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AUSTIN, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 8, 1914—TEN PAGES
SECOND OLDEST PAPER IN TEXAS
ESTABLISHED 1871—VOL 43, NO. 193
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DISCUSS ANTI-TRUST BILLS AUSTIN MEN PROMINENT AT
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SCRAMDIE FOR INDIAN FUNDS
he will see Henry Ford, the
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cloudy and not quite so warm
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west portion. Thursday fair.
many
RESIGNATION ACCEPTED.
saying “Sign this contract we will en-
was a cheer.
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FUNSTON WARNED
THAT HIS PICKETS
MAY BE ATTACKED
Small Body of Mutinous
Huertistas Threaten Ameri-
can Troops at Vera Cruz.
GIVE COL. BALL
WARM WELCOME
FERGUSON GIVEN
GREAT OVATION
BY RUSK VOTERS
TWO WOMEN AND MAN IN FREEPORT,
N. Y. MURDER MYSTERY; ARRESFEXPECTED
Big Delegations From Palestine and
Other Points in East Texas
alers.
Amber
lalupe
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ted to
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tion the weather, was at fever heat.
Boys, I hope my election to the
Rainfa}}, none.
River stage (7
Weather forec
you
work
•8 are
I Con-
Temple Man Strikes Respon-
sive Chord in Old Home
of James Hogg.
Chicagoan Testifies That Large Sum
Was Named to Have Suit Against
Alleged Trust Dismissed.
I. am-
trans-
I East
Crowd of 1200 or More Hear
Pro Candidate Speak
in Catheron.
WASHINGTON,
Forecast
East Texas:
Declares That Victim Had Ruined nis
Life and Squandered All the
Money He Had Saved.
OKLAHOMAN MAKES NOVEL PLEA
IN DEFENSE OF MURDER.
Federal Commander in State of
_ Vera Cruz Notifies Americans
That Mutineers Evidently are
Looking for Trouble.
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Ladies
ans. 7
Association Will Adopt Resolution De-
olaring That Children Should
Be Taught Seoreta of Life.
Close Observers Believe That It’s
a Toss Up as to Who
Will Carry the
County.
SAYS 60D TOLD HIM
10 KILL THE WOMAN
WOMAN SLEW MRS. BAILEY;
DISTRICT ATTORNEY DECLARES
HE IS CONVINCED OF THAT FACT
DILDO SOUGHT BRIBE
FROM EUMBER COMPANY
♦ north
4 ' Thursda
4 West
Hos-
tt
New Focus of Infection, Three Miles
From the First, Discovered In
to hoe cotton."
Biq Delegation From Palestine.
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MISSISSIPPI LIEUTENANT GOVER-
NOR ASKED $50,000.
Mississippi Choctaws Seek Share of
Oklahoma Tribal Funds- Bitter
Fight in Congress.
office of Governor will be as welcome
tn you as this rain," he said, and there 1
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millionaire
Local Observations.
Makimum temperature. 104%.
Minimum temnperature, 73,
President Urges New Yorker Not to
Decline Nomination as Memoir of
Reserve Board.
Invitations for Nex Mooting to
Hold in Capital City Reoeived
and Filed.
ple arrived early in the evening I
Palestine and ’surrounding localities.
"This rain has made roll you and we will go
you will get $8000, lean
attorney"s feen""
goes to con-
Houses.
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Texas
ths funds of the
Oklahoma. Theq
President is insistent on confirmation
and there has been no suggestion that
Mr. Jones' nomination would be With-
drawn
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which shows that a firm of attorneys 4
In St. Louis employed three negroes to 4.
The State was to be paid 226,000 for
the compromise, Sampl testified Bil-
bo told him.
Governor Karl Brewer of Mississippi
was called to the stand In rebuttal at
4. ashed today about recent re ports that
4 he is planning a trip to Tessa former
4 United States Senator J. W. Bailey
4 said he certainly would go to Texas to
4 vote at the primary July 25, but be-
to report to the National Education
I Association a resolution approving
I woman’s suffrage and equal pay for
) teachers, regardless of sex. The com-
mittee will report probably Thursday.
The welfare of the child from kin-
dergarten to college graduation was
discussed at departmental meeting and
the general session was devoted to ad-
dress on teacher’s salaries and pent
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19 Congress and i 4 day probably cloudy
40 per cent for 1 4
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JACKSON, Miss., July 7.—Testifying
today in the trial of lieutenant Gov •
ernor Theodore Bilbo, charged with
soliciting a bribe in connection with
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♦ ZAPATA MURDERS PRISONER. *
_ a
automobile manufacturer,
go around with an alle d fictitious 4
roll and make people believe theyrwere.4
Indians so they could get on the"FOTTS, 4
MERCHANIS CONVENIION SECOND DEATH FROM PLAGUE
Help to Make Meeting a
Memorable One.
