Sweetwater Daily Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 892, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 28, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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SWEETWATER, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1917.
NUMBER 892.
GOES TO 1 JURY
A message to the Reporter from
the i-Jjieriff at Anson at two o’cloek
this afternoon, stated that the evi
denee in the Bishop ease closed
this morning and the attorneys are
to complete their arguments by 4
o’clock this afternoon.
T
Anson, June 27.—Shortly after
District Judge! Thomas recessed
court in the trial of the Bishop
murder case Tuesday afternoon he
recalled his announcement that
there would he a night session.
At the afternoon session Tues-
day the state placed on the wit-
ness stand 23 witnesses, endeav-
oring to mould with the testimony
of each a link of evidence with
■which it is attempting to weld a
chain that will bind the responsi-
bility of the death of J. C. Evins
upon W. T. Bishop so conclusively
that no one will doubt his guilt
when the ease is closed.
When court met after the noon
hour the first witness called was
Bob Johnson
Witness testified that he was
formerly sheriff of Fisher county.
Johnson went to the scene when
he heard of the finding of a body.
Knew Evins well. Went to the gyp
sink where the body was found.
Baid sink was surrounded by trees
and high weeds. Body had been
taken out of hole when he arrived.
Hole was about as large as a
wash pot. Body was covered with
mud and lie could not identify it
until he took a stick and scraped
the mud off one eye. lie found the
eye had a cancer on it and immed
lately identified the body as that
of Evins. He was the first man to
identify the body,
trailed buggy
The exemption board for Nolan
county has been announced as fol-
lows :
Judge ('. I\ Woodruff, T. 0.
Cowan and Dr. If. C. Scott of this
city.
These are splendid men and well
qualified for the nesponsihile posi-
tion to which they hate been ap-
pointed.
No instructions have boon re-
ceived by tin* committee as to
when they will be called on to be
gin their duties nor exactly what
those duties will be.
)y Associated Press:
Savannah, June 28.-
-Under the
By Associated Press:
Canadian Army Headquarters,
provision of the Espionage Aot, in France, June 28.—Under the
the local postoffice held up the de protecting concentration of the ar
liveries of Thos. E. Watson’s week tillery fire the Canadian troops
ly newspapers which has been at (early today stormed and captured
tacking the army draft, pending a the German front line before
decision of postoffice department. J Avion.
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GIRL LOSES
A French Port, June 27.—The
First detachment of American
troops has landed on hretieh soil.
The troops are Pershing’s regu-
lars.
The voyage from an American
port was made safely without un-
toward incident.
The work of disembarking the
American soldiers is proceeding
rapidly today.
The townspeople gave them a
frenzied welcome.
The troops marched from the
until piers amidst a great demonstra-
tion. to their temporary camp,
Four Classes are Exempted
Washington, June 27.—Four
classes of men are named as ex-
empt from military service in the
draft regulations to which Presi-
dent Wilson gave final aproval to-
day. There classes are:
Men physically unfit.
Men employed in essential posi-
tions in war industries.
Those of certain religious be-
liefs.
Men with wives or other rela-
tives wholly dependent on them
for support.
The regulations cover fifty print
ed pages. They will he made pub-
lic at a date to be fixed later .
The rules provide that local ex-
Little Miss Valree Hampton, prit to have reached the bed where
age 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. the girls were sleeping must
W. A. Hampton, who live on the either have entered the front door
west side, was the victim of aland passed from the hall through
quite unusual and dastardly out a bed room where others of the
,ge last night. Her room was en family were sleeping, or entered
tered where she and an older sis
ter were sleeping, and part of her
beautiful hair was cut from her
heal Miss Valree was possessed
of a.full suit of long, dark waivy
hair. Part of it hung in bangs over
her forehead. The rest was part-
ed in two parts, each part being
plaited and laid over her head and
secured with hair pins. When she
awoke in the morning the hair
pins were beside her on the bed,
Slie thought nothing especially of
this; and so picked them up and
through a window which was a lit
tie high from the ground. The
screen on this window, as had been
noticed some days bofer by Mrs.
Hampton, was torn loose from one
corner about half way and diagon-
ally across. This window could
have been entered by a little help
from the outside.
None of the family were disturb
ed during the night by any noise
and no hint of any thing out of
the ordinary until the little girl
gave the alarm when she awoke in
sou
mnptioti boards, already named,
Witness'John Ihave power to exempt the physical
tracks frolh I ly unfit and members of certain re
where Evb's and Bi.-hop hrd 'pt'' ’',‘7’' , . . . ,.
ed to the lake. Said buggy hud I The appelate hoard m cad, ,l,s-
been backed up to lake and some-J™* w,ll have power to excuse men
thing had been drug into lake auditor occupational reasons and will
out of it. Saw barefoot tracks hear the pleas of those with depend
leading into water. Looked like it '“nts.
was the body of a man that made
the mark into the lake. The water
in lake was very shallow, testified
the witness, and mud was very
deep. Saw something out in the
lake 15 or more steps, waded into
lake and found three buckets had
been buried on top of t lie other—
a Cottolene bucket a molasses buck
r>t and 10 pound lard bucket. These
buckets were all full of bloody dirt [ (<,,] j Strickland, general
and grass and scraps ol papci. uiaimjrer of the Texas Bower and
Witness examined ground whereiCompany, and statician J.
Bishop and Evins had camped and p Thompson were here yesterday
found where dirt and grass had {looking after the interest of the
been dug up, apparently with West Texas Electric Company here
hands. I which is a branch of the Texas
Dr. J, D, Davis I Fewer and Light Company.
Witness went to where body of j gentlemen, were highly
Evins was discovered. Body ha<l|plensod with Sweetwater and the
been taken from the hole when jspli-mlid business this company is
arrived. Body nude and a double jt]0jnpf here. They predict a great
rope around meek. Saw the rope future for this city.
cut off. Dr. Davis testified that _!-
the gyp sink was about 50 steps
from the road and fence. That the
weeds were thick and high be-
tween the fence and sink; that be
examined the ground and found a
plain of something having been
drug through the weeds from the
fence to the hole in the sink. Saw
some spots of blood along the trail
Dr. Davis examined the wounds on
the head, either one in his judg-
ment would have proved fatal. One
of the wounds appeared to have
been inflicted with the sharp end
of nn nxc. There was a wound 0
raised her hands to gather up her,the morning. The purpose of the
hair and adjust it again when she deed is a mystery to the family,
found to her horror the plait on suspicion rests on any one who
the right side missing. It had been might have perpetrated a piece of
cut off at about the point where I spite work
the plaiting begin*. She sprang
President, J. McAlister Stephen-
son, .Jr., of the Red Cross Society
states that all the lists of funds
collected last week by the local
solicitors are not in, and he is un-
able to finish up his wor
he receives them.
He again asks the Reporter to 'which had been selected some time
call for them. j previously.
The following list has been hand The harbor was a scene of fev-
ed in since yesterday. ■ erish activity as the troops were
Name Amount i discharged from their ships and
0. R Jackson..............$1.001 the unloading of the vast amount
Lyman Cox...............1.00 of military paraphernalia began.
E. T. Brady ...............1.001 -
F. Al. Pope ................LOO This is tju? first to be published
Jim Collins..................50'regarding the American troops dig
M. J. Brimian ...............50 patched to Prance, though their
Gerald Fitzgerald ......... 4.00 \ departure was known to pres*
Newt Prince ...............4.00 associations and newspapers.
Vard Hutchinson ...........2.00
S. W. Ice & C. S. Co. with W.
Texas Electric Co.........25.00 J the fact that they are units of the
G. S. Hardy, ..............5.00 regular army.
W. S. Singleton .............25
E. W. Withers ............1.00
J. W. Bady ...............1.00
Ras Mingo ..................50
W. H. Black .......... 1.00
June Puett ................1.00
The number and identity of the
troops can not be revealed beyond
up and ran tp her mother exclaim
Theft of the hair was not
con
mg, “Where is the rest of mv si(!'red probable as the work was
llH'cJ. ’. and lit;iran oryint? The «wl - curclcwtly doin'.
Fighting By Early Fall
Washington, June 27.—Geenral
Pershing’s regulars will probably
get to the westetjs f jont in Europe
and actually begin fighting before
1.00 snow flies. For obvious reasons
75[army officials will not discuss the
U M. MIKE
II. IK*
By Associated Pres*:
Russian, General Staff Head-
quarters, June 28—Elihu Root and
whole military staff of American
commission arrived here last night
or 10 inches on the back, ranging accompanied by Russian Foreign
from above the left hip to the 10
rib on right side. The muscle to
the left back bone was severed.
The wound appeared as if it Had
been made with a pocket knife.
The body was covered with mud.
The eyes, nose, ears, mouth and
hair was full of mud, said witness
hut there was no mud in the wound
on tHo back. In judgment of wit-
ness this wound was made after
the body had been drug to the
sink. Witness testified that the
body could have been more easily
folded up nml made to fit in the
hole after the muscle in the back
had been cut. Witness Davis test
ified that lie tracked the buggy
from Lougsworth to the lnke; that
Minister.
The party conferred with gen-
eral Brussiloff, commander in
chief of the Russian armies, and
decided General Scott’s aides
should begin a ten days tour of
the southern front.
DEATH FROM TYPHUS
ly Associated Press:
Basel, Switzerland, June 28.
Constantinople dispatches announ
ces the death from Typhus of Frau
Von Kuhlmann, wife of
Ambassador to Turkey.
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The building in the Pose Office +
block for use by the local Red *•
Cross chapter is well filled up for *
work by the members, and they *
began in earnest this afternoon. ►
They will meet each afternoon *
and work from 2 to (i o’clock in *
making garments to be used by A
the Red Cross in the war.
Chairman Fortner needs a writ-
ing desk and wonders if some one
will not kindly volunteer to lend1
the chapter one for use in the
building.
Anyone wishing to assist the
good work along by lending this
desk, will please notify Mrs. Fort
ner.
A> noon today the lists turned
in to local headquarters of the
Red Cross Society showed a total
of $908.
It is claimed by President Stev-
enson that the out standing lists
will put the total beyond $1,000.)
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BULLETIN
Special to the Reporter;
Austin, June 28.—The lo-
cating committee of the
West Texas A. & M. College
met at 1:30 this afternoon.
Largo number of towns
have representatives here
and nothing- is known as to
how the committee stands
or how many ballots will be
necessary to determine the
location.
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Cash .. .................
Cash ....................
Miss E. A. Savage..........5.00;exact program to be followed by
Mrs. Bertram ..............1.00 j the American army which has just
Miss Minnie Fowler..........50 landed “somewhere in France,’’
Mrs. O, B. Moreland..........50[but the period of intensive train-
Mr. Todd ..................50 mg for the trained regulars will
01 lit; Myrtle- . .......... 1.00 at Mice.
'Alfred M. Chapman........1.00! Some time ago it was reported
S. IV. Dry Goods Co.......20.00 jin Washington that the Americans
0. 0. O'Rear ..............1.00 j would probably take their place in
Cl,as R. Farris ...........1.00 j thi; fighting front between Brit-
T. Atlee Turner ...........1.00 id, and French trops.
S. N. Leach ...............1.00, This would put them somewhere
T. B. Took ..................50 round St. Quentin, one of the
0. G. Callaway ..............50 base cities in the Douai-Cambrai-
L. I). Fabers .............1.00 St. Quentin-Lafere line—the back-
Ouy E. Morris ............10.00 bone of the German hold on France
Mrs J. Huey ..............1.00 and Belgium. Fram e and England
J. McAlister Stevenson.....20.00,both struck some of their most
Jno. II. Cochran, Jr.........1.00. powerful blows in that section,
J. R. Martin ................25 following up the German “strate-
R. R. Asbury ..............2.00 gio, retreat" in March’ ajid the
T. W. Farris ..... 5.00| allied lines now are within sight
J. P. Cowen .. ..........2.001of St. Quentin.'”'
I). B. Brown . ..........1.00, Pershing’s men have all been
L. L. Butler ...............1.00 trained in trench fighting through
York Skinner ............2.00 j tlxe long months they were in Mex-
W. L. Power ..............1.00 j,>0 ami on the border and trained
Mart Hotel ..............2.00 in the exact methods now in use by
Southern Mercantile Co. ...20,00 the allied soldiers as reported bv
* Walter Boothe . .........5.001 American Army observers and all
* Mint Foy ..................1 00 available data
* U. V Dulaney ..............5.00 Experts here do not believe they
*i\\. R. Hope .. ...........10.00(will need a great deal more of this
* Clara II. Dawson ...... ... TOO sort of preparation for actual fight
I ing, shoulder to shoulder with Am-
ericas allies against Germany.
When they are first sent to the fir-
ing line it. is probable the Ameri-
cans will first be “sprinkled” in
with British or French veterans.
Tin y will probably serve in light-
ing with their brothers of the
trenches for several weeks, and
then the Americans will "go it
alone.”
jy Associated Press:
Petrograd, June 28.—The Ukar
es the inhabitants of an exten-
ve region of Russia embracing eral government to reserve twelve
ly Associated Press:
Houston June 28.—All packing
and Canning concerns of the coun-
try have been ordered by the Fed-
-Confer
(Continued on last Page)
R. L. Farrar of Maryneal is Here
today and says his people arc get-
ting ready for the big picnic on
July 4th at thnt place.
Washington, June 28.
ence of four hundred coad opera
tors representing all coal produc-
Gemian ing states adopted resolutions au-
thorizing their committees to as-
sent to such maximum prices for
coal as may be named by Secretary
of the Federal Trade Commission
and National Coal Production Com
mittee.
of territory of old Kingdom
Poland, issued in general Con-
fess at Kiev a* declaration alleg-
that their petition for a tem-
per cent their present stock canned
peas, canned corn, eighteen per
cent tomatoes and six percent of
salmon for government use, accord
rary government for autonomy ing advices received by local pack
d been rejected,
Prominent Ukarines were sum-
i oned to organize a separate local
£ ivernment which it is hoped will
11 approved by the coming consti-
tuent assembly.
GERMAN PRISONERS
MAKE THEIR ESCAPE
ing companies.
GERMANS DRIVEN
ARE ARRES1ED
By Associated Press:
Amsterdam, June 28 —The Tele
graaff says several Priest of en-
BACK AGAIN tourage of Cardial Merrier Pri -
- mate of Belgium were arrested r®
By Associated Press: [cently and imprisoned in Germany
Paris, June 28.—Germans last Twenty others have been im~
night attacked the Salient of Watt prisoned in Belgium the paper
weiler, northeast of Thann in Al- says.
sace the war office announces. i -—
They were repulsed, leaving STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK
Petrograd, June 28.—Newspap
rs say that more than thirty-five large number of dead on the field.
andred German prisoners have es
ped from various parts of Rus-
through Finland last month.
The Finns are said to have giv-
m little help toward recapturing
tiem.
G. W. Willingham and family
Jy Associated Press:
Port Arthur, June
28.—Four
returned today from a trip below'hundred fifty Gulf Refinery strik-
San Angelo. Mr. Willingham re- ers out since June 16th returned to
ports the country dry except in!work this morning as a result of a
J spots where rain has fallen. (settlement.
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Sweetwater Daily Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 892, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 28, 1917, newspaper, June 28, 1917; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth561304/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.