The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 57, Ed. 1 Friday, December 7, 1934 Page: 2 of 22
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ELUDES POSSE
Blackie’s Death Leaves Only
One of Three Fugitive
Killers at Large
Br United Press.
AMARILLO, Dec. 7. — Of the
three killers who shot their way
out of the Huntsville death house
last July 22, only Raymond Ham- |
ilton was at large today; Irvin
Thompson, known to the under-
world and police as Blackly, was .
killed by officers near here last
night. , 1
• Hamilton was sought in the vi-
cinity of Dallas today, after he
and two- companions allegedly
robbed three employes of the Con-
tinental Oil Supply Co., there of
$182. Joe Palmer, the third fugi- 1
five, was back in the Huntsville $
death cell, awaiting execution for •
murder. He was captured several ;
weeks ago in Kentucky.
Ten Amarillo and Potter Coun- ′
ly officers brought Thompson's .
career to an end.
“We had been scouting the’.
town for Thompson’s car,” Police
Chief W. R. McDowell said, “Last
night we thought we spotted It.
We called in a sheriff’s car and
another police car, and sighted
Thompson in the east part of town
again.
“A scout car pulled alongside
and sounded the siren. Thompson
fired. He aimed at the radiator,
apparently trying to puncture it,
but missed,
"Then he jammed down on the |
gas.”
Windshield Saves Lives
For-fifteen miles the chase con-
tinned. Then the police succeeded
in shooting the tires off Thomp-
son's car. Thompson, facing exe-
cution if captured, jumped out
and started shooting. Two deputy
sheriffs were saved from death
only by jumping behind their bul-
let-proof windshield.
"The car with Bill Adams, the
sheriff and two of his deputies
sped on past to get Thompson |
from the other side," Chief of De-
tectives Clark Cain said. -
"The rest of us started shoot-
ing from our side.
“Thompson emptied an auto-
malic shotgun at us, but no one
was hit. Then he emptied his au-
tomatic pistal. He had another
shotgun and a high-powered rifle,
but before he could use them he
was dead.”
The officers who participated in
the battle were Officer Adams,
Detective Cain, Chief McDowell,
deputy Sheriffs Roy Brewer, Ivy
Wilkins and Gibb Landis, and Pa-
trolmen Sid Harper, Bandy Lee,
Marshall Turner and Buster Mo
Gough.
Hamilton Shows
Clean Pair of Heels
By United Press.
DALLAS, Dec. 7. — Raymond
Hamilton, who cheated the elec-
tric chair when he escaped from
the Texas death house last July,
showed a clean pair of heels to
Dallas County officers today.
Apparently unawed by the
shadow of the chair, the 22-year-
old outlaw struck in his home
precinct yesterday, calmly rob-
bing an oil company warehouse
office of $182 and as calmly re-
turned to the security of an un-
known hiding place.
The sheriff’s office said to-
day that no clues to his trail had
been reported since the escape
car was found in West Dallas last
night.
Hamilton, designated the
Southwest’s No. I public enemy
and wanted by federal as well as
state officers, walked into the
warehouse office of the Conti-
nental Oil Company in West Dal-
las late yesterday.
.Unlimbering a sawed-off shot-
gun he had concealed under his
cost, the blond bandit forced H.
P. Forrest, cashier, to give up
$13 in silver and $169 in cur-
rency, Herding Forrest, H. R.
Bates, warehouseman, and M. A.
Cummings, truck driver, outside,
Hamilton and a companion jump-
ed into their waiting automobile
and drove away.
Mr. Forrest, a resident of West
Dallas, Hamilton's home com-
munity, recognized and identified
the outlaw. The recognition, ap-
parently, was mutual, for Hamil-
ton kept “grinning” at him, Mr.
Forrest said.
Mr. Forrest's Identification of
Hamilton brought a threat—pos- 1
sibly from the outlaw himself. |
A man's voice over the tele-
phone told Mr. Forrest:
“I don’t appreciate your tell-
ing the newspapers that was
Raymond Hamilton. I’m going
to get you, too. I’ll be seeing
you!”
SCOTT IS APPOINTED
By United Press.
AUSTIN, Dec. 7.—Alfred N.
