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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-15
old MYSTERY
REVIVED IN
CASE now UP
Federal Court Jury to
Decide if Edinburg
Man Was Murdered
S Years Ago

Was James II. Lawrence OF Edin-
burg. who disappeared while In Kan
sas City five and one-half years ago,
murdered and his body dumped in
to the waters Of the Missouri river
or did he merely disappear?
That IL the question upon which
the settlement Of a $4,000 life in
surance suit in federal court here
hinges. Relatives Of Lawrence say
that he was murdered and are irving
70 collect insurance for $4,000 from
the National Fidelity Life Insurance
Company. The defendant company
contends that the plaintiffs have
done nothing to show that Mr.. Law
rance II dead. IL is on this conflict
ing testimony that the jury must
ponder. Argument by plaintiffs at
torney ended at 1890.
According to the plaintiffs testi-
mony Mr. Lawrence went TO Kansas
City for the purpose Of purchasing
some property. The last known trace
OF him was when he left the Maine
Hotel there on the night Of March 8,
1921. according to defendants tes-
timonv. But the plaintiff. Mrs. Ber-
tha Lawrence. alleges that Law
renee was murdered following tes-
timony offered by A. W. Lawrence,
n son. and J. W. Wells who vert 20
Kansas City to investigate Mr.. Law
rence's disappearance.
They went to police headquarters
and there found that iitnev driv-
er had that same night been held up
by two men who forced him at the
point Of a pistol to drive to an old
house at the corner of Seventeenth
and Main Streets. where the body Of
a man was Dut In the car The jitrr-
driver said that the men compelled
him 10 drive TO thu river ~ the foot
of Broadway where the body was
dumped into the water.
The investigators went "a the old
house. according 70 te-timonv intro
duced by the plaintiff. and there
found n scrap of peper in the base
ment. The writing on this was
identified nv young Lawrence r. his
fathers. They then wen. 70 the river
bank and testify that thev found
colla- with the initials r. ~. 7. on
the hank where the iitnev driver
testified that the body had been
dumred into the water
The attorneys for the plaintiff al-
so introduced q deposition from Yrs
Fred Hughes who testified her hrs-
band had come home with a coat the
same color as that worn bv Mr.. Law
-n-~a when he disarneared with
dark stains in IL ard cortnininr
rocketbooF with Mr. Lawrence's
narne on il.
The defendant comnrnv i its tes-
timonr before Judge J. &. HutchaEon
end the irrv attemnted N move
that the collier had been fc~-A g. Y
r'-nc- car and turned in. They also
irtrndured tes:imnrv - show tN-t
M-. lawrence had debts which led him
- disanpe=r and -irrila- nviSarrn
The defendan. company tried n chow
in all it, testimony that NJ. r---
rcrrn Rad M. been proven dr.t
DISTINGUISHED local -olpr' ~-@7
represented o nboth si1er --i'h -.
governor Pei v. Neff ~ Woo Cr--
VI rnwrill az Kans~7 md y. n F-n-i-
of Dallas rerresentinr the defsrd7n-
~orlranv and Judge ramrron ~
Edinburg attorney for the Plaintiff
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San Antonio TO,Un Cyiey
is Officially Suppressed

advertisements through mega
phone.
Ordinarily he wore a bright vest
over green shirt. but sometimes
he stuffed his figure into a base
ball uniform or surrounded him
self with pads to advertise a foot
ball game. Others threatened to
enter the field and clutter up the
streets with strange figures so the
commission ordered Julius to de-
sist. TODAY he planned to circu-
late a Petition asking recall of the
order.
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GIRL BANDIT WILL
STAY With MOTHER

AUSTIN. Texas, Dec. i5.-Pl-
Mrs. Rebecca Bradley Rogers. %
year-old Austin girl. who won her
way 10 freedom from Jail after 4
thrilling legal fight Tuesday. spent
"Wednesday at the home Of her
mother. Mrs. Grace r.. Bradley of
Austin. She il charged with rob
berry Of bank at Buda.
Her husband. Otis ". Rogers.
young Amarillo attorney. who aided
her to gain release on $4,000 bond
from the custody OF Hays county
officials. was confined TO bed at at
hotel where he is recovering from a
severe attack Of bronchitis. which
followed cold contracted at ANA
rillo before he made the long trip
to Austin to be with his wife.
Rogers was Joined here today by
his brother. r. A. Rogers. business
man of Fort Worth. who stated that
Otis would be in Austin for several
davs and that no future plans had
been announced by either Reoecca
or Otis.
AUSTIN. Tex, Dec. 15.-lPl-Otis
Rogers, husband Of Rcbecca Bradley
Rogers. who Tuesday was granted
hail on the charge Of robbing Satur-
dav The Farmers National Bank at
Buda. was taken to local hospital
today. lie is suffering from Sc
we're bronchial affection.
Mrs. Rogers. to whom he was Sc
cretly married more than year ago
when both were students in the UNI
versity of Texas is 1T his bedside.
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Dec. Is.
-tPI-The unofficial town crier
of San Antonio. an anchient and
picturesque institution today was
struggling against the march Of
modernity.
The fire and police commission
yesterday ordered Julius Meyer to
"cease and desist." Julius is n
little rotund man, in startling
dress, mounted on small horse.
II has been his won't for years to
anble through the streets crying
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LONDON WIDOWERS
FAVOR SPINSTERS

LONDON. Dec. Widowers
prefer sninsters when remarrying il
is revealed in matrimonial statistics
published by the London County
Council.
The London marriage records
show. says the booklets. that during
the last recorded year there were
nearly twice as many widowers who
took single women as life partners
as compared with those who wed
widows. The difference between the
number Of widows who married wild
overs and those who wed bachelors
was very small
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-15
REFUSES
T.P. &c. APPEAL

WASHINGTON. ID. XII. Dec. 15.-iH1
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion today refused to disturb its de-
cfsion of last November. by which the
Fl. Worth and Denver Plains Rail-
road. 4 subsidiary Of the Burlington,
was given the right 70 construct 200
miles or new railroad in the Texas
Panhandle.
The Texas. Panhandle and Gulf
Railroad. which was refused con-
struction rights in the same terri
tory, asked the commission 70 recon
slider the action which resulted fn-
vorabIy to the Burlington, but the
Panhandle Company's petition for d.
lay and rehearing was dismissed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-15
Mercedes Mayor
Given Heavy Fine

The filming in federal court yes
terday afternoon of J. f. Haynes.
mayor of Mercedes, who pleaded
guilty. to misapplication Of funds OF
the First National Bank Of Mercedes.
settled a case which is four years
old. having ended. in a mistrial at
the last term of court when the jury
disagreed.
Haywood Hardy. assistant district
attorney. recommended To Judge y. 70.
Hutcheson that the fine be between
$1,000 and $1,000. The fine was set
at $4,000.
There were more than a dozen
counts in the two indictments which
charged misapplication OF the bank
funds and false entries In bank books.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-15
Berger Girl Shoots
Self, Wounds Officer

BORGER. Tex. Dec. 15.-tP--
Pressing a pistol belonging to Deputy
Sheriff Jones to her breast. Dixie
Dutton. 20, shot herself near the
heart in q local hotel room here at
5 o'clock this morning. The bullet
passed through the girls body and
entered the left leg Of Deputy Jones
who was in the room.
Physicians hold little hope in saw
ing the girls life. Police are search
ing for the mother and sister of
Miss Dutton who are said to be liv-
ing in Amarillo. Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-15
STOCK MARKET
TRENDS UPWARD

NEW. YORK. n. Y, Dec. l5.-tPl--
Establishment of n new high record
for all time by the common stock or
the Baldwin Locomotive Company
featured resumption Of the upward
movement at the opening Of today's
stock market. u. S. Steel common,
General Motors, Allied Chemical and
most Of the other standard indus
trials improved fractionally on OPEN
ing sales.
Oils were under heavy accumula-
tion. One lot of 10 shares of Texas
a. Pacific Land Trust changed hands
at l4l0, an overnight gain Of sixty
points.
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WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Lower Rio
Granda Valley: Cloudy to partly
cloudy and colder tonight with low
est temperature 26 to SO degrees;
Thursday partly cloudy and contin-
ued cold
Moderate to fresh north winds on
the west coast, diminishing tonight.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to-
night; colder south and extreme east
portions; below freezing to the coast,
temperatures % to 80 south portion
except 2S to 80 Lower Rio Grande
Valley Thursday generally fair.
not quite so cold north portion.
Moderate to fresh ncrtherly winds
coast decreasing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-15
Boys Leg Cut OFF
By Santa Fe Train

