The Electra Daily News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 458, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 19, 1914 Page: 4 of 4
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STATE RESTS CASE
AGAINST BECKER
Press Agent Turns’ on Defendant—
Failed in His Efforts to Prove an
Alibi for Becker.
New York, May 18.—The state rest-
ed its case this afternoon at the trial
of Charles Becker for the murder of
Herman Rosenthal after examining
three witnesses who followed Charles
B. Plitt, Becker's former press agent.
Plitt showed signs of nervousness
during his testimnoy, under Becker's
gaze
After Rosenthal had been murdered,
the witness swore, he met Becker,
who was indignant at the way the
killing had been accomplished.
“What is the matter with Jack Rose
and the hunch?” Plitt quoted Becker
as having said. “To pull the stunt the
way they did was very bad. You
would suppose it was being done for
the moving pictures.”
On July 15, the day before the mur-
der, Plitt said he saw Becker at po-
lice headquarters.
“Becker told me,” said the witness,
“that he and I had to have an alibi
for that night. ‘Keep away .from
Times square tonight,' he told me.
“‘What's coming off?’ I asked.
“Never mind,’ said Becker. ‘Do as
you are told. We have got to have an
alibi. Tomorrow you’ll know why.’”
The witness said he called on Deputy
Police Commissioner Daugherty after
the murder and did the best he could
to establish an alibi for Becker. He
saw Becker later and Becker sent him
to. see Rose, then under arrest. He
sent a note to Rose with reference to
the employment of counsel.
Returning to Becker, said the wit-
nesss, “he reported that Rose had
friend o'f the gunmen had told him to
tell Becker the gunmen wanted $500
and that if “they didn't get it” there'd
be trouble.
“Well,” Becker said, according to
the witness,-“tell them I have,.not got
•it now, but as soon as I can lay hand*1
on $500 the gunpien will get it,”
Plitt said he wrpte Becker* almost
| constantly after his conviction and
Becker wrote him from the death
house. After Becker’s conviction and
agreed to allow Becker to select his
lawyer. Becker then dispatched Plitt,
the witness swore, to Rose’s house on
Long Island.
Becker Suspected Others.
The next day, Sunday, Plitt asserted,
Becker said:
“I wonder if that bunch will squeal
on me?”
“Then Becker told me to see Rose,”
said Plifct, “and said he was doing all
he could for him and to say nothing.”
The next time Plitt saw BeckeV was
in the Tombs prison after his arrest.
Becker said, according to Plitt, “Didn’t
I tell you they would squeal? I want
you to go out and get everything you
can on Jack Rose. Get hold of the men
in my squad and have them testify *1
had no conversation with Mrs. Rosen-
thal on the night of the raid.”
Plitt'said he saw Becker many times
in the Tombs after that.
Gunmen Wanted $500.
Once he told Becker, he said, that a
sentencing, he said, he journeyed with
the party up to the prison.
Wanted Death of Rose.
“Becker put his arms around me and
started to cry,” said the witness. “ ‘Old
pal,’ he said, ‘if I do go off in the
chair, I want you to do me one favor.
Kill that squealer Jack Rose.’ ”
Here the witness w«?,s turned to the
defense for cross examination. Ques-
tioned about the killing of a negro
who was shot during one of Becker’s
gambling raids, Plitt admitted he had
been used for the man’s death.
A typewritten statement by Plitt,
which was turned over to one of Beck-
er’s former lawyers, was read to the
jury. In this statement Plitt said
Becker had been “frjp^d^up” about
the gambling situatiph and thht Rosen-
thal had told hinp he was going to
THE SUGAR MARKET
IS DUE TO ADVANCE VERY MATERIALLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE:
AND THE. QUALITY AS GOOD ASMADE. READ EVERY-
OUR PRICES ARE THE LOWEST
[IS ADVERTISEMENT.
25 lbs Ige Cream Salt......................25
100 lbs Ice Cream Salt.....................85
25 !b Dairy Salt,, toweling sacks.. .25
No. 1 Salt, per barrel.......-...............2.00
6 Bars Clean Easy Soap.................25
100 Bars Clan Easy Soap................3.85
6 Bars White Soap...........................25
100 Bars White Soap........................3.85
2 cans 35c Table Peaches for.........45
5 cans 35c Table Peaches for........1.10
10 cans 35c Table Peaches for........2.15
2 Cans Pie Peaches for...................25
2 Bottles St.,PickJISj for...................25
3 pkg. ReadjMnrt Macaroni...........25
2 cans ChiplwflBeef Yo|.................25>
^Juice.....$..A.................25
^ Juice........|......../........50
Grape Juid|.................75
veralls........|...... 1.00
alt Strip me|t.........'......15
.....17.
