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% WF x.CHAMPION RETURNEDra 1the*lie,i line!byHERECHARGEIfMURDERi© nhe11-n-lieat!t©n-veJudgeforPearman to Set Case Thursday of WeekAfter Next.72arum!onJim Champion, negro about fir 73 yeiira of age# who wasrented at Muekogtee, Okla.,held for Sheriff Jaime Goode a charge of murder, was return*ed here by Sheriff Goode Thursday afternoon. Champion denied being the negro wanted here and gave his name tlt; the Muskogee officers as John Johnson but Sheriff Goode identified him us the man wanted on the murder ellargtAssociated Press Dispatch.NEW YORK, March 23.~Nel-II© Gasko# 12, chief corroboaling witness for the State in the cusa of Tex Rickard, charged with criminal assault upon Sarah Schoeii field; 15# admitted under cross-examination today that she hat! forged checks and committeda burglary. : ?- *She also admitted having lied to policemen and truant offi :ers who had pick! Tier up at varioustimes. mIPL 'Quietly and without sign of emotion she answered question can*corning her past and also testified that her chum Sarah hadfriends among sailors, who had asked her to visit the BrooklynNavy Yard. - , :tfg ?■when he sawkog«?t JailAn soon as Judge I.man of the SixteenthCourt learned the negrohim In the Mus-It. l*ear-Dfstriot had beenreturned here for trial he announced he would set the case for Thursday, April 6. County Attorney Ltoyd has already begun process of summoning witnesses.When Champion was arrested he had been in Muskogee but a few' minutes, getting off the train and going into the waiting room. Some on* fecognized him us the negro wanted here and gave the information to the officers and he was arrested. He did not make any statement to Sheriff Goode, who stated the only thing the negro said during the entire trip was after they reached Dentonwhen he told him what attorneysto send to the jatt to see him.Champion ww indicted at the September term of the grand jury in 1920 fo rthe murder of a negro woman west of Frseo on May 21. 1920. Children of the woman werethe only eye-witnesses to theshooting which is alleged to have occurred after the woman had been chased through the house several time® and around it. She was shot with a. shotgun loadedCOMMUNITY MEETINGAT GARZA TONIGHTA community meeting will beheld at Garza tonight at which alarge crowd is expected to be present. A, number of Denton people will go in c irs and several wiltappear oa the program.ACm iTTKD 0\ fHiRCK OF INTOXICATIONKALAMAZOO. Mich., March 21.John Duval Dodge. Detroit ml !-loinalre youth, was acquitted on a charge of driving an automobilewhile intoxicated.It red at a dis-than ten feet,with buckshot andtglteo of,:it is said.The negro charged with the crime had only 35o tn his pocket when arrested and was unarmed.AftrtT efforts to locate Champion following the shooting failed Sheriff Goode sent out circulars to all towns in Oklahoma giving a description of the negro an doffering a reward of $25 for his arrest. Three times circular^ were mailed to all postoffices in the state and to sheriffs, constables and chiefs of police. People In the community west of Frisco offered to raise a reward for his arrest at the time of the shooting but no money has been deposited. Sheriff Goode paid the officer making the arrest the reward of $25 an dtotd him he would send him any other money that was raised by the people of the community .
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Denton Record Chronicle
Denton, Texas, US
Thu, Mar 23, 1922
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