Committee of Chicago Business Men
Will Heve Conference Today
With President Wilson.
a scheme to have dismissed . certain
litigation against the Edward Hines
Lumber Company, an Illinois corpor-
ution. Sample testified Bilbo declared
he wanted $50,000 for his services.
85000 for the Attorney General and
a committee of bankers from 1iNnols GALVESTON, Tex., July 7.—The
and supervisors of State bank from fourth annual convention of the Ke-
different parts of the country. tail Merchants' Assocition of Texas
In their letter asking an interview started this morning when President
with the President, the Chicago bust- H A. Eiband of the Galveston Mer,
ness men said they wanted to taikchants Association rapped the gavel
about the proposcd anti-trust bills.J on the table and called the WO dele-
features of which (hey oppose The gates to order
President i* prepared to listen to their Following the Invocation, Mayor
arguments, although it is said to be Lewis Fisher of Galvestoni delivered the
improbable that he will consent to Im- , address of welcome. W. M Morgan
portant changes in the bills. ’of Run Antonio made the reply for the
•-0 - - I ch legates.
In no question, but that Ferguson will
carry the county, according to his J $500 ench for two special attorneys.
RESOLUTION TO THAT EFFECT
ADOPTED BY COMMITTEE.
h* said, "no matter if you are new men.
We want ideas and we want to get
acquainted with you."
President Myers then announced the
appointment of the following commit -
---, — . . , tee men and they were asked to retire
yond that he had not made many I to private rounds in the hotel, elect
definite plans | a chairman and present whatever leg-
Mr. Balley sold be has beem recelv - iislatton nr resolutions they desired
Ing many urgent regneste to make Finance W A. Achilles, Austin:
speeches in Texan, When his son re- । Hon Varga, Fan Antonio, and A. C.
turns from a trip soon, Mr Balley said Ptton, Waco,
Fair south;
pen- legislation for the formation Ha new
front <ounty in the State, Ira H. Sample,
a Chicago attorney, told of being ap-
ST. PAUL, Minn., July T.—Suffra-
gist won a partial victory today
when the resolutions committee agreed
the forenoon session. He told of an
interview with Senator Hobbs prior
to the return of the indictment. in
which Hobbs, who was jointly Indicted
with Bilbo and later tried and ac-
quitted, offered to turn State's evi-
dence. saying he had been led astray
by Bilbo and the latter had received
the lion’s share of the money.
Governor Brewer was questioned at
length regarding his employment of
attorneys in the prosecution of Hobos
and Bilbo. He declared he had ex-
pended about 12200 out of his own
pocket.
"I felt it my duty as Governor of
the State under oath to enforce the
laws, to see that these crooks and
grafters were punished.'’ said the Gov-
Pernor. *
WASHINGTON, July T.— President
Wilson tomorrow'will discuss business
conditions and his anti-trust program
with a delegation representing the
Chicago Association of Commerce.
THREE ARE APPOINTED TO IM-
PORTANT COMMITTEES.
WASHINGTON, July 7.—After *1
day of lively debate between Oklahoma
and Mississippi delegations, the House
tonight rejected a fenate amendment
to the Indian appropriation bill to per.
mit the Missipsippi Choctaws to pre- (
sent i their claim for participation in
BAILEY’S PLANS UNCERIAIN 1 Prtng over to mtat President Phil
e i F Myers of Palestine, who made the
J Has Not Yet Decided Whether to Take ' vgueaurha thorybnestoor and* that
♦ th* Stump. everybody come to meetings on time
4 e •We want to hear from all of you."
HENDERSON, lag, July 7:—"If
Ferguson brought this rain. I‘m for
him," said a resident, of Henderson
this afternoon, when just as Mr. Fer-
. guson ‘stepped onto the platform there
was ii crack of thunder and the skies
opened up for a few minutes, giving
the people of this locality their first
rain in many weeks.