BORGER. Tex. Dec. 15.-tP)-John
McEvans. l6, was found lying on the
Santa Fe Railroad crossing east of
here last night with his left leg
severed by passing train. He was
taken to a hospital where he lies
in a critical condition today.
His home is at Clarksdale. Texas,
wher his mother is said to be living.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-15
Grade Students Agree
Washington Truthful

ATLANTA, Dec. 15.-tP)-Georee
Washington's claim to the distinction
Of having been the greatest American
run the gamut from II think he was
nice little boy" to "he won many
battles with the Germans and many
other countries" but his outstanding
attribute was his truthfulness.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-15
Twenty-Four Hurt
In Train Wreck

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Dec. l5.-
(Pl-Twenty-four persons were in
jured, three seriously enough. to be
taken 10 hospital when the rear car
Of Big Four passenger train was
tclascoped by Pennsylvania Railroad
switch engine near the Union Station
here today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-15
STAR WITNESS
ISUNDERFIRE
Scandal Of Private
Life Exposed In
Canton Court

CANTON. o., Dec. 15.-iPl-Ef
forts have been made by defense
counsel 20 show that Steve Kascholk.
star witness against Patrick Eugene
McDermott. sought part OF the re-
ward in order to further an Illicit
love affair.
McDermott Is charged with the
murder Of Don X. Mellett. Canton
publisher. when Kascholk was
cross examined yesterday. three OF
his love letters wer introduced. They
were addressed 10 Mary Cherinsky
and written while Kascholk was be-
ing held as a material witness. In
thnm he protested affection for the
girl from his home town or Manly
glc. Pa He admitted that he was
the father of her two children and
loved her more than his wife.
The letters referred to the S27 900
reward offered for the solution 81 the
Mellett murder mystery and Of
Kascholk's hope Of getting "at least
$4,000 or $4,000 because" he wrote.
II happen 10 know the most about
this case"
Tho defense brought out that Ka-
scholk twice had faced charges in
connection with Mary Cherinsky and
that he had been convicted Of nom
support Of his wife and their chill
Gren.
The scandal Of his private life. he
admitted in matter Of fact tones. but
he insisted that McDermott was hir-
ed by Ben Rudner OF Massillon Ito
slug" the editor.
Examination OF the remaining state
witnesses will consume the rest Of
this week and probably most OF
next Monday. Prosecutor c. B. Nc
Clintock has indicated.
While the defense has not told how
many witnesses IL proposes to call. il
is understood they are fewer than
the states witnesses. II is believed
that the hearing of evidence will
continue until Christmas.
CANTON. Ohio. Zee. -5.-[F,-
Patrick Eugene M-Dermott, on trial
for the murder If Don X. Mellett,
Canton publisher carried n gun the
week before the assassination and on
the night Of tha murder said he
would shave $3.50 in the morning"
William Bitzler. states star wit
ness, testified today,
Bitzler's testimony painted n back
ground Of alleged police corruption
and bootleGginG as the setting for
McDcrmott's activities early on the
night the publisher was slain.
ON cross-examination. Bitzler ad-
mitted his own criminal record.
Bitzler testified he talked to McDer-
mott Tuesday evening preceding the
Staying Of Mellett and said McDer-
mott to him II stand in here. | can
do whatever I want and no cop
would do anything about it."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-15
RAILROAD MAN DIES

FORT SCOTT. Kans.. Dec. 15.-tP
Major E. +. Dix. sc, died here to-
day, after protracted illness. He
had been for ~ years general agent
for the St. Louis-San Francisco road,
and was one of the most widely
known railroad men in the middle
west
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-15
Hunter Loses Life
In Auto Accident

SAN ANTONIO. Tex. Dec. Is
tP,-Ed iL.tle, 81, Of San Antonio
was killed and Carlos Warden, Sc
riously injured. in an automobile ac-
cident which climaxed duck hunt
at Medina lake late Tuesday. Their
automobile skidded and overturned.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-15

River Forecast
Their will be no material change
in the river.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-15

SOON RADIO station KWWG,
Brownsville, will be talking to the
wide, wide world again. this time
from the top Of Hotel FL Jardin, at
this time the highest structure in
the Valley.
Above the hotel, sixty-foot radio
towers will tower still higher.
And a little later, the annual SER
vice OF broadcasting vegetable mar
ket reports will be started. for the
benefit of Valley growers and ship
pers. Those who cannot get the re-
ports by radio will receive them
through The Brownsville Herald.
Lieutenant-C Commander Moore of
the Eighth Naval radio district is
now in Brownsville, and with Chief
Officer Mallory is arranging all the
preliminary details.
Station KWWG pays for itself an
nually in the distribution of these
market reports.
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DAILY RIVER BULLETIN
Flood Present ~ Hr. "a Hr.
Stage Stage CHING. Rain
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VEHICLE LAW Of
STATE UNDERF|RE
ASsaiIed by Transfer Men, in
Convention Here.

