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NEWS FROM COIPRELIMINARY HEARING FOR JOE MARTINness establishments of Caltfori I* was incorporated in 1897 as thr Hcrfurth-Buchanan company own-[ cd by th* late James Buchanan and Henry Herfurth. In 1913 the late Ad Walser. father of Mrs. Inglish, p ir-chased an interest in the store and jit was later changed to its present I name.Definite plans have not \et bern madr for disposing of th*1 business.AllegedKiller Held for Circuit Court; County Courtin Session; Assignment by Mercantile CompanyFifty-two men were through the local rc-cmp bureau this week with the Bridge Company at Lupus tlt; ver workJoe Martin, held in t County Jail here, was ix the April term of thlt; County Circuit Court h 5* Lumpkin who heard nary for him Monday.Martin, who is chars'1 degree murder of \ Clarksburg rieput lien February 28. after hnvin twice with a 12-gunge relied shotgun, is held w In the County Jail.Prosecuting Attorney 1 called nine witne sesrird.orft prelimi-:h first Smith,io diedbondK.vMonday and Iheicarefully recorded.According to the testimony of Ow-en Rice, onlv eye-witness to the ahooting, which took place near Clarksburg at the home of Martins parents. Mr, and Mrs. Albert Martin. Smith was shot by Martin. Rice said that he did not see who shot Smith the first time, but did sav that it was Martin who snot Smith the second time.Smith went to the Martin home to serve Joe with » warrant lor feloniously displaying n deadly weapon and Martin refused to submit to •rrcst. On an excuse to get more s»ood for a stove fire, Martin left the room, obtained a shotgun, and according to the drath-bed statement of Smith, told him.Come on out oi the house and 111 shoot you dead.Smith said he ran out of the house shouting. “Just let me get to my car. Joe and Ml leave, and then was shot, once In the left arm the second time above the left kidney. He died In the Latham Sanitarium at California two hours after the shooting, giving n statement to J. P. Kay. J. E. Williams and I)r. L. L. Latham.The Moniteau County Clover Prosperity Conference will i I here at the Courthouse Fr:March 16 Marvin H Crawl I chairman, announced the prog this week will include reports soils and rrop experiences In the county during the past several,J years.Registration will be at 9 45 o’clock Friday morning with a program planned for the entire day.Moniteau Countians scheduled to * speak are: R. r Conrad. We.sley | t K.csllng, Ulrich Bierl. Prrd Rohr-( * j bach. Henry Muttl. Ed Clenln. Tom (Briscoe. A. M Vry, Henry Lachner, *■ George M Kelley. Hugh Alexander, j .1 ’if. V. Hallford, Edward Sappington 1 r Ed Muttl. Fiank Busch. Frank N f Rohrbaeh, J. A. Puce, Henry Dear- I ing. A. J. Scherff and Frank Jahn.O T Coleman, soils specialist of ( a the College of Agriculture, Unlver- t sity of Missouri, will also speak -vMoniteau County 8chnol0 will j d receive W3.194.93 of which 19,199 38 t* Ls from the s'ate under the March f apportionment and $13.995 55 of which Is from lt;nnrnt and bark | p taxes, according to W T. Latham. 1 County Clerk. ' »The California Town B.i.Jceibdll league won the consolation finals of the Centcrtown tournament last week bv defeating Centcrtown, 44 to 42In the Inter-league basketball j games, which are played every! Monday night, the Forrest Katsch-1 man team has the lead, with James I Brady's team .second. Kenneth 1 Cokely Ls third, and the Harold. Oerhardt team fourth. Onlv a few’ more week s games will be played.FWilliam Harrison Wilson. 88 died at his home here March 3 after a .short Illness. Funeral services were Other witnesses railed were Mar-( hcl(1 M,hv lh, ,trvW H, Hargrove, with burial at thetin Ashcraft, a nephew of Martin.ron,plnlnt iht.«r™nt! Old T..’»n Ometery’Mr. Wilson was born in JcfferSmith carried was issued. N C Hic-kox. Justice-oLthe-peace, who issued the warrant. Sheriff .Joe1 B Powell and Jerry Cantlon. a close friend of Smith, who helped take him to California after finding him lying in a snowdrift in front of the Martin home where he fell after being shot the second time. and W G.a:County. June 25, 1846 He married MLss Mary Clark in 1870. who has preceded him in death.Mr. Wilson is survived by the following children: Mrs. Lizzie Huskey of St. Louis. Mrs. Fannie Jobe. Rocky Mount. Hnrry Wilson of Texas, George Wilson, Panama fallclt;C!aorMWmobrrmirr. a Clurfebun: merrh- M„ s„rMl Rhode* of 8t Louis.Mrs. Ma\ Bledsoe of Jefter.son fitant. wlio identified tlie shot-tornend blood-stained flblMng removrd | aml p,.,d wllson of Cellfornl*. from Smith.I)Tlie Petit Jury tor the April termFifteen women took teachers ex- lt;•lt;« animations recently from Superin- ruof