Farmers that had gathered to hear
Fergunon speak. burst out into a cry
that spread all rer the town as the
rain drops became thicker and heavier
and when it was necessary to begin
the address in the District Court room
in order that the candidate for Gov- ’
ernor might fill other engagements, the
enthusiasm of the crowd, not to men- i
he might be ahle to determine wheth r
he will do anything beyond making
the trip to vo In Texas. 1
7.—When
partly cloudy
obably showers
There were delegations from Maydell,
Gallatin. Turney, Alto and Mt Llew-
ellen. Farmers from nil sections of the
counter came in during the day and
the local hotel provided dinners for
118 people. While the sentiment In
Rusk. itself, is slightly for Rall. there
proached during last year by state
Senator G- A- Hobbs and Bbo with
WASHINGTON; July 1 Brigadier
General Funston today cabled reports
of a mutiny among General Huerta’s
forces before the American outposts at
Vera Crus in a dispatch to the War
Department. General Funston reported
the Mexieun commander had informed
him of the .uprising and of the threat
of the mutineern to atack the Amer-
ican lines. If an attack should be
made, it would not be regarded as an
attack "under orders," because of
Huerta’s notification. General Fun-
ston also informed the War Depart-
ment that. Marine Private Heinrich
Thobe. who recently mysteriously dis-
appeared, was within the Mexican
lines and unharmed. but gave no de-
tails.
WASMINGTON, inly 7.—With Pres-
ident Wilson urging Paul M. Warburg,,
the New York banker, to reconsider his
request that his nomination as a mem-
ber of the Federal Reserve Board be
withdrawn, it was reported tonight in
circles close to the White House that
there was a possibility of Mr. War-
burg’s changing his mind.
Mr. Warburg and the President’s
secretary, Mr. Tumulty, talked over
the telephone late today and Mr.
Warburg then expressed his Jeter-
mination not to take the place. Later
President Wilson telegraphed urging
him to reconsider.
Despite opposition to Mr. Warburg,
friends of the President have assured
him the New York banker's nomina-
tion can be confirmed.
The President said he believed he
would have a hard time finding an-
other man as familiar with toreign
banking conditions who will accept the
place.
Members of the Renate banking
committee today considered Mr War-
burg finally had eliminated himself
by his telegram to Chairman Hitchcock
declining to submit to questioning by
the co: mittee.
No action has been taken on the
nomination of Thomas D. Jones, Chi-
cago, a ho yesterday told the commit-
tee of his connection with the Inter-
national Harverter Company. The
The Oklahomane charged attorneys
were trying to get big feem by drum-
ming up claimante in Mississippi while
the Mississipi representatives alleged
that Oklahoma had mistreated the In-
dians of the West.
Representative Ferris, Oklahoma,
said he held in his hand " a document
FREEPORT, N. Y. July 7— The
grand jury will begin an investigation
of the slaying of Mrs. Iouise -Bail
Thursday at Mineola, the county scar,
District Attorney Smith annouced to
night. Ho added that he would de-
mand that an Indictment charging
murder be returned against a woman
who he said was the person who broke
a window in tiie office of Dr. Edwin
Carman and fired a bullet into the
hi art of Mrs. Bailey
The Diet rid Attorney admitted there
was a possibility that the grand jury
might not heed his demand because
of a lack of sufficient evidence.
"I believe, though." he said, "that
the indictment will be returned i in-
tend to have this woman indicted if
I have to present the evidence to every
grand jury that met is in Nassau Coun-
ty for the next ten yeurs."
The story told by a witness who was
examined in secret between sessions of
the Inquest yesterday was revealed
teday.
A half hour before the morning pro-
ceedings opened, a man whose name
the officials say will remain a secret
until Thursday boldly informed Carl
Darenburg. a captain of the local po-
lice department, that he knew who
had killed Mrs. Bailey. He then told
RUSK. Tei., July 7.— Emulating the 1
example of hie illuistrious predecessor,
at lest insotur as stmilarity ot cam-
palgn tactics is concerned, Jamos, E. 1
Ferguson spoke last night in RusK be,
tore 1600 people from all Metlons at ■
that county and from Anderson Coun-
ty. Rusk, or near Rusk, was the home
of Jim Hogs and hie memory is etui
dear to people Of that locality. When
Ferguson last night in showing the
corporation influences of Thomas Ball
and his opposition to Democratic prin-
ciples read the words of Hogg at the
Waco convention when they attempted
to cry him down, an ovation broke
loose that threatened to be a demon-
stration. People clapped their hands,
shouted, pounded their neighbors, and
the band struck up "Dixie." Follow-
ing the Hogg demonstration, a pro-
longed cheed was raised .for Ferguson.
