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Swear Abb For
Alleged Bandit

DALLAS. Tex, Feb. 20.-tH1-
Eight witnesses swore TO an abb
for William dagger Pruitt, here
today in his trial on charges of rob-
bing a pharmacy here the first OF
seven cases standing against him.
They were farmers, and all were Ill
at ease in n court room.
After the state rested its case this
morning. III. q. Wright said Pruitt
ate supper at his home four miles
east of Elan. Texas, the night Pruitt
IL accused OF committing the crime.
that he slept with Pruitt that night.
and that Pruitt did not get up un-
til 6 o'clock the next morning.
Testimony OF the others was that
they saw Pruitt on the evening OF
Jan. 3.
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Hoover's Cousin
Struck By Auts

WASHINGTON. Feb. 20.-fPL
George 9. Hoover. 61. may not sr|
his cousin. Herbert Hoover. inaur|
Mrated president OF the United
States. ~
George Hoover. an attorney fo|
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, vns run down by mn autDmo|
bile Yesterday and carried to
hosDital with R fractured Len.
Miss Fannie II. Dial. DAUGHTER w
former Senator Nathaniel B. DID
or South Carolina. and one or tn
leaders IN the younger society ~
or washington. was driving the cn|
which struck Mr.. Hoover.
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Chicago Grains
Average Higher
AT Days Close

CHICAGO, Feb. 20.=P-Severe
weather in west and southwest
causing renewed misgivings about
crop prospects did much today TO
bring about higher prices for wheat.
Opening l-4M38c off, 10 3-Sc,
wheat afterward showed material
gains all around. Corn. oats and
provisions were also firmer. with
corn starting at lac decline TO l-sc
advance, and subsequently scoring
a general uDturn.
Wheat, closed firm. $50 TO Ia
1-8c net higher. corn "a TO lc up.
oats. 3-8 10 7-8c l c advanced. and
provisions varying from &c decline
TO a raise OF a shade.
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san BENITO
GOLF COURSE A

SAN SEEITO, Feb. 2o-Prcpcssls
Tor construction OF a golf course
between Harrington and this city.
we're approved today at az meeting
OF golf fans with T. A Miller.
course builder. Six signed I'D and
four others are expected 10 sign I'D
this afternoon
A committee OF J. G. Bowie. Al
bert Herbst and G. G. Lorett was
appointed 10 confer with Harrington
fans and obtain ten from that city
10 SIGN up. When this Is done work
on the neT course viii Lsgin. II +
hoped
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Many Visitors On
Golf Links Here

The Brownsville Country club has
been the scene OF unusual activity
the past month. according to off,
cers OF the organization.
In addition to numerous social
events. owe $50 out OF town visitors
have PLAYED over the l8-hole course
during the past month. This Is
believed TO be n record.
Preparations are now being made
for the entertainment OF the I1li-
ois-Eastern Iowa Kiranis golfers
who are 10 be in the Valley Monday
and Tuesday.
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Officers Press
Auto Light Laws

Vigorous efforts to clear county
highways OF automobiles with de-
fcctive lights have been inaugural
ed by traffic officers and the sher-
ifs department.
While the license plate situation
IN said to be well in hand, defective
lights and unRdiusted lights Z
said 10 be plentiful on the high
ways. Such instances are 10 be
dealt with severely In the future.
the sheriff'5 department announced
Wednesday morning.
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Live Stock Is
Steady, Strong
AT Fort Worth

FORT WORTH. Feb. 20.-CP-
Hogs: 1900: steady; top 1920; me-
dunn TO choice lS0-250 lbs. $500
1920: packing sows 8.251875.
Cattle and Calves: 1900; steady
to strong: slaughter steers. common
840G9.65; fat cows 7.004825; hea-
w bulls 7O0u8.50; stock steer
calves 11.50Ml2.00: slaughter calves
wefghty 10.604ll.f5.
Sheep: 100: fat lambs steady TO
strong; medium 10 good wooded fat
lambs 1900 1865: shorn fat weth-
ers $50; shorn fat yearlings 1850.
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K. {. Live Stock
Averages Steady;
Is Generally Up