the Moniteau County Court was tcmlent of County Schools. J. P. Iselected this week b\ the Count \Kay. They were. Euphema Wilcox. Court judges v ho convened to Helen Conn. Martha Miller. Ruth \\ transact official county business Vogel and Merlyn Hayes of Tipton; plcehere at the Courthouse. i Fay Milligan of Clarksburg; Nadine ! p.,The Jury will hear, among other Grooms of Russellville; Jessie Bruce j i*. cases on the docket, the trial of Joe 0f Wooldridge; and Susie Gabriel. u, Martin, charged with first degree Naomi Ingltah. Thelma Hines, murder of Max Smith, popular dc- i Florence Haldlmnn. Lucille Jr. . or. puty sheriff, who died February 28. ( Lawrence Moore and Rosa lee Enloe after having been shot twice with a : 0f California.12 guttge. double-barrelled shotgun.Miss Mai v Price, daughter of MrThe regular members of the jury are: Walker twp.. John Bueker. Paul Gabert. D. W Milbum. A. L.mScraand Mi’s. J A Pr.ce of near Olcan. onhas been appointed asHabock. Wesley Kie.sling. Walter County's student for theBoeckhaus. N. J. Inglish and Harold Friedmeyer; Linn twp.. Albert V.vi-on, A. F. Rosen miller. Gene Bowman. Hugh Bruce; Moreau twp.. Oscar Rojirbach, Goldcr Martin: Willow Ford twp.. J A. Conn. Nick Hcinen. John Paxton. Oscar Klien; Pilot Grove twp.. Nick Irey. Edgar Palmer: Harrison twp.. G. A Simp-puMoniteauhlinSOfare course at the University of ,«x Missouri for the three month's in course, and will leave this week to lt;ji. take up studies in Columbia.A total of $27,675.10 was put into Cuvl Works projects in Moniteau County from December 8 to February 15, according to a n Coir, Sr..son. Ed ear Bohn: Burns Fork twp disbursing otficer of the county.Of this $20.444 13 was paid to Civil Works Administration pro-( l0' eh;lri if exDavid Volkart. O. L McGinnis.Alternates are: Walker twp., A. K Reed. Lawrence Wittenberger.mle’eeJects. $2,032.57 on federal sanitation Carl Johnson. Ray Allen. C. E. Bar- \ projects. $106 on 'rdrral re-rmplov-ry A. C. Edwards. Walter Rohr- mrm $5,000.40 in local rontri-bach, Edgar F. Bowlin; Linn twp.. button of labor, equipment andma-|fhJobe Hampton. Gideon Schlapbach. |,eria1'- ] veApproximately $2,000 was contributed by persons throughout the pj county for work in which they were ; .. vJobe Hampton Ralph Hodge. Gilmore Gosvener: Moreau twp.. Hill McPherson, Richard Cantlon; Willow Fork twp.Norman Smith. Oil Bookout. Joe interested.Schmidt. Jess Hardy: Pilot Grove$5haes_ , Moniteau County was the first .twp.. Vest Pedcgo. Bert McColllst- y ln thp statr to makrer; Harrison twp.. Henry Collins. C. mpnt and haw ,t approvpd bv thpA. Gracy; Burris Fork twp.. Gene ailditors offirr afrordinc toLovell. J. S. Howlett. ( County Collector C E. Gabert.The court also admitted Gladys a current charge of 136.593 75was made for 1933 and of that, col-Mae Kuttenkuhler. daughter of P.fo:CHA. Kuttenkuhler of Hpton. to the ject|0nx were $116.274 29 The 1933 lh Hospital for Crippled Children at j nnd dcllnquont raUrond taxPS to!al. I mithe University of Missouri at Co-lumbing $38,423.06 were collected and in delinquent real estate and personal j taxes. $19,932.28 was collected.In 1932 the total current taxes | were $160,182.17 or $23,588.42 morelrnletfO’teiThe Blakeman Walser Mercantile Company made a voluntary assignment for the protection of its creo- ,,ian lhlt; chargcs for 1933 Which ja ye itors this week, naming Leon P. duc mainly to thc rlt;dlJclion on thr Embry. attorney, as the assignee, valuation of real estate, in which The store has closed and will rc- approximately $3,000 noo was taken v main so until its stock is invoiced. t oU rcal cstgl0 va:uallons fo:A partition suit was recently filed 1 Scin thc circuit court by Carl Her- I California will have only one mail firfurth which will bring about the delivery a day in the residential sa’.e of the building in which thc district from now until June 30 ac- mlt; business is located. Mr Herfurth cording to Postmaster Walter Hert. le.* owns one-third interest ln the! who issued regulations Monday to building, with Blakeman-Walser : conform with the national postal! Rc Company owning two-thirds of it. (economy program, set forth by St A. J. Blakeman and Mr. and Mrs. James A. Farley. Postmaster Gener- Br P. E. Inglish are the principal stock al. K;holders in the company, which is , No dismissals were made in the incorporated for $20,000. 1 local postoffice, although the timeThe store is one of the old busi- ‘ of two men. Albert Andres and Eu-J ’
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Jefferson City News and Tribune
Jefferson City, Missouri, US
Sun, Mar 11, 1934
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