That the Indiana motor vehicle
licensed, is unfair in its application,
expensive and cumbersome in its
method and undemocratic in prin-
ciple" is the contention of members
of. the Indiana Transfer and Ware
housemen's Association. assembled
at the Lincoln today for their
ninth annual convention.
Plans for constructive legislation"
governing both the transfer and
warehouse business will be discussed
during the two-day session. More
than 200 of the 3S7 members are ex
pected to hear the debates on the
license law Saturday afternoon ac-
cording to Ross Greenawalt, Goshen,
Ind, president OF the organization.
Greenawalt, member Of the Indiana
Legislature, expects to foster
bills backed ythe association.
Tonight the warehousemen will at
tend at dinner at the Lincoln, with
former Mayor Lew Shank as toast
master. Secretary of State Fred
erick S. Schortemeier and S. II.
Hinkle, maintenance superintendent
of the highway commission, will
speak at the opening session Satur-
day morning. officers will be
elected in the afternoon. The an.
nual banquet of the association is
scheduled for $50 p. m. Saturday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-26
TEN TRAPPED IN
FLOODED TUNNEL
Tons of Water and Mud Bury
Workmen.
Bv United Press

BIZ United Press
OAKLAND. Cal. Nov. 26.-Buried
beneath tons of water and mud
which swept down upon them in tor
rental force, ten men were believed
dead today in a narrow tunnel in the
Contra Costa hills, fifteen miles from
here.
The men, nine laborers and a fore
man, were imprisoned last night
shortly after they went to work in
the tunnel. a portion Of the Moke-
lumne river project which carries
water to Oakland.
The crew was caught without
warning, as the cloudburst outside
swelled a creek and turned a deluge
of water into the tunnel
1t will be several days before the
men can be reached, officials of the
water project said. Pumps were
rushed to the scene today to start
draining out the flood Of water.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-26
KING BEN GAINS
POINT IN F|GH!
Voluntary Return of Cult
Members a Victory.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
BENTON HARBOR, Mich, Nov.
26.-The battle of the State and
Berrien County VS.. king" Benja-
min Purnell and the House Of David
today had assumed the aspect of a
siege.
While virtually a month remains
before king Ben" lis scheduled to
be given a hearing on warrants
charging criminal assault, counsel
for both forces are engaged in an
extra court" campaign featured by
charges and counter charges.
The States major offensive, in
which axes hewed the way to King"
Ben's hiding place ten days ago, was
pmewhat offset Wednesday when
geven members of the cult volun-
tarily returned to the House of David
for vegetarian Thanksgiving din
ner.
The trans-M Michigan pilgrimage,
which began at Detroit in what was
allegedly a kidnapping, ended in the
arrest Of the party, griiling Of its
members, and subsequently enforced
announcement that there had been
no kidnapping.
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Far and Near

ROSEDALE, L. I.-Ashes from
his pipe were believed to have start
ed the fire today which caused
James C. Mulholland, II, caretaker
of St. Clare's Church, to be burned
to death in bed in a barn back of
the church.
NEW YORK-Unable to get
Honolulu on his radio, Raymond
Bakey became so angry that he
smashed the instrument and struck
Miss Marie Wekler, a boarder in his
home, police charged. He was held
under $4,000 bail,
NEW YORK.-The Nations two
youngest boy authors, David Binney
Putnam, who recently returned
from Greenland, and Beric Nusbaum
of Colorado, both 13, were in New
York together for the first time to-
day. David was planning to trade
Deric a narwhal tusk for some pre-
historic Indian relics.
NEW YORK.-Benjamin Lawdor
driving racing car No. 10, was killed
in an automobile race on Staten
Island when the gasoline tank be-
came loose and the machine upset.
OAK PARK, Ill.-"I've taken up
burglary as a life work." James Ste
venson, said to be New York bur
glar, told local police when they
locked him up on burglary charges.
"And I'll burgle out of here" A
few hours later police discovered
that Stevenson had sawed his way
out
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-26
MAINE Governor
AND KHAN LINKED
Brewster Talked to Dragon,
Then Accused Gould.

BIZ Times Special
AUGUSTA, Me, Nov. 26.-The
name Of Governor Ralph O. Brewster
Of Maine was linked with those of
KuKlux Khan leaders in testimony
here today at the hearing on charges
against Arthur r. Gould, Republican
candidate for United States Senator
on campaign expenditures.
In his testimony Governor Brew
ster admitted having conferred with
De Forest H. Perkins, grand dragon
of the Klan in Maine, prior to the
filing of the charges against Gould.
Gould is a candidate in the special
election next Monday to fill the
Maine Senate vacancy. His election
or defeat will have an important
bearing on party control of the pres
ent Senate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-26
BANDIT, ACCUSED
OF MANY CRIMES,
TAKEN TO COURT
Friend of Gerald Chapman
Denies Part in $4,000
Mail Robbery.
BIZ United Press


NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-J. j.
Bum" Rodgers, outlaw pal Of many
famous criminals, who was captured
Thanksgiving day as he slept in a
dirty fiat after living for months
like a hunted rat, faced court today.
with half the unsolved crimes of the
East charged to him if not in fact
then through suspicion.
Accused of the recent Elizabeth
IN. j., mail robbery. in which John
Enz, mail truck driver was shot to
death with a machine gun and two
policemen were crushed to death
under the bandit automobile.
Rodgers denied completely and
turned his pockets inside out show
ing a penny and a button. to prove
that he was poor, and falsely ac-
cused of the lob" in which $780,
900 in currency was stolen.
There was a bit of irony in the
capture of Rodgers, the bad man,
asleep in bed. His revolver wasn't
even under his pillow. 1t was found
in a closet where it would have been
of little use to him even if he had
been awake when the officers rushed
into the room. His companions ana
associates in gangland were hard
put to reconcile these facts today.
Rodgers capture came after a
search Of four months. He denied
that he had committed any crimes
since escaping from a prison guard
last December. He said that he had
done much reading. a habit he had
cultivated under the direction of
Gerald Chapman when they were
both inmates Of Dannemora prison.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-26
ASKS WATER INCREASE
City of Linton Makes Plea for Rate
Jump.

In a petition filed today with the
public service commission, by the
Linton Municipal Water Company,
are sought in the fiat rates
on several classes of service. The
petition proposes increasing from SO
to $12 year the fiat rate on
from one to six rooms,
barber shops, blacksmith shops. Of
fees and sprinkling. A. M. Beasley,
city attorney, filed the request.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-26
ILLINOIS BATTLE
RENEWED;2SHOT
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Bp United Press
HARRISBURG, ILL.,, Nov. 26. -
Two men were in local hospital to-
day as the result Of a renewal OF
the southern Illinois gang warfare.
They are Virgil Hundsacker and
Albert Robinson, who were attacked
with machine-gun fire as they drove
on a State road a mile west of here
last night.
Milburn Vinson was with the men
at the time Of the shooting, but was
not wounded.
The machine cunning last night
followed an attempt to get" Humid
sacker early yesterday morning
when a bomb destroyed his home.
The Hundsacker home Is near
that of Charles Burger, leader OF the
gang which is fighting the group
ruled by the Shelton brothers.
The reason for the attack on
Hundsacker is not known. He Is
said to have remained out Of the
recent gang strife.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-26
ROUMAN|A'S KING
IN DYING STATE;
COUNTRY FESTIVE
Ferdinand Faces Operation
for Cancer-CiviI War
Possible.
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BIZ United Press
BERLIN, Nov. 26-King Ferdin-
and's condition is known to be hope
less despite official denials at Buch
Arrest, the Vossische Zeitung said to-
day
The present regime, it added was
preparing for a fight to hold power
in case His Majesty should die. TIL 2
strength of the opposition was suf
fcient to make civil war possible
the paper said.
The interruption of telephone com
munication between Bucharest and
Belgrade was laid by the newspaper
to an attempt by Roumanian officials
Ito veil some recent catastrophes in
bucharest or to suppress news Of
some impending event.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-26
SHOT WHILE HUNTING
Negro Youth Suffers Hand Injuries
Gun Caught i'm Fence.

Theophilus Trison, 16, Negro. III
N. West ST., was shot in the hand
in a hunting accident, Thursday.
Trison and Robert Huddleston,
1914 N. Sheffield Ave-, were hunting
north Of the city on the Lafayette
Rd., when gun one was carrying
was caught on fence and dis.
charged. Trison is at city hospital