 1 Friday, February 8, 1924 Page: 1 of 8
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IN NEWS
K#k
SBRUARY 8, 1924.
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J. M. Herbert, Dallas Ne
published at
paper
diet church and very active in
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with the left legjusta
years to the
s
her death. She is survived by
a husband and the following
regarding the escaped con-
dome of the Missouri state
ity that can witness the elec-
8, who forthwith went and
capitol in Jefferson City.
got Bacon.
A
a room adjacent to the elec-
ID IS MADE IN
(By Associated Pressl
There are
$25 for every case.
on the
8th of February.
well as
of a million dollars, as
home
Mae Irvin, daughter of Mr. missing from the Percy
to be delivered into official
attack of flu and a case of
over a thousand dollars to be sufcfent," the county commis-
an
custody.
vaccination.
Chicago,
from
My Kingdom for a Job!
who have written anony-
letters
threatening to
m
!
struck by a train at that place.
1394 city poll taxes had
at Ypsil-
car
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for this reason feels j
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a com
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fek
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offered for information lead-
ing to the conviction of per-
which gives the whole voltage
at one charge and causes in*
stant death. The law requires
the warden to do the electro-
cuting and he receives only
are
the
sons
mous
IE BURGLAR IS
PUT IN JAIL HERE
j
For This Reason Mrs. Wilson
Felt Unable To Yield To
Have It Otherwise
Other Embassies at Capital
Have Their Colors at Half
Mast
1
County Commissioner Offers
To Serve Public Again In
Present Capacity
SEEK INFORMATION
ON LETTER WRITERS
MRS. POSKEY DIES
AT CLAWSON HOME
IS BY DIRECTION
OF GERMAN NATION
(By Apaqdiated Press)
Washington, Feb. 5.—The
decision to hold a simple fun-
eral service for former Presi-
BANDITS HOLD UP
OKLAHOMA CASHIER
tea
doop-
ESCAPED MISSOURI
CONVICTS KILLED
WISCONSIN HAS A
SEVERE BLIZZARD
BYNUM ANNOUNCES
FOR RE ELECTION
.. oi
1s
THE L
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ta
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80° Took Belongings Out of
L E Percy Home—Arrested
By MeNees
[highway they are con-
L building would con-
th what is known here
Iron Bridge road in
ha county, which leads
ufkin to the Angelina-
county line.
following editorial com4
tom the Trinity Tribune,
by W. B. Smylie, will
ightening on the sub-
t Lufkin is their true
lis and they, want to
ghway facilities lead-
, this city.
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escape of the men. They kill-
ed a guard by crushing his
skull, took his gun and climb-
ing over the southeast wall,
gave 'battle to another guard
on the wall and escaped, ac-
cording to the press dispacth
received in this office yester-
day.
News of their death “in a
gun battle” was heard in Luf-
kin last night at the hour men-
tioned by V. R. Hunter, super-
intendent in charge of the con-
struction work on the Lufkin
National Bank’s new building
here. Mr. Hunter said a re-
ward of $400 each for the
friends or relatives of
condemned. The d
sgood roads meeting at
bn Tuesday was well at-
by an enthusiastic
! Trinity was not so
►presented in point of
h as it might have been
ihty jail charged by com-
jint with the offense of burg-
K as a result of a house
inking at the home of Mr.
Mrs. A. E. Percy in this
^Thursday afternoon at
Mt 4 o’clock. Bacon was ar-
fed by Chief of Police G. S.
Nees here Friday.
iseems that Thursday af-
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is
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•elf and proposes to run on
that record. He stated to a
News reporter that he has all
mme..... 0
i town to notice for
deosivoysdasorwion
chair recently installed
in the state penitentiary therez
Mr. Herbert has furnished th
Lufkin Daily News with a very
tween the Gime
• time of harveg
ntally, the total
Wed 9,000 )
yious year mor
) bales being gin
News of Killing of Men Who
Escaped Yesterday Came By
Radio
fi
had left his name. He
iown by the name to of-
K for a road from
Eto Lufkin, we are
tostart whenever they
• Trinity, Groveton and
I highway is about the
Seeded road in this part
I state and ought to be
this spring, and Trinity
idy to go” as soon as the
’ commissioners get the
I across White Rock
to cattlemen,
burn ranch
j Trinity people who
fere expressed the sen-
of all the Trinityites.
Strong for good roads,
got the funds to build
children: Fred Ayre?, Lufkin;
Ed. Ayres, Beaumont;
Annie Massinginl, Lufkin:ur
has felt unable to yield to t
expressed wishes of those wL.
have urged public ceremonials.
