The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 99, Ed. 1 Friday, April 28, 1922 Page: 2 of 28
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of a tun Investigation showed that
Payton was unarmed.”
Under the disclosures as made dur-
lux the mornings investigation Dis-
trict Attorney McAskill said indica-
tions are that Payton was shot by the
individual who was concealed in the
brush to the southeast of the samp.
Says Shot from Southeast.
“If it is true as Overby says” added
the district attorney “that Payton was
facing toward the south of the road
just as the first shot was fired the
physical facts show that whoever shot
him was to the southeast. This is borne
out by the range of the bullet after
Payton was struck. The bullet hit
Payton near the center of the chest
ranged to the right and lodged in the
right arm. The Pleasanton road at
the scene of the tragedy runs due north
and south. With Payton facing south
the bullet eould have ranged as it did
only because whoever fired the shot
was to the southwest of him.
"At that moment too. the federal
officers. I find were to the north of
Payton. They were walking in a south-
erly direction. It would have hardly
been possible if it is true Payton was
facing to the south for them to have
fired and struck him in the chest”
Confer With U. S. Attorney.
Prohibition agents declined to com-
Bent on the Pleasanton road fight after
their first statements early Friday
morning in which they gave their ver-
sion of the gun battle. Just before
noon Capt. Charles Stevens and Agent
J. H. McKay were in conference with
United States Attorney John D. Hart-
man. and are said to have given the dis-
trict attorney a complete and detailed
report of the fight.
The district attorney’s office is ex-
pected to be represented at the Inquest
proceedings to be held Saturday morn-
ing before Justice of the x’eace Ben
Fisk.
“We would rather wait now that we
have given our statement this morning
until the inquest proceedings are over
and the exact status of t! e case becomes
known before we make any further
comments.” Captain Stevens said fol-
lowing his conference with Mr. Hart-
man.
Mr. Hartman declined to make any
statements regarding the conference or
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intimate what course his office will
pursue.
Hold Inquest Saturday.
Inquest proceedings In the death wilt
lie started at 9 o'clock Saturday morn-
ing before Justice of the Peace Fisk.’
l’ayton is survived by his widow and
one child living near Tony sta-
tion. His mother is also still living
and his father now dead wes a
freighter hauling on the Pleasanton road
for years and was well known in this
section of the country.
Hamilton said that Overby and Jack-
son had purchased liquor from boot-
leggers and had informed the officers.
He said these two had arranged to meet
bootleggers at 10 o'clock Thursday night
on the Pleasanton road near the scene
of the killing and were supposed to
receive 05 gallons of liquor. Overby
was to precede the officers in a motor-
cycle. equipped with a side car. and was
to meet the whisky runners and give a
signal by means of a watch fire.
Stevens and McKay Fired.
According to Captain Stevens he anil
McKay each fired one shot and three
shots were fired by the alleged boot-
leggers.
The dry agent's version of the shoot-
ing is given in the following statement
by Stevens:
“We left San Antonio Thursday
night in an automobile and followed
the motorcycle occupied by Overby. Th 3
motorcycle stayed about a mile ahead
of us.
“About twenty miles out of the city
a wagon came out of the brush at the
right of the road. Two men occupied it
and one held a gun across his knees.
We noticed them but passed on. About
five miles further we came on the mo-
torcycle and Overby told us he had
missed his men who were to have a
signal fire burning. We told him about
the wagon and turned around and fol-
lowed Overby’s motorcycle back up the
road and when we got to about the
place where we had seen the wagon
come out of the brush we saw a small
fire and the wagon standing nearby. The
motorcycle stopped about ten feet from
two men who occupied the wagon.
Say They Were Fired Upon.
“Our car passed them and about 200
feet further it was stopped and we got
out. As we got out one of the two
men at the wagon fired at us and
McKay and I each fired back. One of
the men fell and the other jumped over
a low fence at the side of the road and
fired again from within the brush.
"There was another shot from an-
other part ot the brush and I thought
it was a lookout or it may have been
the second man who was running.
"The first shot they fired struck the
ground within a few feet of me and
threw a cloud of gravel and dust into
the air.”
The man who was shot and identiifed
as Frank Payton was immediately
placed in the sidecar of the motorcycle
driven by Overby and rushed to the
city. Officers however made a thor-
ough search of the wagon and its con-
tent*. but found no liquor.
“We searched the wagon thoroughly”
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MORE JOY FOR BOYS IN THE
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OH BOY! JR. HAS FOR THEM
There Is a Call for Phillip Riddle and One for Scout
Pete Turner to Come to The Light Office and Get
Their Presents—Send in More Names Boys.
Oh Boy! Jr. Page—
Phillip Riddle
723 E. Commerce.
Come to the office of The Light and get a fielder's gl nc.
Scout Pete Turner
105 Routt street
Come to the office of The Light and get a baseball.
Well boys Oli Boy Jr.. Jias looked
over the lists and today he sends out
the call for Phillip Kiddle who lives
at 723 East Commerce street. He
wants Phillip to come to the office <if
The Light and get a fielder's baseball
glove. Oh. Bov Jr. is chuckling now
because of just how surprised he knows
Phillip is going to be when he looks
in the paper tonight and sees his name
there. And there is going to be an-
other bov surprised too—Scout Pete
Turner who lives at 105 Routt street—-
for there is a baseball at the office of
The Light awaiting Scout Pete Tur-
ner. If any of you boys know Scout
Pete Turner or Phillip Riddle tell
them all about it.
