Second day of Miller Hobart murder trial grows in audience
In Floydada on March 24 the second day of the trial of E T Miller and Mrs Ruth Hobart for the slaying of E W Hobart in Amarillo continued. State witnesses described the body’s discovery and conditions, with testimony placing Miller with a woman believed to be Mrs Hobart in a prior automobile ride. Defense objections stemmed from the Joiner testimony about the car and bathing suit exchanges. The day opened with Francis Hancock and Udell Shero describing the body and noises the night of July 14 and 15.
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E. T. Miller
Ruth Hobart
E. W. Hobart
Amarillo
J. A. Rogers
Francis Hancock
M. C. Hancock
Little
Adell Shero
A. W. Joiner
Joiner
Council For
Miller
Sam Reed
Will& Hill
Pierce Oil Company
Wilderadoe
Horace Griggs
Griggs Undertaking Establishment
Former Wichita Falls Mayor on murder trial jury to decide
The fate of ex mayor Frank Collier in the Elvie Robertson murder trial hinged on the jury Wednesday afternoon after eight hours of closing arguments. State prosecutor Allred and defense attorney Weeks led two sides in a case described as not seeking full exoneration but a manslaughter verdict amid grief and presumed wrongdoing. CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
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Associated Pross
Wichita Falls
Frank Collier
Elvie Robertson
Ben P. Allred
W. F. Weeks
Mexican Outlaw Hunted by 500-Strong Posse
A posse of 500 men scans the Mulberry Canyon area southwest of Merkel for a heavily armed Mexican who killed Sheriff W. W. Satterwhite of Big Spring and Deputy Sheriff George Reeves of Merket. Reeves died in the ambush. Satterwhite was shot in the heart while driving. The fugitive, believed to be from Big Spring, fled after the officer deaths.
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Associated Press
Abilene
Tonet
W. W. Satterwhite
Big Spring
George Reeves
Merket
Mulberry Canyon
Merkel
Satterwhite
Reeves
G. W. Richie
Farment
Coolidge Plans Parley on Naval Arms Shaping
President Coolidge moves toward a supplementary naval arms conference. Secretary Kellogg reviews minutes from the 1921 Washington conference to assess limits on capital ships air craft carriers and auxiliary ships. A formal invitation or foreign sentiment survey awaits Kellogg's survey results.
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Washington
Coolidge
Kellogg
Chapman on trial for Skelly murder in Hartford
Gerald Chapman faced a superior court trial in New Britain for the October murder of Patrolman James J. Skelly. After ten jurors were questioned, five were seated following Chapman's nod, with his chief counsel Frederick J. Groehl observing. The trial resumes at 10 tomorrow morning.
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Skelly
Associated Press
Hartford
Conn
Gerald Chapman
James J. Skelly
New Britain
Frederick J. Groehl
New York
Readers to Get Dictionaries at Reasonable Cost Ad
The Daily News and Post offer the Universities Dictionary at a low price via three coupons from different issues. Readers can pick it up for 98 cents in person or pay postage by mail. The ad urges saving coupons from today’s papers and collecting three to obtain a useful dictionary for home school or office.
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Ferguson Defies Massachusetts Extradition Request Static
Miriam A Ferguson declines Governor Alvin Fuller’s bid to return Albert P Russell to Massachusetts for wife desertion. She cites law and precedents, arguing Texas must not become a collection agency and notes Massachusetts’ prior refusals for similar cases. Russell case mirrors earlier West Virginia example.
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Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
Alvin T. Fuller
Massachusetts
Albert P. Russell
West Virginia
Russell
James E. Ferguson
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John J. Cornwell
West Virgin
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Virinjia
Weather forecast overview for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo and vicinity shows Wednesday fair weather with light winds. Western Texas and Eastern New Mexico also expect fair conditions with little temperature change. Data includes unreliable garbled hourly readings from yesterday and obscured entries.
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New Mexico
Miseseeueseens
Massena Seoves
Settee
Mountain Peak in Colorado Shifts Again
MEEKER Colo March 24 Mother earth’s disturbance causes a 2000 foot peak in the Rio Grande valley to move slowly westward between Rifle and Meeker. A 25 yard shift yesterday and a 75 yard move yesterday, totaling 100 yards, shift the mountain’s slope to a gentler angle while tremors resemble a light ocean swell. Highway traffic is detoured for about 600 yards as the moving peak continues its second perceptible shift since 1909.
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Meeker
Colo
Rio Grande Valley
Rifle
Juvenile Court Spanks Two 14YearOlds For Hockey
In Kansas City Kansas on March 24, Judge Henry Mead ordered a spanking for two 14 year old youths who played hockey. The punishment used a congress record wrapped in paper. Names were withheld to honor a promise not to play hooky again.
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Kansas City
Kans
Henry Mead
Meade Ee
El Paso Men Arrested After Forge Travel Check
Two men from El Paso Texas Bob and W R Holt were arrested in Sanderson Texas after passing a forged traveler's check at a local restaurant. They escaped custody while held at a hotel and reportedly boarded a freight train.
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Associated Press
del Rio
Bob
W. R. Holt
el Paso
Texas
Sanderson
Joe Nance
Terrell County
Counsel Fights For Release Of William D. Shepherd
Chicago March 24 Associated Press William D Shepherd is jailed awaiting a bail hearing. Counsel W B Stewart argues denial would be a thumbs down and prejudge the case while assistant state's attorney Charles Marshall cites constitutional grounds for denying bail when proof is evident or presumption great. The debate centers on maximum and minimum limits of court discretion.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Rome
Stewart
William D. Shepherd
Shepherd
William N. McClintock
Charles Marshall
Jury Selection In Girl Murder Case Continues
San Francisco reports on March 24 as jury selection stretches into a second day in the murder trial of 16 year old Dorothy Ellingson. Four of the state's ten peremptory challenges are used, three of the defense's twenty are used. The defendant, seen struggling to maintain composure, fainted on the first day and later sobbed in court while observers noted her grave, tense demeanor.
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Associated Preaw
San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Reorganization Plan Favored in KC Mexico and Orient Sale
Judge John C. Pollock approved the sale of the Kansas City Mexico and Orient railroad to Clifford Histed and associates for 3 3 million. The plan provides 1 25 million in new funds, a million dollar government loan extension, recapitalization for 7 5 million, and note holders offered stock at privileged rates.
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John C. Pollock
Mexico and Orient Railroad
Clifford Histed
Hig Associates
Histed
Wichita
W. T. Kemper
H. F. Hall
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