Scott of Lubbock today was
named by Attorney General-elect
William McCraw to be assistant
attorney general in charge of
DE GLANCES-By George Clar
01924 BNSERVCEINC. T. M. Red. U. S. PA. OF
“There must be-something wrong with me.. I have to
feel sorry for a guy before I can fall in love with him.”
THRONGS FLOCK 3 HELD HERE IN
TO BUS HEARING DALLAS HOLDUP
Texas Motor Coaches Open
Fight for Added Dallas
Pike Service
Police Seize 2 Men, Woman
After $480 Robbery
Of Pharmacy
Witnesses jammed the Texas
Railroad Commission hearing
room at the Texas Hotel
morning as the Texas Motor
Coaches opened its right for added
bus service between Fort Worth
and Dallas,
So large was the early throng
of witnesses that Railroad Com-
missioner C. V. Terrell ordered I
the hearing moved from smaller
Police here early today seized
two men and a woman in a $480
this robbery of a pharmacy at Dallas
at t; p. nt, yesterday.
I The woman, her cheek stinging
from a slap her companion had
administered, furnished the tip.
She later served as a decoy when
officers made the second arrest.
Officers made the first arrest
quarters at the Blackstone Hotel
t.o the larger Cactus Room.at The
Texas.
at 3 a. m. after the woman had
summoned them to the Madoc
Hotel, 1313 Main St.
Commissioner Terrell was ac-
companied here by Tilden Childs,
assistant director of the commis-
sion's motor bus division.
Attorneys for the Texas Motor
Coaches, J. C. Duvall and R. K..
Hanger, said they expected more
than 100 witnesses from Handley,
Arlington and Grand Prairie to
| Police Lieut. A. H. Mackey and
Officers, S.. P. Jones, E. F. John-
son and C. C. Dews closed in on a
man, 33, in his hotel room. The
officers found $83 in. a' dresser
drawer and three $20 bills in the
appear. They planned to present
petitions requesting the added
service, hearing signatures of Tar-
rant and Dallas County commis-
sioners, Fort Worth Rotary Ex-
change and Lions Club, Dallas
Chamber of Commerce officials,
Fort Worth School Board, mayors
of Arlington and Grand Prairie
and other organizations and indi-
viduals..
The Bowen Motor Lines were to
present witnesses from Riverside,
Birdville, Grapevine, Hurst and
Irving who are prepared to pro-
test the new service as a threat to
operation of the Bowen north-of-
the river line.
suspect’s billfold. An envelope left
at the hotel desk contained $210
more.,€
They found no gun.
OF RELIEF DUE
TO BE ALTERED
Board of Control Chairman
May Take Over Job Of
• State Administration
By ROSCOE FLEMING
There will be a change in the
- form and manner of adminstering
1 teller, both in Texas and Tarrant
County.
-l will probably come in Janu-
I ary, after the new state adminis- -
tration is installed.
Reports from Austin say that
Claude Teer, present chairman of
the Board of Control, may step
down from that position in Janu-
ary to devote his entire time to
directing relief, possibly as state
director succeeding Adam John-
son,
It is also understood that at
that time the relief setup in Tar-
rant County will undergo a thoro
inspection, with the chief question
in the minds of state officials be-
ing whether relief shall continue
to be knit into the city govern-
ment as closely as now, or wheth-
er it shall be divorced.
, Div orcement is Asked
A demand on the part of relief
critics that the city divorce itself
from the relief administration,
some weeks ago, was futile,
■ However, it is understood that
representations have been made
to state relief heads that such di-
vorcement would be wise, and it
will be uppermost in their minds
when the Tarrant County visit is
made.
Dr. A. H. Flickwir, city health
officer and head of the Welfare
| Department, has been head of
Tarrant County relief since state-
| federal relief began. The city con-
tributes the services of his assist-
ant, of the city’s case supervisor
and of 13 case workers, and of
other personnel;
Appointment of a successor to
Marvin C. Nichols, member of the
FRIDAY.
Man, 88,, Who Saw Jackson U.8.M NORS SEABURY
Killed in War, Dies Here ABERDEEN, Seouand, Dec. 7.
