Condemned Inmate Hangs Self In McAlester Penitentiary
John Lemke a 66 year old condemned murderer on death row hanged himself with a sheet in his cell at Oklahoma's state penitentiary. His body was found at dawn by a guard as six other condemned men slept nearby. He died minutes after being cut down and taken to the prison hospital. He had been granted a stay and was to be executed on June 15 for a murder.
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Mcalester
Okla
John Lemke
State’s Penitentiary
Lemke
Vagrant self-complaint leads to jail time
A man asked to be admitted to jail and filed a vagrancy complaint against himself. He said he had been on dope and wanted treatment, pled guilty, and was fined $50 plus costs, amounting to 23 days in jail.
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J. W. Pottinger
Justice Pottinger
Oklahoma slayer Lemke escapes electric chair by suicide
Nellie Jelinek, a 48 year old farm widow, was killed in May last year by Lemke who claimed he conversed with angels. Governor Murray granted a stay until August 24. Lemke’s lawyers argued insanity and referenced the angelic defense. If executed, he would have been the oldest man in the state’s electric chair and the second condemned slayer to die by his own hand after Charles Fray.
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Nellie Jelinek
Custer County
Murray
Lemke
Jelinekana
Oklahoma
Charles Fray
Heirs of Civil War Soldier Sue for 1 Million in Land Suit
Descendants of John W. McHorse claim 302 15 acres in Montgomery County did not sell. They allege Humble Oil removed oil and minerals worth 1,000,000 after taking possession July 1, 1932. A deed to J. K. Ayres is questioned as a 1891 transfer. Plaintiffs include Jesse Gawkins and the Collins spouses among others.
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Houston
John W. McHorse
Battle of
San Jacinto
State District Court
Joe Moore
Humble Oil and Refining Company
McHorse
Montgomery County
Humble Company
J. K. Ayres
Jesse Gawkins
Bastrop
Odie Collins
W. R. Collins
Tarrant County
Strange Life Story of Dr. Simmons Bared
New York report on Dr. Robert Stevens Simmons 79 denied liberty during life and buried beside his parents in Simmons University Abilene Texas. He faced state charges at Pilgrim State Hospital and a 1931 alimony suit revealing a life of debt and attic residence. His father founded the Texas college with funds from a Madison Avenue pastor, while connections included Edith Hawthorne Crane and John D. Rockefeller Jr.
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New York
U.P
Robert Stevens Simmons
Pilgrim State Hospital
Simmons University
Abilene
Tex
Simmons
James B. Simmons
Madison Avenue Baptist Church
Texas College
Providence
R. I
World Endeavor
Homeopathic Medical College
Dr. Simmons
Edith Hawthorne Crane
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
City Hall
Wheat Harvest Leads Lockney Area Yield Report
Special to The News from Lockney notes farmers report a drought era harvest with Gilbert Beene achieving 23 bushels per acre on a dry land plot one mile south of Lockney. Other growers report 10 to 20 bushels per acre across the region.
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Lockney
Gilbert Beene
Acre
Houston Financier Clinton R. Gaskill Dies at 81
Funeral services were held in Houston for Clinton R. Gaskill 81 a retired businessman formerly in the cotton press trade and former president of the First National Bank of Smithville.
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Houston
Clinton R. Gaskill
Gaskill
First National Bank of
Smithville
Funeral Held for Mrs Martha Gabrelle Strain in Canyon
Funeral services for Mrs Martha Gabrelle Strain aged 52 were held at 4 30 this afternoon from the First Presbyterian Church in Canyon. Rev Charlies Dickey officiated, with burial followed in Canyon.
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Martha Gabrelle Strain
First Presbyterian Church
Canyon
Charlies Dickey
Roosevelt May Rescue Oil Control Bill In Congress
President Roosevelt is expected to aid the oil production control bill. House sponsors say the administration supports giving the interior secretary authority over crude oil production as under the petroleum industry code. The measure sits with the Interstate Commerce Committee, whose chairman opposes action without White House prompting.
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Roosevelt
House
Wes
Disney
D. Okla
Secretary of the Interior
House Inter- State Commerce Committee
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Rayburn
Petroleum Administration Board
Bill faces House consideration this session
The board member stated the bill is expected to be taken up by the House during this session. The comment signals anticipated committee review and potential passage as part of the legislative agenda.
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