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[Cause No. 11687: Deposition of J. H. Rapp]

Description: Document in cause no. 11687, Jake L. Hamon Jr. vs. United States Torpedo Company, transcribing the deposition of Jack H. Rapp. Rapp's testimony discusses his association with the United States Torpedo Company and his shooting of an oil well in Eastland County, Texas.
Date: October 16, 1925
Creator: Cunningham, Tom J.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Cause No. 5641: Statement of Facts]

Description: Document in the cause no. 5641, L. W. Hilgenburg vs. Independent Torpedo Company, including the "Statement of the Plaintiff's Cause of Action in the Cause," and the testimony of L. W. Hilgenburg. The case relates to damage following shooting the oil wells of Hilgenburg.
Date: February 11, 1926
Creator: Ward, J. C.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Clipping: American Glycerin Company et al. v. Kenridge Oil Company et al., No. 301]

Description: Journal clipping discussing cause no. 301, American Glycerin Company and Nelson Mosier vs. Kenridge Oil Company et al., in the Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland, heard on April 29, 1927. The original cause was brought by Kenridge Oil Company and others for damage to an oil well due to the premature explosion of a nitroglycerin shell, and the district court's judgement in favor of the plaintiff was appealed by the American Glycerin Company and Nelson Mosier.
Date: 1927~
Creator: Hickman, J.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[News Script: Jones Trial]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story about a murder trial in Kaufman County courthouse for the murder of George A. Vadere by former Dallas police chief R. L. Bob Jones. This is the second time Jones has been tried for murder, the first attempt resulting in a hung jury.
Date: November 30, 1950
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: News Briefs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering news stories about the president of Hollins College visiting Texas, the opening of University State Bank of Fort Worth, and two police officers injured by an unknown gunman.
Date: January 24, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Shooting suspects]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Arkansas capture of four Californian musicians accused of shooting two Dallas police officers during a chase.
Date: January 26, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Triple slaying]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a former Dallas County deputy sheriff, Jack Walter Medford, who shot his wife and young son to death before killing himself. Medford and his wife had separated a few days before the shooting.
Date: January 27, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Personalities of the week]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a spotlight of personalities of the week including hillbilly musicians from California, Herbert Noble, two escaped convicts charged with a series of robberies, and Dallas's Love Burglar Fred Felix Adair.
Date: January 28, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Wounds fatal]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the death of Dallas Police Officer Johnny Sides two weeks after he was shot by car thieves.
Date: February 8, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Activities of the week]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering the major news stories of the past week, including a scandal at city hall in Fort Worth after the private papers of murdered gambler Nelson Harris, revealing that several police officers were on his payroll; the death of Johnny Sides, a Dallas police officer shot by car thieves during a chase; an outbreak of criminal vandalism in Oak Cliff after more than two dozen automobiles had their emergency brakes released at the top of hills … more
Date: February 11, 1951, 6:45 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Activities of the week]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering the major news of the past week, including a visit to Texas by New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey to attend his father-in-law's funeral in Sherman, former Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Jack Medford shooting his wife and son to death before turning the gun on himself, and military reserve units called to active duty at the Dallas Naval Air Station.
Date: March 4, 1951, 6:45 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Murder trial]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the trial of Robert Johnson, accused as the principal culprit in the shooting death of Dallas Police Officer Johnny Sides.
Date: March 22, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: News briefs one]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering three news stories. The first story is about the trial of Charles Vincent Saterino, a Dallas man charged with murdering two men in a local tavern. The second story is about new exams for college students that, if passed, will grand a deferment from the military draft. The third story is about an industrial conference in Fort Worth, with a speech by U.S. Army Lt. Gen. LeRoy Lutes.
Date: April 20, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Murder]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Mary Josephine Feemster shooting and killing her husband, Marion Feemster.
Date: August 15, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Jim Thomas slain]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the death of the gambler and ex-convict Jim Thomas after he was shot by Hubert Deere.
Date: August 23, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 45 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Jim Thomas slain]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the death of the gambler and ex-convict Jim Thomas after he was shot by Hubert Deere.
Date: August 23, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Police wounded]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 31, 1951
Duration: 33 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: News briefs four]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the murder trial of Mrs. Francis Alberta Ingram, accused of shooting and killing her ex-husband after he threatened her and her children. The jury returns a sentence of two years in prison.
Date: November 2, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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