Jerrv Bell. 119 Stratford came to
the office of The Light yesterday aft-
ernoon and was given a baseball. Mar-
tin Brandt. 1150 Roosevelt avenue was
also given a baseball. If any of you
fellows know Dale Hamilton who lives
at 048 Delmar street tell him to come
to The Light office that a baseball
bat is awaiting him there.
Come on. vou school bovs. and send
in some more names of your friends
with their addresses so Oh Boy Jr.
may page them.
Captain'Stevens said. “It was loaded
with hay but contained no liquor.
“There had been a big touring car
standing within 200 feet of the fire
when we drove by and we noticed it
as we stoped. We didn’t have time to
pay any attention to it. the fight start-
ed and when it bad finished the car
was gone.”
“We had timed the meeting so that
when we stopped at the fire our inform-
ants would have the whiskey and we
could make the arest of the men and
seize the liquor.” he said. “I hardly
know how the plan fell through.”
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Eugene Powers. 78 Live Oak street
who was paged by Ob. Boy! Jr. and
given a fielder's glove.
detective headquarters by Detectives
Rubnke and McManus reads as fol-
lows :
”11:20 p. m. Police Ofifccr A. Sali-
nas reported a man brought to the
Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital
who had been shot and died en route.
Man shot named Frank Payton a far-
mer. Was shot by prohibition officers
22 miles out on the Pleasanton road.
The officers in fight were Hamilton
McKay. Charles Stevens.
“C. A. Overby was also there and
is the party who led the officers out
on the road. The officers claim they
were fired upon as they got out ot the
car and returned the fire with results
above stated—but Overby claimed there
was only one shot fired.”
Payton was taken to the hospital by
Overby in the sidecar of his motor-
cycle. The prohibition officers returned
to San Antonio in their automobile.
The wounded man was dead when the
hospital was reached.
The bullet it was found had pierced
the body made its exit near the pit’
of the arm and lodged in the upper
part of tho left arm.
When hospital officials told Overby
there was no need to leave the victim
there Overby carried the body to cen-
tral police headquarters. Police ray the
liody was crumpled in the car when
they went to the front of the station
to view it
Overby in the presence of half a
dozen officers. Police Sergeant Beze
said made the statement that but one
shot bad been fired.
Payton Had No Weapon.
Later when the prohibition officers
reached police headquarters the police
say they stated that several shots bad
been fired; that a battle took place and
several shots had been exchanged. They
brought back no liquor saying they
found none.
When Payton was searched officers
found no weapon. They prohibition of-
ficers told police they found after in-
vestigation. that Payton was unarmed.
The investigation was made after Pay-
ton bad been shot.
Payton the police ray was found to
have bnt 55 cents in his pockets.
The body was taken to the Riebe Un-
dertaking Company.
Scot Is Trying to Hang L’p Long Dis-
tance Playing Record.
Gary. Ind.. April 27.—David “Jock”
Livingston. of Edinburg Scotland who
is making an attempt to beat tfce long
distance piano-plaving record of 72
hour’ and nine minutes established by
Elbert Pucne. of Lille. France com-
pleted 48 hours of his grind here this
afternoon.
Be began playing Tuesday afternoon
at 4 o'clock and experts to play until
Saturday for n 96 hour record. Living-
ston failed in his attempt made id Lon-
don. at 61 hours. He carries three
piano titles and was a member nf th**
Royal Scots durin* ti»e World War.
HOURS FOR VISITORS
Xo Callers Received at Furl Sam Hris-
to Hospital After 5 P. M.
Due to the fact that many persons
are calling nt tbe station bospita.. Fort
Sara Houston to visit patients at all
times of the day the attentbu <1
friends of the men has been invited to
tbe regulations of the hospital in re-
gard to visiting.
Tbe regular visiting hours to tje vari-
ous wards are from 2 o'clock in the afi-
rrnoon to 5 o'clock. Visitors should ob
tain a pass at the informatiot office.
Immediate relatives will be permitted
visit patients at any hour <»f tbe day
or night if the patient's condit on war*
rant* it *a* stated. Relatives of pa-
tients coming from a distance will be
Permitted to riait the hospital imme-
diately upon their arrival.
Except a> noted however ho^ital of-
ficei* *aid that visiting in the evening
would aot lx* permitted.
Band Is Organised.
Frrderieksburjc. Tex. April 2b.—A
new hand has been organized by the
employe* of Louis Co.. Ihe local
Ford aerrire station. Last Suaday this
band furui>bed the musical entertain*
incut of a picnic party bow people
at the Em hantcd R/wk. 21 u4jea * oin
town. The band proposes to jive fny
hand concerts at tlie court h<mse park
during the summer.
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SUITS FOR MEN
Wool one-piece suits $3.50 to $12.50
Wool two-piece suits with oelt $5.00
to $?-50.
Wool one-piece combination suits
(white upper and blue trunks) $5.50.
Suits in glove silk: silk fibre; silk
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Canvas and rubber belts 25c and 50c
No waiting for the milkman
A dependable supply of
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Wool one-piece ribstitch suits (proportioned special-
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Wool one-piece Suits $3.50 to $12.50.
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Canvas and lubber belts 25c and 50c.
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Cotton one-piece suits. $1.45 to $1.95.
Wool one-piece suits $2.45 to $5.95.
Wool two-piece suits with belt $2.95
Sport suits for little tots 2 to 8
years in wool with belts to match
$2.45.
Canvas Belts 35c.
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Diehl, Charles S. & Beach, Harrison L. The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 99, Ed. 1 Friday, April 28, 1922, newspaper, April 28, 1922; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1621444/m1/2/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .