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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1907
Page
8
In Fort Worth a raid on a saloon gambling hall ends with County Attorney Jefferson D. McLean killed. Deputy Hamill P. Scott mortally wounded and gambler Thomason wounded by police after a long pursuit through lumber yards and streets. Crowd surrounds the scene as authorities suppress potential mob violence.
Hot Springs March 23 William Thomason known as One-Armed Bill Thomason who killed two Fort Worth officers years ago was in trouble here and forced to leave the city. He was regarded as a desperate character and only one police officer volunteered to arrest him. Thomason had changed his name from Tomlinson after a family dispute and is famed in gambling circles nationally.
Consul General Fernandez in New Orleans reported receiving a telegram from President Bonilla of Honduras stating that “Everything all right.” The brief message confirms safety or normalcy amid uncertain events.
Jackson, Mississippi, March 23. Attorney General Willie Williams died at his home after several weeks illness. Williams was a Mississippi native.
State Health Officer Brumby warns of rapid smallpox spread across about twenty counties in Texas. He criticizes county commissioners and health officers for slow action while reporting quarantine on two ships from Galveston after a suspected yellow fever case. The governor also signs bills on bond requirements for commission merchants, Jim Crow amendments for streetcars, and bank reserve deposits.
Jeff D. McLean county attorney of Tarrant county, killed at Fort Worth, applied to Governor Campbell for a requisition on Arkansas for extradition papers for N. Francis, held in Miller county jail, Arkansas, to answer theft by halen. The request was mailed Friday afternoon and reached Austin Saturday morning.
Washington reports the national wealth in 1904 at 107,104,192,410 dollars, up 18,586,885,635 from 1900. The rise mirrors the 1850 benchmark period, with wealth per family increasing by 182 dollars annually from 1890 to 1904, driven by rebound from the 1893–96 low prices.
Judges Miller and Kirby sustain the Democratic party in Louisville city election cases and refuse to nullify the 1905 mayoral result for Barth. Court finds fraud in 1905 but not enough to invalidate the election. fusionist pleas in main races overruled. appeal to state court of appeals planned.
Joseph Pettus, president of the People's Bank, a local Black institution, is arrested in Mississippi for the murder of Edward Howell the bank cashier. Pettus and Howell knew the vault combination and investigators say the vault was opened after the shooting with bank notes and $2700 in cash taken. Pettus faces murder and grand larceny charges.
Dallas March 23 Hon Allison Mayfield railroad commissioner says Governor Campbell will veto the Santa Fe railway merger and that it will fail to secure the two thirds vote to override the governor's disapproval.
Inquiries confirmed a telegram from Washington to the American consular agent John Main in Portsmouth England. Local police receive information they hope will lead to recovery of the four year old son of Dr. Horace Marvin of Kitts Hammock Delaware, who was kidnapped.
Waxahachie Texas March 23 Bob Ford a man described as a negro was indicted by the grand jury. He is charged with shooting at a Katy auditor here after being ejected from a train.
St Petersburg reports the death of M Pobedonotzeff former procurator general of the holy synod.
C W Jurney private secretary to Senator Culberson has departed for Europe from Dallas on March 23 according to dispatches.
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