There was no questioning the strength
of Ferguson if applause can be con-
sidered a medium pf approbation. Time
after time he was forced to wait until
quiet reigned before proceeding.
For the first time in many day he
covered thoroughly every section of his
platform. No one portion received
much precedence, but the applause
gained and the question that is rapidly
forging to the front to voters for both
Ball and Ferguson is Ferguson's atti-
tude on the school book question, and
the crying needs for better country
schools. Almot within the shadows
of the prison walls of Rusk. Ferguson
took occasion to deride the idea that
any but business farmers might man-
age the affairs of such great institu-
tions.
Penitentiary Management.
Although among the Ferguson sup-
porters were former prison officials.
Ferguson pronounced the Ball plan to
place supreme judges in charge of the
farms and spoke of the incompeteney
of the present management Insofar
as finances was directly concerned. He
cited the amounts lost in the operation
of the penitentiary system, and told
how many good country schools it
would provide for the people of the
country districts. "There prison re-
formers for the most part are fine
hypocrites.” he said. "They will sit
in a jury box and send some mothers,
boy to prison on a first offense and
then one hour later go into spasms and
howl and wall because they learned
that some big buck of a nigger, who
is serving his seventh term, has been
thipped because he could not be made
Above st left: Mrs. Lou Balley, the dead woman; below at left. Dr. Edward Carman, who was with Mrs.
Balley in his office when the fatal shot was fired. At the right: Mrs. Edward Carman, who listened to hus-
band’s patients yith dictagraph. An arrest in the mystery is daily expected.
NEW OR.ANN, July 7—Th® bu-
ben Is plague situation bhere became
more serious today with the confirma-
tion of a second death and the exist-
ence of a second focus of Infectlon
three miles distant from the original
one John Jackson, 9- year-old negro
hoy, who was found dead on July 2
at his home, died from the plague, ac-
cording to the announcement today of
Amistant Rurgeon Charles Williams
of the United States public Health and
Marine Hospital Service.
Dr Williams reported that a test
made hy W. H Zeeman, city bacter-
h logist, had proved conclusively that
the boy's death was due to plague The
rcpoK stMed the youth had resided in
ths city for th* past three months nnd
had been ill for three da vs prior to
his death. He had cut his foot fna
bottle two weeks before.
Chales Lundene. a F wed Ish sailor,
whose movements were traced only for
eight days prior to his death, was the
first victim. W. W. Wilkinson, iso-
lated ten days ago. Is recovering from
the disease. No other cases have been
roporte.
♦ have been placed on record at ♦
♦ the French consulate with the ♦
♦ claim that Velasco was a •
♦ Frenchman, not a Spanlard, as ♦
♦ previously thought. ♦
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CAMERON, Tex., July 7.— Speaking
from the same platform used by James
Stephen Hogg and George Clark in
the debate that Is . said to have been
the turning point of the campaign of
1892, Thomas H. Ball today made one
of "the most vigorous speeches of, his
campaign. The forces of both Ball and
Ferguson are claiming Milam County.
It is today the hot bed of Texas pol-
itics. . %
While Milam County is anti, the
proa claim they would vote it dry in
an election now. Of more than 6000
voters, one-sixth are negroes, and
hrn^e cannot vote in the primaries.
Badges were worn by every one. The
Ferguson men have campaigned the
county thoroughly. T. H. McGregor
and others spoke here Monday
The Ball reception committee was
composed of 100 men On this com-
mittee are men from every Voting box
in the county. E. A Flynn, chairman
of the reception committee: W. H.
Triggs, finance, and J W. Cavitt, en-
tertainment committee, have under
way a thorough campaign of the coun-
ty. Judge T. H. Henderon, one of the
strongest men here, has stumped the
county for Bali and will continue until
the day of the election.
Two Parades
The Cameron people gave two pa-
rades for the Colonel today. At 9
o’clock this morning forty or fifty cars
paraded the streets and Colonel Ball
waa taken In an automobile to the City
Park tha afternoon with a parade of
more than this number. In both pa-
rades then were as mark farmers
driving their own cars as town folks.
The Rall committee brought the Bettis
band from Waco and kept it busy all
day. While in Cameron, Colonel Ball
was the guest of Judge and Mm J.
M Ralston. Mrs. Ralston is a sister
of Mrs. Frank Andrews, whose hus-
band is a member of Ball’s land firm.
Every community and town In Mi-
lam County war represented in the
crowd that heard Colonel Ball today.