.....2E>
Pints Gra
Quarts Gj
Half gallo
Carhart’s
Best Dry
, i1-*-
Best Bacom Strip Meat...!.....
5 lb Eagle Cane Sugar for..
Jinest Quality Hams..................... .28
Picnic "Sbgar Cured Hams...........17%
5<lb Lard^ Compound............55
id lbs Lard Compound.....................1.10
5Qib Lard Compound for................ 4.75
1<? lb Cottolene.................... 1.45
10 lbs pure Country Lard................1.50
.Gallon cans Cooking Oil............ .95
Nails or Fence Staple, 7lbs for.... .25
Blue Ribbon Sorghum....v..t..w.. .45
10* lbs EagltkCane Sugar for..-...... ,50 j Wild Rose or Karo...........................45
100 lbs Eagl&Cane Sugar for.......*4.50 Pure White Syrup, large cans.......50
3 Cans Hominy for...........................25 j Best Hard WheaNFlour.
Large cans Table pears for„.......
Large cans Table Peaches for.....
1 lb can Sliced Peaches for...........
.15
.15
.10
Full Patent Fftiir .......................it!.. 1.25
_ ..1.25
Best Soft Wheat Northern^ Flour....l.35
Best Wichita Flour..........................1.45
10 lb Sack Graham Flour...............35
Penford Ribbon Cane.......................50
Corn Chops, per sack.............,..........1.76
Wheat Shorts, per sack....................1.65
Crazy Wells Water# per bot. net.....15
Fancy Lemons, per dozed...............20
NO FEED DELIVERED. AND NO BILL AMOUNTING TO LESS THAN $2.50 DELIVERED.
...The Famous...
do it.
Phone
delivery.
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S. NAVY MAY GET
FUEL OIL FROM TEXAS
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/forbad, cak^s, pies,
“Blue Labi
anything vou Wadt brought! right to
your dooif, frjpSfy pbm the/ Electra
VINDICA
SAYS ENGL
•APER
Elimination of Hurta the Important
Feature, but Other Problems
Still Confront U. S.
bakery everyf/day. v Jack / Austin s
famous “Blue Label” '*”n
please you. Rhone me
ead will
our order.
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London, May 18.—The Daily Tele-
graph says it considers that President
Wilson’s Mexican policy has succeeded,
inasmuch as the elimination of Huerta
is now assured, but that more formid-
able difficulties confronting Washing-
ton still remain, since it is hard to see
how the American ,|«JlTl?y,*!<!an reason-
ably end otherwise than int the occu-
, pation of Mexico.
If you had a mint of money you
couldn’t buy a better car. Ford
merit has made it the standard
car of all nations. It’s light—
strong—comfortable and de-
pendable. And its cost is well
within your income. Get yours
today.
d426-27 Electra, Texas.
Five hundred forty-five dollars is the
price of the Ford runabout; the tour-
ing car is five ninety-five delivered in
Electra, complete with equipment.
Get catalog and particulars from
A. H. SHELDON;
d423-24 Electra, Texas.
Fresh Choc
fectionery.
Olympia Con-
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Washington, May 18.—The proposi-
tion of providing an adequate supply
of fuel oil for the United States navy
isto be inquired into by the govern-
ment commission, consisting of Indian
Commissioner Sells and Lieutenant
Richardson of the rtavy, who left here
today for Texas. The investigation
is the result of a senate resolution and
the commission will spend some time
in the Lone Star state before report-
ing on the feasibility of the govern-
ment constructing, maintaining and
operating a pipe line for the transpor-
tation of oil from the fields in Texas
to the Gulf in order to supply the
navy with its fuel. The commission
has already held extended hearings
on the proposition in this city and the
present trip is to obtain first hand in-
formation.
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NOTICE.
THIRD ATTEMPT TO CARRY
ROAD BONba.SU€X:ESSFUL
Bonham, Texas, May 18.—The good
roads advocates in this precinct scored
a conspicuous victory Saturday when
they voted the issuance of a $250,000
highway bond issue by a good majori-
ty. This is the third time the proposi-
tion has been submitted to the vote
within less than four months and the
victory this time was the result of an
Messrs. J. R. Brewer and. J. W.
Stringer are shipping five cars of beef
steers today from their feed pens
near Electra to Fort Worth. The
shipment should bring in a nice bunch
of money to the shippers, as corn fed
beef commands a fair price on the
market—about 7 cents of better for
choice steers.
Our cattle raising industry has im-
proved greatly over what it was twen-
ty or thirty years ago when the crit-
ters were driven to market from the
pastures and did not bring one-third
All per#
Srtr
ns owing THE ELECTRA
CLOTI^rNG COMPANY '’are hereby
notified to call at the store in Electra
and make arrangemtent for^ settlement
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H AUSTIN jj^RNITURE CO.