■leading
I CITY OF LUFKIN
Groveton consider
igRoad Leading To
"Meropolis
J. M. Herbert Inspects
Chair To Be Used At Pen
In Huntsville
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NOT MOURN WILSQF
(By Associated Pre**)
Pawhuska, Okla., Feb- 5
Two unmasked bandits n
up the cashier of the First
Natonal Bank at Shidler, near
here, today and escaped in an
'automobile with $3,000 n
II
Nettie Hobbs has re-
Iom New York, where
some time making
, and Groveton, two
towns of Trinity coun-
i a highway leadingin-
in. This is made evi-
an editorial squib ap-
Deceased Was Known By
Many In Angelina County
For Her Useful Life
At number in the his- when
0 6 county. suruen wy a . -- — -
Mecity hall this morning Mrs. Esther Wilson, aged 45,
"reporter was informed and Mrs. Doris Ruhn, aged 40,
1394 city poll taxes had were killed last night when
b "This is the big- their automobile was struck by
umber in the history of an interurban
N, said City Secretary anti, Mich,
lunn. The heavy pay-
0 Poll taxes is partly
6 no doubt, on account
■wing election year. The
g payment, however, can
L partly explained by an
%8 in population.
urnit
6 to go to town and placed was a member of the Metho-
front door key under or in
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Heatel
sy and deceit,
ring, throbbing
ter or nobler r
before.
from human a
regarding the escaped con- ing and there are only five negro
victs were broadcast from the people besides those in author-
___.. .. agent traveling out of Lufkin
penitentiary returned yesterday from
Huntsville, Walker county,and
Puqbaa
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Poskey,Goose Creek * Misg
Linnie Poskey and Vince
Poskey of Clawson, the latter
two being at home. Two step-
children survive, as follows:
Ardie Poskey of Goose Creek
and Mrs. Blanch Dixon of
Clawson. One brother, Jim
Denton, of Lufkin, and two
sisters, Mrs. Mary Jane Rus-
sell of Huntington and Mrs.
Liddie Graham of Lufkin, also
survive.
Ranchmen Receive Anonymous
Letters Threatening to Bum
Homes
(By Associated Pres*)
For McKavltt, Feb. 5.—
Ranchmen of this section of
Menard county have subscrib-
ed to a fund which runs well
Neff Issues a Proclamation
(By Associated Presa)
Austin, Feb. 6.—A procla-
mation calling upon the peo-
ple of Texas to pay worthy tri-
bute to the memory of Wood-
row Wilson, was issued today
by Governor Neff. Partcular-
(From Friday’s Daily.)
Mrs. Lizzie Poskey, aged 61
years, died on her birthday
yesterday, January 31, at her
home at Clawson. Death came
at eleven o’clock last night
following an illness of four
years. Different complications
had set in and all that medical
science could do to save the
patient was in vain. She had
been in Houston at one time
for treatment but was later
returned to her home.
Mrs. Poskey was well
known over Angelina county
because of prominent family
xyN
\ Ph'
• .c5t5
rent to reach the he
quickly as possible.
nThe person, is strap;
the chair by a strap act
odv: one on eaeh:a?
with her family 8 miles north
of Lufkin on the Alto road.
The funeral was to be held
this afternoon at 8 o’clock,
Rev. M. S. Jordon, pastor of
the Methodist church at
Keltys, officiating.
Mrs. Poskey was born on
January 81, 1868, just 61
dent Woodrow Wilson, it was
day preceedins authoritatively learned today/
n to niiprrras ki, . . . .
men, dead or alive, was offer- ankle, thus causing
ed. Descriptions ,of .the men i
had been broadcast by radio <
7 with the request for radio fan)
: to take down the descrpitions '
* and turn in to local omnaral
ing from Mr. MeNees, Bacon
admitted having disposed of
the pistol that the cartridges
fit. The weapon was at Burke,
Bacon said, and MeNees and
the negro went to Burke yes-
terday afternoon and Bacon
pointed out the house Where
the pistol was. The pistol was
recovered as being stolen prop-
erty and was in the possession
of Chief MeNees this morning
when a Lufkin Daily News re-
porter called at the city hall.
Mr. MeNees said that all items
WILSON ASKED FOR
SIMPLE SERVICES
trie chair and can be hardly
heard. The switch board is
directly back of the chair and
cannot be seen by the con-
demned at all. There is a
lever which is thrown and
connection and the useful,
>n Mrs. Percy left her Christian life she lived. She
as far south as Texas.
Merrill’ McLean, aged 17,
year, it was said, and of Flint, Mich., was killed
his automobile was
sioner stated to The News. "If
that ain’t enough, you can’t
give them enough. I intend
to continue to lower the taxes.