KANSAS CITY. Feb. 20-P-
Hogs: 1000: steady: top Sl025 on
choice 200g230 lbs; packing sowS
8.5On9.60.
Cattle: 5000: calves: 500: steady
70 CSC higher: slaughter steers.
good and choice e.50G1500 lbs.
1140611.45; cows. good and choice
S.O0ae.75; vealers milk fed) me-
dunn to choice S.506l3.50.
"a Sheep: 1000; lambs steady 10 l5c
higher: sheep steady; lambs. good
and choice COZ lbs. DOWN. 1900
1875: ewes, medium to choice ESQ
lbs. DOWN 100000.
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200 INJURED

Continued from rage one.)
all miners living in or near Peoria.
Brown was killed when he smashed
a window OF a coach and leaped,
the a falling on him as he struck
the ground.
The railroad was used Only to
carry miners to WORK.
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KILLED IN Plane CRASH

SAN ANGELO. Tex. 2 0.-Af
Ar airplane transforming tour by
which two Springfield. No. youths
had hoped TO : the country ended
yesterday at McCamev with the
death OF Fred Scrrell and the wreck
OF the plane. T.. ". Sorrell. Younger
brother. vas en- rcff+e back 70
S~7rfn-fiPft today with the bndv.
S0-rcfi ~sr Injured fatally when the
shin roeedived from rs feet. Two
passengers. Row and Elmer Cor of
Iraan. escaped with minor injuries
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LAUNCH

HAMBURG. Germany. Feb. 40
0p1-The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. line
new 17.000-ton motorship Milwau
kee was launched today by Mavr
Daniel w. Hoan Of Milwaukee, as
sisted nv Mrs. Hoan who christene
the shin with N bottle OF cham
pagne. The official party was irI
creased bv IN large crowd or native
or Milwaukee living CIR travellln
aboard.
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DR.. Pannnnel To
Talk Wednesday

DR.. L. III. Painmel. head OF the
botany department Of the Iowa
state college at Ames, Is to speak
on Religion and Science" at the
Church Of the Advent Wednesday
evening at T:30 o'clock.
DR.. Pammel. a noted botaniSt
who has published numerous books
ON the subject, Is wintering in the
Valley for his first time. He has
addressed several gatherings here
on conservation or plant and ami
NAL life.
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BOND Plan

frontirred from mage one.i
trate the system on the Darlington
and Ramsey farms III Brazoria
county. and provide for a sale Of
the other properties. The central
plant az Huntsville would be dis
mantled.
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MRS. BELL DIES

MERCEDES, Feb. 2o.-word has
been received here OF the death OF
Mrs. o. q. Bell In Cleveland Ohio.
OF February ~. Mrs. Bell was a
former resident OF Mercedes and
will ne remembered as Miss Irene
Hill. She n survived by her hus-
band and twin daughters. 8 years
old. Laura and Betty.
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WOMAN AGAIN

CONTINUED On mage -even.l
told him 7 had seen Mrs. Ham
monds enter the office" Wallace
said. Edwards told me to keep
my mouth shut IL I wanted to keep
my job"
An instance in which Mrs. o. o.
Hammonds vas declared to have
thwarted efforts OF friends Of
Henry s. Johnston. suspended gov
eTnor. TO yemove her from the po-
sition OF confidential secretary. was
related today TO the senate court
of impeachment by G. A. Harbaugh
Of Perry. Johnston's home city.
Harbaugh said that with Jim
TAYLOR. another citizen OF Perry.
he zane 10 Oklahoma City to urge
Mrs. HRmmcnds' dismissal. "A num-
Der OF the governors friends in the
house OF representatives Joined
them in the conference which took
place early In Johnston's admins
traticn. Harbaurh said.
Monopolfzed Conversation
Mrs. Hammonds was brought
into the conference nc .Tohnston's
insistence. the Perry mar testified.
and standing with her arm on tire
governors shoulder. mcnopolized
the conversation.
Harbaugh said he protested that
the delegation had gone 10 the
executive office 10 talk 70 the gov
ernor and not Mrs. Hammonds.
but we decided to say 1t in front
OF her"
Mrs. Hamr1onds talked rs Der
cent of the time Harbaurh said,
and Immediately after entering the
room she gave us q 30 minute
lecture"
II said Harbaurh continued.
Mrs. Hs-nmords. that vras n nice
lecture. We enjoyed the enter
teinrrert. but Is far as We are
concerned. you didn't say . thing"
Hsrhaugh quoted Mrs. Ham
nonds as saying: The governor
can't get along without me. ! have
already saved him three or four
times. Ed Seraars Is behind this
and he ought 20 be killed Gus
woIlard in~terferred with me. he
r. nothing but n low down dog
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BUTTER, EGGS

CHICAGO. Feb. 20.-tP-Butter
lower: creamery extras 40: stand
ards is: extra firsts AZ 1-2T4s IL:
firsts 46F47 ID; seconds 4945
Ia.
Eggs higher: extra firStS AG
a "a: firSts AZ Ia; ordinary frSts
5000.
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SPOT COTTON

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 2o-Pl-
Snot cotton closed steady, 2 points
clown. Sales 1919: low middling
1850: middluing 1900: good mid
ding 1910; receipts l2,595; stock
358.T7&.
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II & rONDS

NEW YORK. Feb. 20.-fP-Gov-
crnment bonds: Libsrtv LIST 4 las
Soa24: 4th 4 Las 1898; treasury
3 3-4s. 1855. sl0o.15.
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Capt. Merrill
Talks TO Masons

Can't. John N. Merrill, retired.
gaye an illustrated talk on the
@Philippine Islands at the regular
meeting OF the Rio Grande Masonic
Lodge No. 81 held at the Masonic
hall Tuesday evening.
The talk, which dealt with tribes.
customs, warfare, ETC. was llustrat-
ed by slides made by Capt merrill
while stationed in the Islands. Sixty
members were present az y n
dress.
The local lodge has been invited
10 attend the comforting OF Masters
degrees in McAllen tonight one
Master degree viii b conferred mere
Friday night at 7:30 O'Clock Re-
freshnents and q social hour VIII
follow the ceremony here.
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CALL MONEY

NEW YORK. Feb. 20@F-CaH
money easier; high 6 10; low s.,
ruling rate 6 Ia; closing bid s; time
loans firm: mixed collateral 5000
davs 7 1907 S-4: 40 months Z Ia
en- 3-4: prime mercantile paper
5 IL.
Bankers acceptances unchanged.
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DEMAND IFASE o

WASFf1NGTON. Feb. m-P-
Demanding On thorough inquiry OF
the Salt Creek. Wyoming. oil field
leases. Senator Robinson. republic
can Indiana. charged in the SEN
ate tndav that the government had
been adefrauded ont of hundreds or
millions or dollars" by these leases.
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Truck
Markets
Via Naval Radio Station

Department OF Agriculture, United
States Bureau OF Agricultural Eco
Monies and the San Antonio. Texas,
hCamSer Of Commerce cooperating.
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DALLAS SPOTS

DALLAS. Feb. 20.-P-SPot cot
ton iST0; Houston 1880. Galveston
1910.
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lash GRAIN

CHICAGO. Feb. 20.-UP-Wneat:
No 3 hard 1.27: no. . mixed i3l IA
Corn: No. 4 mixed 90 $40
OF 10: No. 3 yellow 940l-4
Oats: No. 3 white IS 3-i65i;
sample grade As.
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N. Y. COTTON

, NEW YORK, Feb. 2O.-tP-Cot-
ton opened steady at a decline of
z points to an advance of 2 points
which was about in line with the
showing Of Liverpool.
Trading was very quiet. At the
end OF the first half hour, May was
selling around 20.04 and new Octo-
Der 1885. or net / point lower to 2
points higher.
Except for continued switching
from March to later deliveries,
which wds done without much
change In the differences between
months. no particular trading fea-
ture appeared later in the morning.
Fluctuations were narrow and some
what irregular. Prices at midday
ranged from 3 points lower 10 2
points above yesterdays closing
quotations. Late months were rela-
tively steady.
Futures closed steady. ? points
lower to four higher; spot quiet;
middling 20.25.
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EXCHANGE

NEW YORK Fen. zV-NIU."
eign exchanges easy. Great Brit
ain. demand 4e< 1915; cables 20
e-32: 60-day bills on banks 40 Ia.
France. demand 800 Ia: cables
800 IL. Italy. demand 523 1l-l6;
Belgium 1881 IL: Germany 5zTO;
Tokyo 45.05; Montreal $500 l..
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N. 0. FUTURES
CLOSE STEADY
Net Decline OF | To
5 Points Made
Over Day

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 2o-P-
Inc cotton market opened barely
steady owing to slightly unfayorable
Liverpool cables First trades
showed losses Of 1 to ? points.
March sold down 20 1925. Nav
tS;45 and July 1913, or 2 to 5 oointS
ocioW yesterdays close with the
near month showing the maximum
ueciine. At the end OF the first hour
the market was steady and at ire
after easing a point or two addi-
.lonal under liquidation prices rail-
Led. March advanced 10 1927 Ma
1874 and July 1850, or 2 10 3 points
aDove the lows. At noon the mar
ket was quiet and prices fluctuated
within the early range.
Corton futures closed steady ct
net decline Of / to 5 points.
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NEW YORK Feb. 20-F-Cot-
tnnrped oil closed steady. prime
summer yellow $50; prime crude
o0O-Df2 IL. Feb. cts. Mar $50.
Abr. ps5: MAY D.92: June 9e5: July
I0I7: Aug. 10.15: Sept Oct 1920.
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KANSAS CITY. Feb. 2o.-0P-
wheat: No. , dark hard LIS Ia.
No. . hard i.l9Gl.22 Sd; No. > red
i.36: MAY l.24 Ia; July i-26 10
Corn: No. 2 white. nominally. $50
80. No. 2 yellow. nominally. 49, 80.
No. 2 mixed 95; May 81 Ia; July
IS Sd.
oats: No. 2 white. rominally, So
ass.
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TRAIN VICTIMS FUNERAL
HELD UP TO FIND PRINTY

Of the car and turned 1t over into
ditch. Mrs. Printy fell out Of the
auto and was pinned underneath,
being badly crushed.
The engine passed the crossing
only about $50 feet before stop
ping. The woman was picked up
by the train crew and a workman
who saw the accident. She was put
aboard the caboose Of the train
a-,d was taken back to Edinburg-
There she was removed TO an au-
tomoD.e. nuI died before the Med
ical Arts hospital was reached.
Mrs. -Printy was born III Wood
ward. Okla. and came TO Edinburg
three wears ago from Guymon,
Okla. iShe Is survived by her nus
band. c. ID. Printy Of Edinburg;
her mother. Clara A. Harryman,
of Edinburg: q brother, C. O.
Harryman of Augusta, Kan; q
cousin, Mrs. z. +. Blackburn OF
Edinburgh; an uncle and aunt
Mr.. and Mrs. p. A. Munroe Of
Edinburg: an aunt. Mrs. Mary M
Corbett Of Salt Lake City. Utah
who left here but two weeks ago
after visiting Mrs. Printy: an uncle
Frank Hadley. OF Winchester
Okla Mrs. Printy spent most ci
her life In Enid, Okla
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EDINBURG. Sept. 2s.-(SPL)
Efforts TO locate c. c. Printy.
husband of Mrs. c. d. Printy.
who was kised almost instantly
when an automobile she was driv-
ing was struck by a freight train
near here Friday. having failed.
funeral arrangements were being
held up Saturday morning.
Printy was en- route TO Kansas
City by automobile and was ex-
pected to reach there some time
during Saturday. He left Edinhurg
Sunday with K. IT. Blackburn. Mail
was being forwarded TO them at
the washington Hotel in that city
and a message concerning the
tragedy had been sent there.
PerAing arrangements for the
burial the BODY is being held at
Kreidiers establishment in Nc
Allen.
According 10 NJ. Summers Of
~1.nburg engineer on the train,
he saw the car Mrs. Printy was
driving slowly approach the cros-
sing. lie believed she was stopping.
His train was moving slowly, but
after the auto went onto the
TO Standstill.
The engine struck the rear end
track he was unable to bring It
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NO DANGER HERE,
SAYS SCHNURBUSCH

