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[News Script: Murderer hangs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about John Devries- the first person who was sentenced to death for murder under the new Texas penal code was found hanged in his cell at the Ellis prison farm in Huntsville.
Date: July 1, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Huntsville]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the tense drama which continues at the Huntsville state prison where several convicts still hold 11 persons hostage at gunpoint.
Date: July 24, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Prison lead]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the latest word from the main prison unit in Huntsville which is that convict leader Fred Gomez Carrasco placed a noon deadline on his demands for more guns, ammunition and bullet proof vests for himself and six or seven other prisoners who are holding ten hostages in the prison libraries.
Date: July 25, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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