N Licensed ^Emjfajmers, Funeral
either by casli or notes. J The
demands setUe^ient and/will
court
bring
Directors
..W. B.- Aust
balmer in Te;
d| Unjleiftakers,
i, \ Licensed Em-
,a$, djiio alid N.
suit toiget judgment ont ill claims un- ^
Carolina. Forlujely licensed in^fc
S. Carolina anqS<iprgia. 8
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paid after May 3lst, 1914.
These^accounts ai# the property of ( ^
the credit^bj^jjf^bfle Electra Clothing j g
Co., bankrupts’ and must be settled
under order of the Federal Bankrupt
Court. T. R. BOONE,
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The best shirt in |Te^as for 59 cents
at E. B. Marchant^k Soatee- d447tf
H. W. Baird. Calls answered X
Day or Night. Phone 185. a
Ambulance Service Day or X
Night. Phone 185. „ a
& a & a % a ik as£a%uka»a&aa
Everybody
earnest campaign waged in the inter-, realized for them
est of the project by the local Cham-1 e p lce that can “e 1 eallzea 10r tnem
ber of CommerceJ>md*>the papers of
Bankrupt Sale at thj
Co. y
this place. The^nonds will be disposed
of as soon as possible and foad build-
ing started i^mediatejy.
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Everybody' is attending .the. big
Bankrupt Sale at the Ejlectrfi Cldthing
Co. \ d457-60
MEXICO CITY PREPARING
FOR ZAPATISTA ATTACK
Vera Cruz, May 18.—A letter re-
ceived here today from a British res-
ident of Mexico City contains infor-
mation that German, British and Jap-
anese are drilling in preparation for
defense of the concentration district.
The letter says this activity grows
out of fear of an attack on the capi-
tal by the Zapata forces, who routed
the federal garrison at Potiljo a few
miles south of the city several days
ago. This is said to be the only
cause for alarm felt at the capital.
Thi^p-s certainly are moving about
at the Big Bankrupt Sale. d457-60
now.
At that time Texas steers were a
sort 'of a joke in the Eastern markets,
while now our cattle rank with Iowa
and other first-class beef, fhi.% is as j
it should be. Our state is as well if {
not better suited to raising cattle than
other states that have .gained a repu-
tation as “Beef States,” and we hope
OLYMPIA
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Mrs. Sullivan,
dressmaking,
department
where she will
We serve thetbest Cold Dfin
BADLY BURNED BY
GAS EXPLOSION
v
aii^now has charge of the |
{feigning. alteiiition t
it Marq|a4>&/Son,s’i
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that our enterprising farmers and cap-
italists will engage more extensively )
in the production of first -class beef, I
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The latest/”
which should at the prices now obtain- * stove today’
able prove a profitable speculation.
STRIKE OF COAL MINERS
IN OHIO ORDERED TODAY
r Columbus, O., May 18.—Orders de-
claring a strike of all coal miners in
Ohio went out from headquarters of
district No. 6, United Mine Workers
of America today .
Union officers also today began
paying strike benefits of $3 per week
to every member of the organization.
The mines have been closed since
April 1 by ordr of the operators.
them work
at the Texas
Co.’s Store.
ve you.
Yesterday Mrs. U. Blank, who has •;
been using gas for several days, lit a |
match to start her gas stove, but the ij
match went out befoj#*tfc£“g^s ignited, #-/
so she turned ground to aKend tejy
othei? duties, leaving tnp gas' ^-’
gas some __________„..v ^
ter. See turned on; after a couple of moments ^
she turned around and struck aipother
Ctoves
Supply
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Try aT)OX of Jacobs’ Chocolates at
the Olympia Confectionery. / d456tf
We serve Tingo
OLYMPIA\COjj>^FECyiONfeRY.
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Going! Goin
co^t at Electra Clo
Things certapj^are moving about
at the Big Bankrupt Sale. 0457^60
£
^cumulating vr ^ome'
time. Ihere ^een a SEI. ’ J(5HT-
ER BURNER onTiej; stove 11 ^ explo-
sion \toulcb pot l\ave occurVed. The
self lighter is one *of the*''” latest Jn -
provemenW, put^on gas stGv<ss.
QUICK MEAL Gas Stoves have SELF
LIGHTERS. Call at the Texas Hard-
ware & Supply Co.’s Store and see
them work. QUICK MEAL GAS
STOVES at this store only They
give satisfaction. d4-r)6tf
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Sheldon, A. H. The Electra Daily News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 458, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 19, 1914, newspaper, May 19, 1914; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth892876/m1/4/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Electra Public Library.