A train brought hundreds from
Rockdale and Caldwell. There were
delegations from Brnchville, May-
field, Jones’ Prairie, Clarkson, Bafley-
ville. Port Sullivan, Clarkson, Bailey1
ker's Creek, Ben Arnold, Burlington.
Davilla, Farrell ton, Barak, Buckholts,
Adhall, Elm Ridge. Salem, Curry, Mar.
WASHINGTON, July
Indications Are That Huerta-Carran-
za Conferenco Will Be Held.
WASHINGTON, July 1- Reports to-
night from Torreon that ths YAliaz
Carranza peace conference ended lain
night and that differences in the Con-
xtitutfonalist ranks had been adjusted,
encouraged Washington offieials and
Constitutionalist agents her*, who
hope mediation vf the Mexican em-
broglio soon may be successfully con-
cluded. . .
While no official dispatches had "
been received hy General Carranza's
agents relative to the settiement of
th* constitutionalist )nternecine af-
fairs. a messase last night from Gen-
era Villa addressed to the American
agent, Felix Sommerfield, declared the
Torreon conference was progressing
satisfactorily.
later information direct from the
conference asserting that terms of set-
tlement had been reached wan cred-
ited here generally and it was believed
that the adjusting of these affaire
eoon would be followed by a decision
by the Copstitutionalist generals as to
the invitation for their representatives
to meet with Huerta's delegntes to die- v.
cuss Mexican internal affairs
Rafael Zubaran, Luls Cahrere, Fer-
nando lgleslas Calderon and Leopoldo
Hnetain Waninne Conatitutlonalist
THE AUSTIN STATESMAN.
Credentiale Adolph Orasso, Fan
WASHINGTON, July 7—- President
Wilson today by cable accepte the
renignntion of George Fred WiIemn
minister tn Greece. Frederick O Bl-
Her. secretary was instructed to take
charge of the leeniiew
July 7.-
sions. . ,
Convention politicians meanwhile
continued their activities in the cam-
paign for the election of a president.
Announcement that Dr. Davis Starr
Jordan's name would be withdrawn if
a fight were made in committee by
supporters of Dr. D. B Johnson of
Rockhill, 8. Cm brought forth one ru-
mor that Johnson would withdraw and
another that James H. Baker of Col-
orado would be the administration can-
didate in Dr. Jordan’s stead. The elec-
tion will take place Thursday.
Sex hygiene conservatively taught in
schools will be indorsed; parents will
be urged to enlighten their children
on sex questions and teaching of sex
hygiene In normal schools probably
will be recommended. Federal aid for
vocational training in public schools
will be asked in another resolution and
still another will urge that uniform
wording of the National song be
adopted.
Radical changes in the curriculum of
high schools were advocated byspeak-
President Arthur L. Williston, prin-
cipal of Wentworth Institute, Boston,
Maes., advocated the omission of in-
structions in foreign languages. "A
child may be ten years in age, thirteen
years old physically and five years old
mentally,’’ said MIm Mary R. Camp-
bell of Chicago, who is conducting
psychological tests. "When this is un-
derstood the entire system of education
will be changed to fit conditions.”
Natural business ability tests for
students who have taken courses in
business colleges and commercial
schools were recommended by Sherwin
Cody of Chicago.
♦ VERA CRUZ, July 7.-Delay ♦
♦ In the payment of a ransom of •
• one million pesos has resulted ♦
♦ in the execution by Zapatistas ♦
♦ of Juan Velasco, manager of a ♦
♦ cotton manufacturing concern, v
♦ who was taken prisoner near ♦
♦ Atlixco, Btate of Pueblo, ac- ♦
♦ . cording to Velasco’B brother, ♦
♦ who left Vera Crus yesterday to •
♦ obtain his release, but returned ♦
♦ from his unsuccessful mission •
♦ tonight. ♦
♦ The prisoner was compelled to ♦ ,
• send to the officials of the com-
♦ pany in Puebla the demand for ♦
♦ the ransom and his brother “
♦ started out immediately to aid 4 *
♦ him. He proceeded as far as ♦
♦ Apizaco, near Puebla, where ho 4
♦ was to get In touch with the Za- ♦
♦ pa lat 1st a s, when be was in-
♦ formed the captive already had
♦ been kiled.
VERA CRUZ, Mexico, July 7---
Brigadier General Funston made pub-
lic today copies ot th® telegrams ex-
changed last Sight between the Ameri-
can army headquarters and Lieu-
tenant Colonel izunza, commander of
the Mexican Federal outposta. In his
dispatch izunza said:
"A portion of my infantry outpost
has revolted and I am about to go out
to reduce them to order.’’