Although a hurricane was head
ing due west through Florida
straits Saturday morning and o
high pressure area was tending U
hold il on that line. preventing II
from recurring, there is no cause
for alarm along this part OF the
Gulf coast. w. j. Schnurbusch, To-
cal meteorolC gist, said.
No hurricane ever has struck this
part of the coast so late IN Septem-
Der, the observer said.
While the storm Saturday morn
ing was heading directly in this di-
rection 1t was SO far away that
many things could happen 70
change its course before IL could
reach here he said.
Schnurbusch received the follow
ing warning from the Washington
weather bureau:
warnings change to hurricane
warnings south or Miami to Key
West and to northeast storm warn
ings from Key West to Tampa at
9 a. m. Tropical storm moving
westward through Florida straits
with center almost due south of Mi
ami at s a. m. Caution advised all
vessels Florida straits and SOUTH
east coast Gulf Of Mexico"
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CHEER
LECIONNAIRES
Bugle and Drum Corp.
Stages Demonstration at
San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO. Sept. 28.-CSplJ
The Lower Rio Grande delegation to
the American Legion national con-
vention at Louisville. KY. arrived
here Saturday morning 66 strong
Demonstrations were nut ON by the
Brownsville bugle and drum corps
at the depot shortly after the train
arrived at ESQ "A. m Legionnaires
from all portions OF the state con-
verged on San Antonia Saturday.
The Valley delegation will leave
here today on the Sunshine Special
No. for Louisville.
Those in the party included: Thir-
ty-three members of the bugle and
drum corps. III. III. SHELTON. national
delegates: M. 8. Scott. Floyd Smith
r. G. Steir. Tom Stevenson, and Mr..
and Mrs. w. R. Kiekel. all Of
Brownsville: Walton I'D. Hood, vice
national commander. Mr.. and Mrs.
r. III. Moore. Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Kubala. III. Il. Oler. John T. Floore.
Finley Ewing. Sam Bolts. Jr.. and
L. r.. Smith. all Of Harlingen: n.
M. Morgan Of la Feria: A. M.
Montgomery and L. r. Boiling OF
San Benito: II. E. Suggs, and John
Merritt Of Mercedes: G.. c. Geary
Of weslaco: Emery Watts of Donna /:
VIM. Squivvens of Pharr; Chas.
Swallow, Jr.. Of Alamo: DR.. w. Utz-
nina. j. G. Kelley. III. Hixon. J. r.:
Kreider and Earl Woolverton OF
McAllen: Cyril Tapenger OF Edin-
burg. and VIM. Pattee OF Point
Isabel.
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MEN TUNNEL
UNDER HIGH !.
Wire FFNCE
so Men Lead Pack oe
Bloodhounds After
Prisoners Execute
Cleaver Getaway

HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, Sept. 2H
--tFl-BurrowinE I'm tunnel under
the high wire fence which sur
rounded them, 18 convicts at tho
Wynne state prison farm FOR tu-
bercuiosis near here, escaped last
night.
Warden K. r. HarrelI Of the state
penitentiary reported the men cut
through the kitchen floor six feet
into the ground. He said they then
tunnelled IS feet beyond the wire
fence coming to the surface behind
"a building outside the confines, OUT
Of sight Of the guards.
Fifty men, every guard and prison
official available In this section. led
"a pack OK blood hounds today ON
the trail of the convictS-
Captain Claude Williams. manager
or the farm. was away hunting for
"a trusty who had escaped earlier
when the big break occurred.
Three Of the convicts who got
away were life termers. and several
were noted for their jail breaking
activities.
Among the men who made the
break were Robert Hill. one OF the
alleged Cisco Santa Claus bank
bandits. and John Reid, both or
whom escaped "a few months ago
with Bob Silver.
Hill was serving so years from
EaStland county for robbery with
firearms and John Reid was doing
"a 28-year stretch" from Young
county for the same offense.
Oscar Lafferty, serving IA years
for burglary and theft from Kauf-
man county, escaped for the sixth
time. Jack Doyle, o years for burg
larry, Gray county; Alex Henton, ne
gro. years for theft, Gregg county:
Finis Turner, negro. 10 years for
robbery by firearms. Angelina coun-
ty: Manuel Rodriguez, % years for
murder, Angelina county, Lloyd
Davidson, SD years for murder, Ma
varrO county, Jim Staples, alias
VIII Jackson, negro, l5 years for ar
SON, McLennan county; -. Ky. HT-
den. alias Harold Ray. 80 years for
robbery by firearms from Eastland
county. and burglary from SwiSher
county; Marvii Azbell, two years for
forgery. Mitchell county; A. J. AM
drews. so years for murder. Liberty
county: Jack Lebo, so years for
murder. Shelby county; Leader
Gaines, negro. years for burglary
and theft, McLennan county; Roy
Robbins, five years for robbery Dy
assault. Harris county.
Ed Griggs, three years for bur-
glary. Dallas county. H. M. Ma
SON. two years for fOrgey, jefferson
county; John Square. negro. seven
years for burglary. Dallas county.
Azbell also was with Silver wnen
he and his companions escaped ia
in April, held up a young Huntse
vile couple and forced. them to
drive the party 70 Houston. where
Silver subsequently was recaptured.
Hill. Reid and Azbell are unuer IN
dictment for robbery with firearms
as a result of that escapade and
Silver was convicted.
Officials termed the break the
Continued ON page three)
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Prominent Texan
Slain in Arkansas

HOT SPRINGS. ARK. Sept. 28--
tRl-A prominent and wealthy Tex
ans murder in a hotel here had
stirred the authorities today to seek
robbers whom they believed re-
sponsible. Alien finger prints on the
bed rail left a clearly defined,
though perhaps untraceable, clue.
and three men whom an elevator
boy said he had taken TO the room
about the time tie victim was
killed were under suspicion.
The body of the slain man, r. r.
Austin. of Victoria, Texas. believed
to have been q member OF the line
whose outstanding member was
Stephen n. Austin. was found yes
terday, the hands and feet tied, the
mouth gagged.
Austin's mother. Mrs. II. @. Aus
tin. and a brother, Richard Austin,
and a sister. Mrs. K. w. Watts. all
live at Donna, where the slain man
was we'll known.
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Peacox Convicted
OF Wife's Murder

WHITE PLAINS. N. Y. Sept. 2S.
-tR)-Unable to convince a jury his
mind had been buffeted into ire
sponsibility by an emotional storm
when he killed his wife, Earl r. Pea
cox stood convicted today Of mur-
der in the second degree.
He was Immediately given the
mandatory sentence Of 20-year to
life term in prison.
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Moody Flags Whole
Texas Prison Plan

DALLAS. Sept. 26.-tPl-A re-
sounding indictment OF the Texas
prison system was made by Gov
ernor Moody in an address before
the Dallas Wholesale Credit Mems
Association here last night.
He declared he was ashamed Of
the system and ashamed OF the
state for tolerating 1t. 1t bred. he
charged physical and social disease.
opposed any humane principles. was
economically unsound. antiquated
and so flimsy in construction that
at one camp prisoners recently ef-
fected an outbreak by knocking
down walls with their bare feet.
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uaIties were reported among either
guards or prisoners.
With the food. notes were tossed
to the street, where a crowd had
gathered, reading:
Feed us. We are human"
County officials said they were
allowed rs cents a day by the gov
eminent to feed each federal priS-
cner and they believed there was NO
basis for coin .llaint. One hundred
and nine other prisoners ON the
same floor took no part in the up
rising.