___—"............. Seabury Committee of the Epis-
Villiam Barr Was Former . copal Church in America haa
City Alderman, County
Commissioner
A Confederate veteran who saw
his chief and idol, Gen. Stonewall
Jackson die and who witnessed the
collapse of the Southern States as
he looked on at the surrender of
Gen. Robert E. Lee at Appomatox,
died In Fort Worth today. '
He was William Barr, former
city alderman and former county
commissioner. He died at 8 a. m.
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Morgan Seyster at 2844 Lipscomb |
St., the third follower of the Lost |
Cause to answer taps in, this city
since Saturday.
Bill Barr, a 16-year-old Virginia
boy, enlisted in Company A, the
Virginia Stonewall brigade under
General Jackson. They soon be-
cabled from Woodbury, Conn., its
approval for the plans to improve
the memorial to the first Amer-
| lean Episcopal Bishop, . Samuel
| Seabury, in St. Andrew’s Cathe-
| dral. ’
The Very Rev. Provost Kinnell
of St. Andrew’s said the work,
for which” an initial $10,000 has
been authorised by the commit-
tee, wilj begin early next year.
Ninian Comper, well known
Aberdeen architect, will super-
। vise the building of extensions
at the rear of the Cathedral,
I whicgh are part of the Seabury I
j Memorial scheme,
1896
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CHRISTMAS
GLASSES
Give LORD’S glasses,
a Christm as gift,
treasured the year
round.
Pay Weekly or Monthly
Ane79r
AM PTOMETRISTS
OPTICIANS
704 Main St.
EST 1896
Phone 2-1074
came fast friends. Young Barr had
worked up to first lieutenant.
At Gettysburg his knee cap Was
shot off. He tried to hobble from
the field, but was not fast enough.
He was overtaken by the Federals
William Barr
ary commander for life. He was
and sent to prison at West Point: 88 years old and the oldest char-
j ter member of the camp.
Gause-Ware Funeral Home will
from Sept. 26, 1864, to March 20.
1865. He was released when the
opposing armies exchanged pris-
oners.
He immediately rejoined the
Stonewall Brigade,
Shortly after the close of the
war he married Sarah Frances;
Wise on March 3, 1866. He came
to Fort Worth in a covered wagon.
Mr. Barr built the bridge over
Sycamore Creek for the T.-P. first
train to come into'the city out of
native timber from the creek bot-
toms.
, announce the time of funeral
which probably will be held Mon-
day.
He is survived by two other
daughters, Mrs. M. E. Hardin and
Mrs. B. K. Evans, of Fort Worth;
two sons, H., B. Barr ot Fort
Worth, and R. O.. Barr, El Paso,
19 grandchildren and 27 great-
grandchildren.
His family lived in a log cabin
just south of the bridge for many 1
years.
Lieutenant Barr was command-
er of the Robert E. Lee Camp for |
eight years and was made honor- |
county relief board who resigned | 1
on Dec. 1, probably will await the 7
state inspection trip. At that time 0
also, the county board as at pree- 1
ent constituted may be entirely re- 7
cast. 1
Board Has New Rights X
The new law giving the Board i
of Control jurisdiction over relief V
gives it the right to name county X
boards and county administrators. | 1
So far as Tarrant County is con- %
cerned, the board has yet done A
nothing. i
J. C. Steele, president of the -
Citizens’ Constructive Association, | £
said today The Press was in error 3
in describing two cases of which | -
the association complains, in the I
| special relief series concluded yes- | =
terday.-
Mr. Steele said the case, describ- 1
At 8 a. m. Lieutenant Mackey
and Officer Jones accompanied by
Dallas Detectives C. O. Buchanan
and J. 1. Daniel, arrested the sec-
| ond man at the Postoffice Build-
| ing as he kept a rendezvous with •
| ed as that of a mother and three
' children, shown to have drawn
$47.71 in relief aid in July and
$35.97 in August, was that of a |
“Essas
FOKKER IS HELD
ATHENS, Dec. 7.—Anthony H
O. Fokker, world famous airplane
designer, was forbidden to leave
the country today after discovery
of photographs which he was al-
leged to have taken of an arsenal
and other fortified places, it was
announced. . , '
THE FRIENDLY
the woman. The man, 30, had $1
and a few cents in his pocket.
