The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 28, Ed. 1, Friday, December 14, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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,,s EX-G0V. DISMISSED.
j Austin, Texas, Doc 'i.-frpon wo-
' Win of District, Attorney it- E. Sftcl-
) ton, filed today, rthc indictment charg-
i Ing former Governor James B. .For-
' Kueon With embczzlenlvcKt,-of $5,(300
of the Canyon City Norma.1 funds
was dismissed "by Judge James It.
Hamilton of tho Criminal District
Court of Travis County. In grant-
ing the mptioh to dismiss the indict-
ment Judge Hnmilton said:
"Thoro is a variance between tho
allegations in the indictment as tho
drawn, and the facts stated by tho
District Attorney, and for this rea-
son the case is dismissed."
In his motion for dismissal, Dis-
trict Attorney Shelton stated that
a verdict could not stand. Under
evidence to prove the venue in Travis
County, Texas, because the State is
unable to show that the money al-
leged to have been embeziled by tho
defendant was taken or received in
Travis county, or was ever trans-
ported into or through Travis county
and "none of the circumstances ex-
ist, which, under Art. 261, Vernon
Saytes Criminal Statutes, 1916, or
any other exceptions to venue in any
other criminal statutes within this
State exist, which would in any even
confer jurisdiction upon this court,
and the District Attorney represents
to the court that each and all Of the
acts necessary to commit this ctTcnse
were wholly committed iri Bell coun
ty, Texas, and the "state has occn
wholly unable to prove any necessary
acts to have been committed within
this county,
0 Venue in Bell County.
The District Attorney stated that
if any offense has been committed by
Fergusor it was in the opinion of the
District Attorney committed in Bell
county, and "the District Attorrtoy
do8 not know of any testimony that
could possibly be procured from any
source that would show such facts
as would give the District Court of
Travis county jurisdiction to try said
case, nor of "any fact that would
show that, the identical monoy claimed
to have been embezzled by tho said
Jaraes E. Ferguson Was ever at any
time in Travis countv. A (Treat deal
"' of the money deposited to the ncfloVmtf
of the said James E. Ferguson" in
Rockdale, Texas, Dec. 11. With1 s.antV rai" No; 1(5. out of Gal-
nine boxes out of forty-four missing, , ??&?&
the prohibitionists have h majority at milopost 1G0, near Caldwell, ovcr-
of 090 in todny's local option clec- turning five coaches and injuring
lion. Chairman Gardner of the an- eIiB,lt.of tho passengers. Tho acci-
Us concedes that the pros have .won,110"1 PPencd Monday, at 1:40 n. m.
by at least COO majority. In the last seS ,tf JJE J
two elections Milam county went wet. brought immediately to a Temple 1
rvnue intense interest was mum- ourjjitui msi'tuuon, ana were gett-
fc3ted in today's election, no ill feel- JJ?S nlonB vwy well Tuesday night,
ing was in evidence anywhere. tLSff
" . , ... , . 7 I complete list of injured was as fol-
snmc to bo permitted to stand under lows:
the law and ho therefore respectful- j t r ttoit r ,
ly requests that said cause be ts-' ab?t heath Camcron' mJured
mS.Cd""i . , . i S,nm Chancy. Buckholts, face cut
The District Attorney further and bruised,
stated that "when the account of For- Selma Schrenlpn, Brenham, hand
guson as Governer was charged with slightly bruised
the sum of $5,600 by the Temple J Mrs. W. II. Madcley, Rogers, ear
State Bank, which amount was a per-' slightly bruised,
sonal obligation of the Governor, and I Baby of Mrs. J. V. Hoffman Tem-
undcr no circumstances should have pie, slightly bruised. '
been charged to hta account as Gov-1, Lillio E. Jullmen, Laredo, head and
vinui, tuvic wua uu uvpuait in mu nanu cruised. s
Temple State Bank and in American
National Bank of Austin funds com-
ing from all sources, and it would be
utterly impossible for the State to
show from which of theso' funds the
said sum of $5,600 was taken."
Judge Hamilton, in his order dis
missing the indictments, said
Mrs. A. Yarbroutrh. Cameron.. W
cut and bruised.
G. H. Stanton, Waco, bruised on
arm and leg.
W. W. Johnson was the conductor
and Messrs. Beard and Barrv tho
engineers, the train beiner jmllod hv
(two cngin.es. Both engines and two
No Christmas excursion rates will
bo given by the railroads this year,
according to an announcment made
this week by Mr. Davidson, agent
for tho M., K. & T. railroad in Bart-
lctt. This ruling was decided upon
by the general passenger agents of
all Texas railroads who had a meet-
ing in Dallas last Thursday.
