Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-09-12
LOCAL MAN IS HELD
RESULT Of KILLING
AT MARSHALL, TEX
". 7. u, LiSETER WAVES PIE
i.iMiN.tKy HEARING ~ con.
NECTION WITH AFFAIR
s,a eiai 10 The News.

s,srinl 10 The News.
MARSHALL. Tex. Sepl. ~. The
preliminary trial of w. 7. n. Lase1es.
Who. last night. h alleged 70 hsye
kIlled W. l.. Hudson, head driller u tbs
Nsrshsii tIladln 0il wen. was wesse9
this morning and his bond wss flxe&
~ sss0e. THE death u sIudseD -.
csrred NJ about i:3e e'ciech la, nlghf.
When u u alleged nc wss struck over
the head With . .xs sraniiing ebooe
four feet long.
flee II the Marshall Ailadin Oh con-
the stree, from the Marshall Hotel. /
Mr. iiudson's wife and G. T.. Elliott.
sccf-tary.trcarurer of the Amarillo.
Caddp Oil company. wert present at
the time. Hudson was a young man
about % years 81 asr. while Laseter 10
possibly so
According 10 Mr. Elliott. Hudson ana
l.ascter had bern having some trouble
a, the well Mr. and Mrs. Hudson and
iIudson's brother came in from Harei.
ton IN an automobile Yesterday eve.
nirg. and Il IL said that Mrs. Hudson
came To the Marshall Aliadln office,
where Mr.. Elliott and Mr. Laseter were
and remarked that she was uneasy
| about her husband. az she was afraid
that h. had been drinking. lie had
gone out with hir brother. and. being
/ alarmed about him. she asked the two
men TO look fcr him. Hudson wos
found later hv l.aseter. Il n reported
NJ the East Texar Welding company.
on Noih Bolivar. and II said 70 have
le.n s'rungiy under the influence Of
Intoxicating lsuor l.ascter returned
] 10 th. office.
shortly after this AR. aud Mrs. ffis.
| son started hon. In the car. Mr.. FL
lioii and air l.ssct,r remained ~ thu
uffh- IN few minutes Hudson and
biz Vif. returned and Hudson n said
10 have abused i.sret.r and threatened
o. Mn him. u n claimed. lie went OUT
20 the automobile IN front q the office
and began rummaging through the
| pockets II the csr. supposedly looking
for pistol. and Mrs Hudson told the
two men In the office that she had
thrown III. pistol away. hut she asked
i.asritr o. leave the office by the back
du-m IN" usfic" j. divided into two
pafts hy psfiltion. l.ascter went
through the ntrr door into ths back
uffi-e. aud Mrs Hudson aud Mr.. III.
liuit supposed that he had gone out az
the back dot n TIL building Hudson
came Lack IN ~ the front door, 10 v
said. and passing through the front Of
fir. showed opcn the door % the rear
commandment. ~ Hudson passed
through the door. according TO Mr.. ~.
iutt I.as.ter struck him over the head
With the heavy timber I.sseter went
H. "a. pnlire station and told Policeman
Jack Mundan that he had tapped a
man ON The head, according 10 the
p,,il,,. and that they had better go see
| shuui him Ma Munden and Policeman
~ . E..chiuld wsnt 20 the office n
| ~. oil compluv and u II said. found
| Hudson in q DIVING condition. DR.. J. u,
| baldwin had hen called u u stated
I that tn dyirE mans skull had not
! been fractured hat his meek was posss'
4 It's broken lIc disd IN a few minuteA
4 WIS, word ~ the killing Of Hudson
was received In Amarillo by W. Y
Gasg,u from e 4. Elliott. who wired
| frum Shreveport No details wer>
| given - the incidents leading up to
the killing although Il was stated In
m" m"s~sg. that Hudson II said d
have threatened Mr.. f.ssetcr.
Mr. tasctsr lives AZ ii0o buchanan
street lie formerly was an engineer
fur the santa ~ railway. and after
ward owned th. Fifth street Garage.
~, had been engaged In the real estat,
business Tor the past few months. We
b. q siockholdcr III the AmsrilloCadda
] cal company
/ HudS,sn' home ~ In Shreveport. Ia
nd n. was field man for Willis 4
| Tuw-iy. IN, firm that was drilling th>
| Marshall Afiadin test Of the Amarillo
add pI ,,lr,panV ffe Was about "a