After seizing the two men, of-
ficers then arrested the woman
for investigation in the robbery.
A lone gunman staged the Dal-
las holdup. When a victim, Milton
Nelson, grabbed, the man by the
arm, the gunman pressed his
weapon against the other’s abdo-
men and pressed the trigger. The
gun snapped.
Searchers shortly afterward
found an empty pistol in a nearby
alley.
Carl Calloway, Dallas, and A.
W. Dawson, Fort Worth, are at-
torneys for the Bowen lines.
Southwestern Greyhound Lines
also are protesting through their VAIN AU
representatives, Lloyd E. Price YOUTH RECOVERING
and Tom Christopher.
REBEKAHS ELECT 7
At the annual election of offi-
cers of the South Side Rebekah
Lodge No. 4% last night, the fol-
lowing were chosen: *
Mrs. Illa Bacon, noble grand;
Mrs. Margaret Beverly, vice noble
grand; Mrs. Gracp Phenix, secre-
tary; Mrs. Hazel Davis, treasurer;
Mrs. Avis Beaumont, representa-
tive; Mrs. Antia Butler, alternate;
' Mrs. Betty Clark, deputy.
FROM AUTO MISHAP
mother and two children, with 7
only three in the family, j 1
A family of four persons was I
described as receiving $56 aid 1
during three weeks in September, J
The aid was given during only two I
weeks, Mr. Steele said. This fam- | 2
By got #99 aid during July, he | ,
added. He said that R. E. Ozment, A
described in the article as a for- *
mer leader in the organization,,
was never a member. A
His broken right arm is coming 3
along nicely and his head injury ,
has apparently healed, his moth- J
er, Mrs. W. G. Bridgewater, said. 2
When he first was taken to the | 1
hospital unconscious, after his ‘
car careened in the 2400 block J
Vickery Boulevard and struck a h
| tree, physicians had little hope 1 J
for his recovery. . IA
Gilbert Bridgewater is
Home From Hospital
! they carried him home.
Gilbert Bridgewater, 22, criti-j -_____________________
cally injured in an automobile ac-
cident Nov. 24 in which his girl
companion, Marian Bateman, 19
was killed, had won his battle
against death today:
He was recovering at his home,
1103. Eighth Avenue, after his
removal from Methodist Hospital.
Taken He did not learn of Marian's'
death until his father told him as -
BAPTISTS WILL GIVE
PLAY HERE TONIGHT
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“A Stitch in Time" Will Close
School of Missions
Want a Wild Animal For
Christmas? They’re Cheap
You Can Buy a Real Live Wooly Bear For Almost Price
Of Teddy Bear, Says Zookeeper; Bottom
Drops Out of Market
Do the kiddies want wild ani- and
mals for Christmas?
You can buy a real live woolly
bear for almost the price of a
, high priced teddy bent. And lions -
are also modestly priced, says Zoo-
keeper Hamilton Hittson.
Just what Junior would do with
a $60 Canadian brown bear in his
playroom—and what the hungry
| bear would do to Junior is an-
other matter. But that's your
| problem, not the zookeeper’s.
Anyhow. It seems that the whole
financial bottom has dropped out
of the wild-animal cage this sea-
utility cases. Mr. Scott, a war '
time buddy of Mr. McCraw, is a
graduate of the University of!
Texas. His parents reside at
Cisco. For a time he practiced law Tao
in Fort Worth, going to Lubbock ′ Good Lion Row ARo
in 1927 1004 Lon For 000
| A good lion, one that even Tar- |
zan would hate to meet on a dark |
night, can be bought for $350.
Or take home a Rhesus monkey;
full grown, at $9.98.
If the hunting trip flops, buy a
live deer for 50 bucks, and “the
boys" will call’you “Erank Buck."
The wife can have a peafowl tor
$50, or a set of ostrich plumes (on
the ostrich) at $75, according to
Mr. Hittson’s price lists from ani-
mal dealers.
Other animals, in the higher
brackets, are also "dirt cheap,
comparatively speaking:
Siberian tigers, $2300 to $3500 I
each; Bengal tigers, $4000 a pair; ,
hippos, $2500 each; kangaroos,
$350 each.