I am the road king of Ange-
lina county. I am for good
roads. I think we can keep
filing the tax rate down. I
promise to do my best on this
if re-elected your county com-
missioner,” Mr. Bynum added
in his statement dictated to
The News.
The official is serving in his
third term as commissioner
but his terms of office have not
been consecutive. He feels
that his record speaks for it-
homes whose owners employ
Mexican labor. The ranch
house of Tom Talbot was des-
troyed by fire January 11 and
at least seven ranchers have
received written warnings.
TN
trocution. Those five
, , Some .88 caliber cartridges
, dynamo for were found on the negro boy
producing the electricity is in and under persistent question-
mvs
The three convicts, who yes-
terday sawed out of their cells
in the Missouri 1
at Jefferson City, Missouri,
Tribune. toree beenskilled,ac while in that city had’t
• published at rechi, Lufkin 4 n I por opportunity of making an 2
Son of the iew
Paily. News carried an Asso-
ciated Press item in yester-
day’s issue regarding the
interesting description of th
chair and its use. The des
cription given by Mr. Herbert
is as follows:
The electric chair is a 1ig
oak chair, very heavy and
tra large. It has a high
straight back and is pla
upon a cement base. it- j
connected up with wiei
which carry a current of 226
volts. One of these wile
comes through the top bar 0
the chair bac and connect
with a helmet, which the pew
son to be electrocuted wata
Tin? other wire is connect
hes
t' .
er Kind
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Ns
ION
g Papa,” an ’
Y
AI TAV nAVIIrn Detroit, Feb. 5.—A storm
lu IAa rATMENTS which has been sweeping a
._ large section of the country for
y and City Top Former the past two days has caused
orde--Peonl. Want Tn three deaths and damage ... . ,
• TUYear roughly estimated at upward four to be electrocuted
church work. She resided
was in deference to the ex-
pressed wish of Mr. Wilson
that no public or official oxer-
Mrs cisea be held in . connection
W. D. ("Billie") Bynum,
county commissioner from
commissioners precinct, No. 1,
authorizes the Lufkin Dally
and Weekly News to an-
nounce his name as a candi-
date for re-election to the
office he now holds, subject to
the action of the democratic
primaries in July of this year.
Mr. Bynum says he is running
on his record for economy in
office.
"My record in the past is
former records in poll demoralizing traffic and com- vlu. ivin, uaugava .......—______
Ayments, both on county murication in many, places. R A. Kennedy, is re- have been recovered, the silver
ported “ the resuit o‘astorrla
i county, there were 7,-1 storm area extended south and
date and county poll tax- southwest from Chineg
w to Coe L. Agee, coun- through Illinois and Missouri,
'collector. This is elight-
’tr 700 more than were
4 plant on the front porch.
Jees says it is evident the
g saw the key and after
। Percy was gone, entered
hopse. A number of miss-
items were recovered from
|egro, these including hos-
Epair of shoes, a watch,
Pain of cuff buttons and
glver pencil.
Efisere Were notified and
Min-turn, notified every
r (From Saturday’s Daily.)
Melvin Bacon, a negro
Sose age is given as 17
is in the Angelina
na. zaetredhipSn
PARknng work* This is the most recpt
‘ch < 60 •a .0
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LUFKIN, TEXAS, FRIDA
AN EMBASSY D
Said To Be Worst Experienced
There in Year*—Storm Area
Extended
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DESCRIPTION GIVEN 1
OF ELECTRIC CHAIR
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ny
.... ...
(By Assoclated Presa)
Washington, Feb. 5.—By
direction of the Berlin govern-
ment, the German embassy *
here has refrained from mak-
ing any display of mourning j
for Woodrow Wilson. No flag
has been flown over the em- j
bassy at any time since Wil- 1
son’s death, although the other
embassies and legations have j
had their colors at half mast :
since official notification of 2
Mr. Wilson’s death reached
them fore noon Sunday.
Lt , ■ - - ■'yt'-- vl
I
■ ly during the hours of cere- -----—.
I mony in Washington tomorrow the qualifieations of a good
afternoon were the people county commissioner and that
urged to “assemble if possible for this reason feels justified
of lob* in Germany. A pews- in memorial services to his‘in placing his aspirations be-
adand look •» the throng honor." I fore the people. S
picture from Berlin.
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Watford, G. E. & Binion, W. C. The Lufkin News (Lufkin, Tex.), Vol. [18], No. [47], Ed. 1 Friday, February 8, 1924, newspaper, February 8, 1924; Lufkin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1415969/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .