The Daily Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 213, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 7, 1920 Page: 2 of 4
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STOUTi-Y DENIES ANY CONNEC-
TION WITH MURDER OF
HERSCHEL IRWIN
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following severe questioning by
Sheriff Clark and District Attorney
Brown. J. W. Lowman, singing evan-
gelist and ministerial student, who
! was brought back from Kansas, Sun-
:■ day to answer charges of murder
■E and theft in the Herschel Irwin case,
.stoutly affirmed his entire innocence
of any connection with the crime,
< ^Monday morning.
V He admitted his possession of the
tear alleged to have been Irwin’s. He
^Claimed, however, that he had know where
si, thought it from his stepfather, C. A.
f Newman of Gordon, Kansas, -In Ok-
fv -lahoma City, several weeks ago.
! Newman, he claimed, told him at
campmeeting in Missouri when ar-
rested, he declared.
Part of Lowman’s left ear is miss-
ing and he has a cast in one eye.
He appears to be about 25 years
old, which he stated to be his age-
He also declared that he was mar-
ried.
“I know nothing about this Irwin
matter,“ he asserted. “I never was
in Texas before in my life. I was
attending .Bethany College and study-
ing to be a minister when my step-
father appeared in Oklahoma City
and offered to sell me a car.
“I was looking for a car and so
I bought it from him. I gave him
a check for over $1,300 for it. It
was drawn on the Farmers National
Bank of Oklahoma City. After buy-
ing the car I decided to go to
Kansas to visit my mster and some
other relatives. •
“I went first to Arkansas City.
Then I went on to Gordon, Kansas,
to visit my mother. * Afterward I
went over to Missouri to visit my
father, who is divorced from my
mother. He and I went to a camp-
meeting together during my visit.
Then 1 started back to Arkansas City
and was arrested on my way back.”
“I never said where I left the
car,” Lowman replied, in answer to
a direct question. He refused to
furnish any more information on
this point.
He declared that he had not .seen
his stepfather since the transaction
and did not know- where lie now is.
His father-in-law, he. said, had
made a business of buying and sell-
ing cars.
“Several of them he had sold to
his own relatives,” Lowman said. “I
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FOR HOSTILE patrols.
AND QAB attacks.
AND LATB on* Bight
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OP ONB of the tagout*.
AND THOUGHT I smellad gas.
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I SNIFFED tad listened. ,
AND HEARD groan*. .
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SO PUT on mj mart. -
AND WENT dawn To make mu
AND FOUND! a doughboy.
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TRYING TO smoke. >
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AND I took it away.
AND 0AVB*hlm one.
OP MY ora cigarettes.
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AND THE rsry next night
I HAD to go down.
INTO SEVeWbeN dugout*.
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TO RESOUE doughboys.
WHO WERE, trying tb smoke.
FRENCH* CIGARS.
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AND I may be a mark.
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BUT THERE'S a limit
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ESPECIALLY WHEN.
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YOU’VE ONLY one pack.
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OF THE dgsifcttes.
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THAT SATISFY.
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in Fort Worth.
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K y Lowman was very nervous during
S the Interview. Several times he rose
| from his seat and walked to a win-
dow as though looking for something
12; «utside the jail. On his way to
' Fort Worth he is said tfa have re-
‘vpeatedly expressed apprehension of
I mob violence and to have inquired
| concerning the' strength of the jail
I here and the possibility of a mob.
not know where he got them.
he had his
place of business either. His home
was with my mother in Gordon, but
he was seldom there; he was always
in and out of the place.”
Lowman professed not to know
what charges were against him here.
He declared no one had ever told
him. He also declared he wanted a
lawyer right away.
He stated at the start of the in
The prisoner was returned here
Sunday by Deputy Sheriff Milton
Williams from Wichita, Kansas after
He stated at me sear, «.. u» *»- battle extending
terview that he had no objections » _ _ to linrtor 1ndlct.
to telling what he knew about the
matter for the public. "The news-
papers up in Kansas were very fair
about printing my side of the case
He answered Questions readily, but and I guess they will be the same
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several points was reticent con- way here,” be said.
cernlng the alleged transaction. He
refused to state where he had- left
the car after driving It to Kansan
! and when asked what make of auto-
j mobile he bad purchased from his
-fttepfatber snapped out: “You know
well en «gn what rn >o‘ car it
was.” He finally stated that it was
Dodge machine.
He told the newspaper men that
' . he was a singing evangelist and
the ministry at
• was studying for
Oklahoma City when he bought
the imposed Irwin car. He was
on his way home from attending a
They aren't like the police. They
just take it for granted a man is
guilty and proceed on that theory
over a week. He is under indict-
ment here for the murder of Her-
schel Irwin and the subsequent theft
of his car. He also faces a Federal
charge of having tradiported the
stolen car from Fort Worth to Kan-
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It is probable that an attempt to
identify him as the man who left
prevent hi« getting away with the
prisoner so every effort was made
to start with him before the news
of the intended departure leaked
out.
without giving him a chance. Now
in my Study of law and government
I have always understood that a
man was innocent until proven guil-
ty, but they seem to look at it the
other way.”
Bethany College, at which he was
a student, is maintaised by the Na-
zarene Church, Lowman said. He
declared the sect was similar to the
Methodist church in its beliefs and
teachings.
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Weatherford College
AN ACADEMY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
A COLLEGE PREPARATORY .SCHOOL.
All our students in the IJnlvcrsities are makino good.
/STRONG MUSICAL DEPARTMENT.
Satisfied Patrons, Interested Pupils, Rapid Progress.
CAL EDUCATION FOR GIRLS.
i modern - methods are taught, regular hour, are required
persons presenting Ifc Every student trained by us,
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Weatherford in Irwin’s car on the
When Williams went to the jail
after Lowman, however, he declares
that the accused man had barricaded
himself in his cell, using a steel
bar which prevented unlocking the
cell. It was necessary to turn the
jail hose on him to get" him out,
Williams stated Monday—Fort Worth
Star-Telegram.
night of the murder will be made
The habeas corpus proceedings
were continued several times. Finally
according to Williams, it began to
appear that he would lose his pris-
oner and he consented to a dismissal
of the proceedings at Winfield.
Lowman was thereupon arrested
by a United States marshal on a
warrant sent from here, based on
Lowman’s alleged violation of the
Dyer act in transporting the ‘auto-
mobile declared to have been stolen
after Erwin’s murder and taken
from Fort Worth to Kansas. He was
taken to Wichita, Kansas where bis
bond, was fixed aL $10,000 and his
hearing set for several weeks later.
Williams was advised that Low-
man would probably be able to make
the bond. Determined not to lose
his prisoner he then appealed to
the United States district attorney
for Kansas. He advised Williams
that the best thing to be done was
to get Lowman back to, Texas at
onqe.
The Federal official then ordered
that the proceedings before- the
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
City of Weatherford,
County of Parker.
On this, the 2nd. day of September,
A. D., 1920, the city commission con-
vened in regular session at its regu-
lar meeting place in the .city of
Weatherford, all members of said
commission, Nolan Queen, mayor,
W. E, Richards, commissioner; and
Fi Patrick, commissioner, being pres-
ent. passed the following order;
"Whereas, the city commission of
the city of Weatherford deem it
advisable to issue bond* Of said
city for the purposes hereinafter
mentioned: _ .
Therefore, it is hereby ordered by
the city -commission of the’ city of
Weatherford that an election be
held on the 12th day of October, A.
D., 1920, St which election thfe fol-.
lowing proposition shall be submit-
ted: Shall the city commission of
the city of Weatherford be authoris-
ed to Issue the bonds of said city in
twenty-five thousand
proving, enlarging and extending the
sanitary sewer system of the city
of Weatherford, Texas.
Said election shall be held at the
city hall In the city of Weatherford,
Texas, and W. J. Morton, Is hereby
appointed manager of said election.
Said election shall be held under the
provision of the special charter of
the city of Weatherford, Texas,
adopted the 23ri day of April, 1918,
and the constitution and laws of the
state of Texas, and only qualified
property tax paying voters of said
city shall be allqwed to vote at said
election.
All voters who favor the proposi-
tion to issue the bonds shall have
written or printed upon their bal-
lots the wqrds "For the issuance of
bonds,” and those opposed shall have
printed on their ballots the words
"Against the issuance of bonds.”
The manner of holding said elec-
tldn shall be governed by the laws
of the state regulating general elec-
tions.
A copy of this order signed by
the? mayor of said city and attested
by the city secretary shall serve as
a proper notice of ajid election, and
the mayof is directed ‘ to cause no-
tice of said election to be posted tfp-
at the city- hall and at one- public
place in each of the foqr wards of
the city of Weatherford, at least
thirty days prior to the date of
said election, and the mayor is fur-
ther directed to have skid notice of
election published once a week for
five consecutive weeks prior to thb
date of said election in some news-
paper of general • -circulation pub-
lished in the city Of Weatherford.
A true copy.
Attest: WARD BANKHEAD, City-
Secretary.
(Seal) NOLAN QUEEN, "Mayor.
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Special M«*ting. *
There will be a meeting of pastor,
deacons and building committee at
the First Baptist church tonight at 8
o’clock. Important. Be sure to be on
hand. Any interested meinbOrs
also Invited to come. ®**®,*®‘
M. E. WEAVER.
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United States Commissioner at Wioh- ($25,000.00) dollars, payable in forty
. .. . . .4 vmiw offdfltA with ontdon of F6»
fta be dismissed and the prisoner
turned over to Williams. When -this
was done the Tarrant county officer
tfhd only an hour to catch a
back here.
He was apprehensive
pan'* attorneys would
years, after date with option- of re
dbirtningv same at any . time after
' aawrs from date, bearing in
|*n*1,rt/tbe rate of six per cent per
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