Arrest Made in Lanza Murder Case
Jasper Courte, an Italian farmer, was arrested and jailed by Sheriff R. M. Nall and Deputy J. D. Conlee on murder charges in the case of Frank Lanza. Lanza’s body was found in a pasture near town after two or three days, with a neck fracture but no visible rope or blow. Courte and Lanza were neighbors amid a mystery the officers have pursued quietly.
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Jasper Courte
R. M. Nall
J. D. Conlee
Frank Lanza
Nall
Courte
Lanza
Texas Traction Company Files Chattel Mortgage in McKinney
The Texas Traction Company filed in the county clerk’s office a chattel mortgage and deed of trust with Old Colony Trust Company of Boston for 2,000,000 dollars. The instrument also provides for 1,000,000 dollars in bonds to cover obligations as they arise and for construction of the Dallas Sherman interurban and future lines.
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McKinney
Texas Traction Company
Dallas-Sherman Interurban
Old Colony Trust Company of
Boston
Rumor of Harriman Control Sends Reading Shares Up
A circulating unverified report claimed Harriman gained control of heavy holdings in the Philadelphia and Reading and New Jersey Central railways, boosting Reading stock to 125 and then retreating to 122 as the rumor circulated and officials denied any transfer of ownership.
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Harriman
New York
Philadelphia and
Reading
New Jersey Central Railways
H. C. Frick
Philadelphia
the Philadelphia
Penrose court martial: witness recalls gun flashes near garrison wall
Jose Martinez testified in the Penrose court martial about flashes of gunfire behind the garrison wall near his house. He described four to five men jumping the wall, wearing light clothes, carrying guns, and firing as they fled.
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San Antonio
Jose Martinez
Penrose
Western Pacific Directors Reelected as Rail Line Pushes On
Western Pacific held its annual election in San Francisco. G J Gould was reelected a director joining E T Jeffreys Edwin Hawley T H Calef and S W Mc Cutcheon as New Yorkers on the board. E T Jeffreys was reelected president. The company plans to spend about 1 million dollars monthly on construction with a Salt Lake City to San Francisco main line 929 miles long expected to be completed by September.
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San Francisco
Western Pacific Railroad
G. J. Gould
E. T. Jeffreys
Edwin Hawley
T. H. Calef
S. W. McCutcheon
Salt Lake City
This City
Train Fatality Near Fort Worth Station
John Driscoll was run over and killed by a Texas and Pacific local passenger train as it left the Fort Worth sheds Tuesday night at 8. He tried to board between the sheds and the interlocker, slipped, and was crushed. his right leg was severed and he died within minutes.
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Fort Worth
John Driscoll
Texas and Pacific
Miss May Pullen Identifies Suspect in Houston Attack
Miss May Pullen identifies Tom Washington, a Black man, as the assailant who attempted to assault her in Houston Heights Saturday night. She shows throat marks from fingers as evidence. Washington is jailed in default of $6,000 bail.
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Houston
Tom Washington
May Pullen
Houston Heights
Miss Pulen
Tenegro
Deadly revenge in Indiana husband shoots wife and friend
In Indianapolis on March 6 Mrs Fred Schwemeyer and William Gill were killed by Mrs Schwemeyer's husband who returned home to find them together. Gill was shot five times and the woman once as the husband looked through a window.
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Indianapolis
Fred Schwemever
William Gill
Ben Davis
Schwemeyer
Gill
Busby Case Affirmed and Rice Death Sentence Upheld
Dallas March 6 The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the lower court ruling in A S Busby former penitentiary agent charged with misappropriation of state funds and given three years The court also upheld the death sentence of Mark Rice from McLennan County convicted of murdering Luther Phelan
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Dallas
Court of Criminal Appeals
A.S. Busby
Mark Rice
McLennan County
Luther Phelan
Treasury picks Texarkana public building site
Assistant Secretary Edwards selects the public building site in Texarkana at Maple and Fourth, a 140 by 140 foot lot costing 9335 dollars. The property is bought from A L Ghio.
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Washington
Edwards
Texarkana
Maple
Fourth Streets
A. L. Ghio
Prince of Wales in Adverse Condition. Doyle Ill
Brief notes report the Prince of Wales is in an adverse condition and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the English author, is seriously ill.
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Sir Conan Doyle
Portrait of Lanham Painting Proposed for State Funds
In the state house corridor a portrait of former Governor Lanham was hung. Local artist J Eenkins painted the image. The legislature may be asked to appropriate 300 dollars to pay for the picture.
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Austin
State House
Lanham
J. Eenkins
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Bryan
Texas
Carnes & Wallace
H. E. Peverley
Bryan, Texas
A. F. Wilson
H. L. Fountain
Emmel & Maloney
Progressive Druggists
Eisenmay Milling Company
Springfield, Mo
Missouri
ED Hall
Hunter & Chatham
King Quality
SKOCS
City of McKinney
Mer
Garrison Wall
Western Pacific
Jeffreys
Road
John De +i Scoll
Miss May Pullen
BUSBY
MEAD
Caldwell
Hilger
Brazos Valley
C. L. Hilger
Royal Owl
Milburn
Tennessee Triumph Seed Potatoes
Sanders Bros
C. E. Bullock & CO
Enf
Lila Abd Azt Dhe
FOLEY
Foley & Company
Chiocege
M. H. James
R. H. Harrison
Emmet & Maloney’s
W. C. Fountain
Burt Norwood
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