By not giving holiday rales, it is
pointed out, traffic will be curtailed,
and the lines will be able to givo the
government better service in moving
troops and supplies. In view of the
fact that no publicity is given to the
large number of troop movements on
the various railroads it is not gener-
ally known that these movomonts are
going on. Mr. Davidson stated that
if the usual Christmas crowds use
trio railroads, the passenger traffic
would become so denso that tho al-
ready overcrowded trains would be
seriously handicapped in making any
kind of a schedule.
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Temple Women Injured.
vthe Temple State Bank, of Temple,
'Bell county, never passed through the
.banks in Austin, Texas, wherefore
the District Attorney is of tho opin-
ion that it would bd impossible for
the' State is wholly without sufficient
if a conviction Were obtained for the
"There is a variance between tho baBgago coaches passed over the rail,
allegations in the indictment and the I0," roKO mi cen Pieces dnder
facts as stated by the District Attor- tn0 train nnd two bnSSago cars, two
ney. Money is property, but prop- Passenger coaches and a deadhead
erty is not necessarily money. The s e,epcr iolloVinS ,wcnt ovcr on thoir
proof must correspond with the alii-, sides- Temple Telegram.
gations in the indictment and be con-
fined to the point in issue, otherwise 1
verdict could not sttand. Under
Methodist Bazaar a Success.
I The bazaar held by the ladies of
the statement of facts as set out by
the Iiiatrir.t. Attornnv in his motion
to dismiss tho case, tho court is, not lnc aieinouist cnurch last Saturday,
in apposition to say that Travis c'oun- a.fc. tn Hardin Hardware Co.' estab-
ty would not have jurisdiction for hshment, was one of the greatest
embezzlement, if all the facts are successes of tho nature ever held in
such that an indictment could prop- Bartlett There was a splendid se-
erly be drawn . There is, however, lection of merchandise, and the pur-
A fatal variance between the allepar chasers were very liberal, tho total
tlons in the indictment as drawn and sales amounting to over ?2Q0, during
the facts stated by the District At-, the day. Mr. Hardin, the genial
torney, and for this reason the case- proprietor, had on exhibition, one of
is dismissed." j his firclcss cookers, and, with Mrs.
All except one of the nine indict-1 ! F, Cates, who is an expert as em-
ments originally returned against onstrator, the ladies in charge of tho
Governor Ferguson have now been ( bazaar, were served with a sumptu-
dismissed, The one remaining iri- ous dinner, all of which was prepared
dictment charges him with diverting on the "firelcss", and brought forth
a special fund, the fund for payment much praise, each lady vowing that
of certain expenses of the Govern- her husband should buy a tireless
or's mansion. I Cooker, instanter.
Temple, Texas, Dec. 10. Miss
Birdie Lee Heard is suffering from a
broken rib and painful bruises and
her sister, MSsb Lorine Heard, from
a severe shaking up as a result of an
automobile hitting and completely de-
molishing the buggy in which tho
young ladies were riding from the
local high school Friday afternoon.
The automobile was driven by parties
from Corpus Christi, who took the
injured girls to the home of their
father, C. W. Heard, south of Tem-
ple, after the accident, which was
vaji caused by the car's attempt to
pass the other vehicle in the road,
the' soft dirt at the side of the high-
way cahsing tho driver to lose con-
trol of the machine.
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Residence Burned Near Prairie Dell.
Rogers, Texas, Dec. 11. The Mod-
el Dry Goods company's store here,
owned by O. J. Copeland, was bur-
glarized some time last night, Tho
loss was the greatest of any bur-
glary over committed in Rogers, be-
ing estimated at $500 by Mr. Cope-
land. Among other goods stolen
were eight ladies' coat suits worth
?25 each, a number of High priced
suit cases, ladies' shoes, silk shirts
and silk hosiery. Officers are of the
opinion that the crime was committ-
ed by transient parties, perhaps
Mexicans. Circulars describing the
stolen' property have been maild all
officers in nearby counties in hopes
of apprehending the guilty parties.
On being notified of the burclarv.
County Attorney H. P. Robertson,
Jr., and Deputy Sheriff W. J. Kenne-
dy, of Belton, went to Rogers and
mado complete investigation. They
Were convinced that tho work had
been done by professionals, who had
most likely gotten out of the country
immediately after the burglary was
committed. No clue was found lead
ing to an immediate arrest, but the
officers hope to keep on the trail until
the guilty parties are found.
