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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1929
Page
4
The piece discusses Barnett's wealth being litigated by a would‑be “nearest friend” and a lawyer with sizable fees, then shifts to lynching statistics from Tuskegee Institute, contrasting South and North attitudes, and urges adherence to legal procedure amid racial tensions.
Pi Eugene Burgess a 53 year old taxi driver and his wife told prosecutors they killed 75 year old Etta L. Fairchilds an inmate at an old ladies home over alleged witchcraft claims They beat her with a lead pipe and hammer tied cement blocks to the body and dumped it in a well Burgess and his wife said the woman bragged she killed many victims over 25 years Burgess daughter and son were detained but to be released Burgess said it was either her life or theirs The case also notes unrelated fiscal figures and navy army budget projections for the year
White House review of agency estimates shows about 500 million dollars rise in expenditures over the next four years. Increases linked to army and navy, public works, postal deficit and farm relief push total outlays beyond 4.609 billion dollars from ordinary receipts.
Oklahoma City July 20 The court of appeals abated the death appeal of Willie Fish a Hughes county Indian who was sentenced to life for slaying Edward Bear another Indian The court also affirmed reversed or remanded several liquor and theft cases from Lawton Carter Canadian Cotton Choctaw Harmon and Garvin counties with sentences ranging from 30 days to four months in prison and fines up to $590
Albert M. Jackson longtime Stratford resident and Ada former resident died Thursday in Cross Plains Texas of heart failure. Body to be taken to Stratford for interment with funeral services in Stratford this afternoon likely around 2:60 o clock. He was brother in law to Dr and Mrs R Laird of this city.
The Methodist Board of Temperance and Public Morals rejects the idea that state laws should be altered to ease enforcement of prohibition. They insist on a federal standard and clear division of duties, urging states to cooperate within federal guidelines while preserving national authority. They cite concerns over potential state legalization and emphasize continued federal action where citizens’ security is at issue.
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ordered trials for defendants tied to grand jury indictments against Oliver H. Akin, former Creek County superintendent, who died. Five Akin indictments were abated. other defendants including E. E. Hudson and J. E. McDowell face trial on charges of conspiracy to defraud and bribery.
Oklahoma City July 22 three men held in county jail after two fatal auto crashes. John and Hughes Gober Norman real estate dealers arrested after Norman road crash that killed Johnson Andrews 26 farmer. Mrs Elsie Young 22 Seminole died from injuries. Francis Milner driver of truck rearrested eight miles east of city after being released on bond.
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