General Funston thanked Colonel
Izunxa for the Information and as-
sui ed Izunza that th® Federal de-
serters would be arrested promptly
if they approached th® American out-
posts or entered Vera Crus.
No unusual activity was reported by
the American outposts during the
night and no firing was heard.
Captain Aguilar and two leu-
tenants led, the mutinous infantry
post of sixty men. ‘They had been in
communication with a body of Con-
stitutionalist troops estimated at 1000 > e
men near Tejeria. The outpost sent
forward an emlesary to notify the
Consututionaliats that Captain Aguilar
was ready to do his part. The cap-
tain then seised the mounts of the
rural guards and all the ammunition
in the vicinity.
The Constitutionalistshad organised
themselves only a few days ago.
Another report that General Huerta
was reay to resign and had sum-
moned General Garcia Pena to the
Capital from Cordoba to succeed him,
was brought here today by one whose
relations with the foreign legations in
Mexico City are dlose. He said that
in diploma tie circie3 it was accepte
ri true that General Huerta was pre-
pared to resign.
WASHINGTON MORE HOPEFUL.
portion Wednesday:
the captain the story he inter repeated
to the District Attorney, his assstants
and several private detectives. Briefly
it is as follows:
"Last Tuesday morning the woman
suspeet met him (the new witness)
nnd a man whose hame he gave and
who he sold now is in Kanans City
or New York. The woman agreed to
give them $50 each if one would bring
a revolver nnd deliver It to her on the
lawn at the side of Dr Carman's home.
The new witness and the man he de-
clared has fled came to Freport from
New York on the same train with the
woman. The missing man had the
revolver in his pocket.
Wanted to Bear® Some On®.
"At half past peven o‘c lock that night
the man went to the Carman home
nnd there met the woman, who said
she wanted to 'scare' someone inside
The woman took the revolver, the man
plopped up the sereen and broke the
window and then stood to one aid*
while the woman thrust the weapon
through the opening and fired. Then,
according to the story, she handed the
revolver back to the man and the two
esqaped In opposlte directions."
Accoring to the story the man who
MUSKQGEF, Okla., July 7.—Byl M.
Smith, once a prominent wholesale
merchant here, faced a jury today,
charged with murdering Mrs. Bessie
Brown on a crowded downtown street
several months ago. He shot her in
the back, it is alleged, followed her
down lhe street as she ran away
sereaming and overtaking her, clubbed
her with bis revolver.
"She ruined my life I hope she dies,""
he cried, according to witnesses today.
Smith was his own witness. "God
told me to kill her," he said. "He keeps
teliing me I did right.”
He dedlared the women had fas-
cinated him, torn him from, his family
and nquandered his fortune. He ad-
mitted that at one time he had choked
her attempting to make her repay a
loan of 8400, all he had left.
"Did God tell you to demand that
$4007 he was asked.
Bmith stammered and then said,
i (iod did not say anything about th®
money.”
Bmith pleaded* emotional Insahity as
his defense.
tn 'nrus. Franklin. Camp, sn.mar and
supporters.
Reports of the strength of Ferguson
Burleson Counties were also read.
Ferguson was introduced by Colonel
Bob McClure. On the reception • m
mittee were many Rusk citizens and
farmers. A bras® band was brought
by Palestine citizens on their special
train because it was understood that
the hand would not play in Rusk when
C. C. McDonald spoke there for Fer
guson. In th® Palestine and Anderson
County delegation were J. O. Copeland,
Colonel Peter Hughea, Colonel J. W.
Osborne, Mr. Snare, J. W. Palmer of
Rusk and many others. While the
' Ferguson speciat on the State Railroad
was bout ten miles out of Palestine
and the band was playing, a farmer
in the nearby field, who was plowing,
stopped his horses near th® railroad
light of way as th® train cam® along
Hey. com® Join us, w® are going
, to hear Governor Ferguson speak at
Tausk." That was enough; the farmer
dropped his reins and. barefooted
thoL gh he waB, mounted th® train as
it phssed, in th® baggage car was
found a pair of boots, which he donned
when he got into Rusk. That man was
Tom Hightower and he left Rusk last
night with a pocket full of Ferguson
buttons. When Ferguson told him of
his appreciation of the fact that he
would do ss he had done Just tn hear
big speech, he answered; "Shucks,
there’s more like me.”
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