African elephants cost $5300,
son. Animals cost just about half
what they did two or three years
The Tarrant County Baptist |
Association will close its school |
of missions with a play, “A
Stitch in Time," at 8 p. m. today
at the Broadway Baptist Church.
The school started Sunday and
has been held nightly.
Principal characters will be
Mrs. Baker Cauthen, wife of the
Polytechnic Baptist Church pas. I
tor; Rev. L. Matthew Lynn, pas-
tor of the First Presbyterian!
Church of Coleman; Dewitt Mat-
thews, Baptist Seminary student.
Children from the Gambrell
Street Baptist Church will play
the part of Chinese children.
Miss Floy Barnard, of the reli- |
gious dramatics department of!
= .--•-, the Baptist Seminary. Is directing
cabldiby as well as your privates the play, ------■ ........
zoo;
Indfan elephants $2000.
Rhinos, highest priced of all ani-
mals; cost $7800. ,
These would Improve your vo-
Zezu $1500; yak $1600; gnu I
$2000. They, come In pairs, for
even a yak must get lonesome at !
times.
And giraffes, at $9,000 a pair,
aren’t guaranteed against sore
throat this winter, Mr. Hittson is
LOPP & STEGALL
Continuing Law Practice
At
907 1st Natl. Bank Bldg.
sure.
“Say, mother, this new syrup
is the best yet!”
PYTHI ANS NAME OFFICERS
New officers elected last night
by Red Cross Lodge, Knights of
Pythias, will take office Jan. 1,
- G. A. Tomlinson, newly elected,
keeper of records and seal, said
today.
The new officers are T. G.
Helms, chancellor commander;
Isaac Van Zandt, vice chancellor
commander; C. E. Rutledge, prel-
ate; R. E. Perry, master of work;
S. F. Houtchens, master of arms;
C. A. Rutledge, inner guard; L. A.
Burns Jr., outer guard; Mr. Tom-
linson, keeper of records and seal;
T. B. Glenk, master of finance;
L. 1. Long, master of exchequer,
and T. A. Harrison, representative.
Domin’
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a new kind
TRY Domino and see how its rare
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waffles, hot biscuits and bread. At
your grocer’s — the big 18-oz. can is
a real bargain. Buy some today.
“Sweeten it with Domino”
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CHRISTMAS STORE •
ar and Warmth in Lansdown
SALE!
Men’s Sheepskie
Lined COATS
348 498
4.98 Val. 5.98 Val.
Black leatherette with
large wambo collar.
Sweater cuffs in,
sleeves. 36 to 48.
Men’s Corduroy Trousers Special
The popular slack, model with , A o
buckles al side, navy, brown, 998
black, tan, 29 to 42. Bargains at A
Men's Corduroy Jackets
Cossack model with -elastic at
bottom for snug fit. Brown, navy,
burgundy, and tan. 36 to 46.
in cossack style. Grand to give
Special
350
Men's Navy Blue Wool Jackets
100% wool Melton Cloth jackets 400
in cossack style. Grand to give 298
the outdoor man. Sizes 38 to 46. •
Men's D. & J. Riding Trousers
Recognized for fit and tailoring,
these brown, grey, oxford, navy 950
or tan whipcords and gaberdines J90
make good gifts. Sizes 28 to 40.
MONNIG’S STREET FLOOR
Packed in a GIFT BOX!
Mallory Pork-Pie’
$5
You’ve seen it in ''Esquire," and other men's
journals. The "Pork Pie," has a high telescope
crown with welt edge, turned under brim.
MONNIG’S STREET FLOOR
TOPCOATS
$25
Double breasted mod-
els with full belts.
Double breasted mod-
els with half belts.
Single breasted mod-
els with half belts.
Lansdown fabric gives
its soft velvet finish by
blending fine California
sheep-weol with equal
parts, of Texas Mohair.
You can imagine what
wonderful protection
these topcoats offer.
MONNIG’S, STREET
FLOOR
The
Man's Gift
SLIPPERS
Give him this: snug slipper in black
or tan with hand-turned leather soles.
Full leather lined. In sizes 6 to 12.
MONNIG’S STREET FLOOR
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