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Probable PleaSelf defease apparently will he Denton County Sheriff Wylie Bar- Ithe plea of a F rt Worth loan collector who i.s in Denton County Jail today under a charge of murder with malice in connection with the Monday night slaying of Ponder! farmer - trucker Burnell Malone on a Justin street.\o bond had been set and no preliminary hearing had been scheduled in the case at noon today.The shooting occurred aliout 10 p.m. Monday as a climax to an argument over repossession of Malone's son - in * law’s car by Lumpkins and his companion, 29-year-old Thomas Ganoe.Ganoe was also being held in county jail for investigation in the slaying. Denton County Atty. Rob- j ert H. Caldwell Jr. said this morn- j ing he’s considering filing charges against Ganoe.The murder charge against the 30 - year - old Lumpkins was filed Tuesday morning by Caldwell in Judge Z. D. Lewis’ Justice Court.The two men surrendered in Fort Worth Tuesday morning toUT (/roup May Fire RocketAUSTIN Ifl—A University of Texas student group will make its second attempt to launch a rocket 20.000 feet into the air Saturday.Jim Infante. 19, is a leader of the 15-member group which calls itself the Southwestern Rocket Society, It is comprised of chemical, physics and mathematics students.Working with Infante, a senior aeronautical engineering major, in.r. / * t-, 1 C «* lt;/ill Anes and Caldwell,After talking to witnesses, invest- j igating officers reconstructed the sequence of events as followsLumpkins and Ganoe reportedly went to the Malone home in Pan- 1 der about 9 30 p.m. Monday and said they were going to repossess : the car of Boyd Fuller, Malone’s j son - in - law. Payments on the car were allegedly delinquent from October.Malone argued that he wanted the tires off the car. since they were not mortgaged. However. Ganoe got in the car and drove off and Lumpkins drove his own car away, both heading toward Fort Worth.Malone gave pursuit and overtook the pair in Justin. He reportedly stopped the car Ganoe was driving and a scuffle ensued. Lumpkins drove past and then turned his car around and returned to the scene.As Lumpkins stopped his car, Malone reportedly brandished a .45 calibre pistol. Lumpkins then allegedly got a .45 calibre pistol from the glove compartment of his car and fired one shot at Malone, the bullet entering Malone s body : ju.M above the heart.Funeral services for Malone were scheduled this afternoon at 2:30 at the Ponder Baptist Church. The Rev. George Fowler, pastor of the church, was to officiate, and burial was to be in Plainview Cemetery west of Krum under direction of Schmitz - Floyd - Hamlett Funeral Home of Denton.Other than his wife and daughter, survivors include a son, Bobby Sam Malone of Ponder; his mother, Mrs O. B Malone of Denton; j a brother. Sterl Malone of Crow-lov onp grandchild.
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Denton Record Chronicle
Denton, Texas, US
Wed, Dec 11, 1957
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