Unofficial returns from the elec-
tion held in Bell county, Monday",
givo the small margin of 54 votl.
in favor of tho bond issue fpr good
roads. Tho following is the .vqte by
boxes as received: ,
Rnltnn Aot iffeii
For Agaui&fc
xcmpic OK(j
Rotrers . ifift
Killcen . . .... 57
Holland 142
Troy .. 184
OenaviHe 51
Little River HB
Salado . . ..'.. 70
R rtl it
Heidcnhcimer
Sparks
Summers Mill
Bclfalls.
Howard .
Pendleton . .
Stempede
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Mrs. W. P. Holland Dead.
Tuesday night, the residence of
Mrs. Ci B. Richards, near Prairie
Dell, which was occupied by her son.
Carl Richards, was destroyed by fire,
together with all household eltccts,
including several sacks of flour, sev-
eral pounds of lard and a quantity
of oprk. Mr. Richards and family
wero not at home, and were prepar-
ing to move to another place at
Goodevillc. Mr. L. A. BowCn, of this
city, was to occupy the house. The
loss is about $2,000, with small in-
surance. .
Mr. Jas. C. Laughlin, of this city,
is in receipt of a letter from Mr. W.
P. Holland, who resides at Dexter,
N. M., stating that Mrs. Holland had
died, also the wife of his son, Carroll,
leaving a three-month-old infant.
Mrs. Holland and her daughter-in-law
died at Hot Springs, N. M., the
former of stomach trouble, and the
latter from locked bowels.
This will be Sad news to the viany
friends of the family, who once re-
sided here. The Tribune extend sym-
pathy to the bereaved husbands and
children.
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Holland Couple Weds.
Nolanvillo
Burgess ...
Prairie Dell
Vilas
Science Hill
Sparta . ..
Brookhaven
Cyclone . .
Moffat .. ..
Bland .
Maxadlc
Okay . !
Midway .
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Wilkerson Valley 11 -,
Unofficial returns from '
eight small mail .,
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Farm Sells For $25,000 Cash.
Mr. Bert Ezell and Miss Lillian
Phillips, two of this city's mpst pop-
ular young people, motored to Tem-
plo a few evenings ago, where they
wero very quietly but happily mar-
ried. Mr. and Mrs. Ezell are now at
home in this city. Holland News.
Blessed is the peace maker, Christ-
mas goods at Ed. Heinsohn's store.
Jno. H. Griffith, receiver, has sold
the well-known Joe. Cuba farm, some
five miles south of Taylor, 'to F. Cu-
rik, of Richland, Navarro county.
Mr. Curik paid $125,000 cash fr
tho 200-acre tract, or $125,00 an acre.
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Residence Burned Last Night.
Last night, about -ten o'clock,
the residence occupied by Mr. 3.SL.
Jones, on the Geo. Morrison farm,
south of town, was destroyed by fire.
No contents were saved. The family
had a narrow escape. It was quit?
a financial loss to Mr Jones,
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Red Velva Syrup, , gallon, 40c; 1 gallon , 75c
American Beauty Flour, 48 pound sack . . -X -. $3.00
Sylvan Flour, 48 pound sack .- ' r. . , .$2.85
California Evaporated Apples p'er pound ; 1 2c
Cream Meal, 50c, 90c and .' ;;.. .$1.80
Crisco, 75c and ... '. .'.-. . .! .'.-. . .$1.50
Fancy Lima Beans, per pound .c,V .J5c
California Black Eye Peas, per pound r 1 2 c
A. & H. Soda, 10c package; 3 for .... :.' . 25c
New Crop Prunes,, 12c per pound; 10 pound box $1.10
1 1 pounds White Granulated Sugar. . . .' $1.00
Best Grade Kraut, No. 3 can
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Little Kernal Corn, No. 2 can , , .-. - 15c
Rich Bran, per sack '. X , f .$2.25
Prince Albert Tobacco, 1 3-4 ounce tins ...:,.'.,...., 1 0c
All Canned Goods at reasonable prices.
Our line of Coffee is unexcelled. Electric Mill in our Coffee Department.
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Nearly all of our stock of Dry Goods is now on sale at a discount that will mean a saving to you.
We urge you to stocbup now;4 reductions are good until Dec. 24 6 p. m.
We will 'pay highest prices f or 'yoik Turkeys arid Eggs
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Cates, R. F. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 28, Ed. 1, Friday, December 14, 1917, newspaper, December 14, 1917; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth49054/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett.