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FAMILYOFFIVEMURDEREDBEDLouis Casaway, Negro, White Wife and Their Three Children Victimsof fiend With an Ax.Advocates ManyIndustry.Oleo Tax.BODIESHORRIBLYMUTILATEDLEASESURGEDMother, With Babe In Arms, FoundOne Bed With Heads Beaten to Pulp.ft ft ft ft # ft =* ft ft ft ft ft ft ft. ftrnmsDAY. ft*ftftftft*POLICE HAVE MADE NO ARRESTS:30 by President Callan. richer/' by Prof. John A. Lomax. Affecting the Livestock Industry/'\THE VICTIMS:mittee. ,l.'ng.roops at 4 p. m. at Fort Sam Houa-ALFRED IXXIIS CASAWAY, negro, 52 years, portion of bad#and top of head crushed and brain exposed.MRS. ELIZABETH CASAWAY, white, aged 37 years, entireft | top of head and upper portion of face crushed and torn away. Brains knocked out and spattered over pillow.JOSIE CASAWAY, aged 6 years, head crushed in and brainsftftftexposed.ftftft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ftResolution* adopted by the Cattle Raiser*’ association of Tcxa*. in convention this morning, condemn reciprocity betweenCanada and the United State* under the treaty recently negotiated and condemn the placing of hides on the free list under the Payne- Aid rich bill; efcJI for the enactment of laws which will enable a valuation of railroads to be made and for laws compelling railroads to perform their proper duties as common carriers; ask the repeal of a prohibitory tai on oleomargarine; commend the work of the department of agriculture and Secretary Wilson; urge congress to enact laws providing for the classification and leasing of public lands suitable for grazing purpose** ; pledge support to themaintenance of the quarantineline; ask the government to determine by experiment the food value of the mosquito bean and cactus: endorse the work of the National live Stock association, and extend thanks to citizens of San Antonio for the entertainment provided for the cattlemen.There was practically no discussion of the resolutions when they were presented to the convention by V a subcommittee of the executive committee. Some opposition developed to the raaolutlon eon d em ning reel prod ty with Canada under the McCall measure, but it was threshed out in committee and the resolution was adopted unanimously. Indeed, there was little opportunity for opposition to develop in the convention for the resolutions were put through in record-breaking time under the skillful direction of President James Callan, hacked * by a majority of members who approved of the resolutions as written and didn't propose wasting any time in long-winded argumentsover them. ' * * * , iResolutions 1 Presented.The convention was opened at 10:30 this morning by President Callan and the executive committee's report was adopted as soon as read. The resolutions were then presented and read by Secretary E. R Spiller and L. W. Tomlinson, secretary of the American National Live Stock association. The resolution \ condemning lt;’anadian reciprocity under the treaty recentlynegotiated and condemning the placing of hides on the free list by the Payne-Aldrich bill, was the first presented and as the secretary finished reading it. President Callan was onhis feet witlrThe remark:MIt to moved by Mr. Smith that the resolution be adopted. Those In favorwill say aye.ol*kLOUISE CASAWAY, aped 3 years, back portion of headcrushed, the skull being fractured, but scalp not torn.ALFRED CARLYLE CASAWAY, aged 5 months, left lowerportion of skull torn away and brains knocked out.Chief Justice Gives Opinion Against All His Contentions In Special Fund Matter,MUST PAY THE WARRANTSThe ayes had it without the necessity of a standing vote and adoption of the other resolutions followedin rapid order.While condemning Canadian reciprocity under the recently completed treaty, the association declares itself in favor of the prlnciflje of reciprocity. It objects to the Canadian reciprocity agreement because, as proposed, it would place cattle and farm products on the free list, while protecting manufactured articles. Copies of the resolution will be sent to President Taft and members of congress.Thirteen Resolutions*The resolutions are thirteen in number, but the cattlemen evidently sa\t no hoodoo in that number. In addition to asking for laws providing for the railroads and the amount investedRelatives Discover Crime.A telephone message by Principal Tarver of the Grant school this morning was responsible for the discovery the awful crime. Mr. Tarver tele-| phoned to the home of R. A. Campbell, a negro attorney, who resides at the corner of East Crockett and North Olive streets, asking what detained Casaway, saying that he hadnot yet reached the Grant school, where, as janitor, he was always prompt in arriving every morning. A few moments later the killing o* Louts Casaway and his family wasWtoWk ; * a '-S -Mrs. Campbell Is a sister of LouisCasaway and her home adjoins that i occupied by Can way* Mrs, B. M.| Drake, a roomer at the Campbell I home, had answered the telephone message and went to the rear of thehouse and called to Canway. No answer came. Mrs. Campbell shortly afterwards went to the Casaway home (and started to enter. The door was locked and she knocked, yet no response came from within. Fearing something wrong. Mrs. Campbell returned to her home and informed he*Campbell then went to the house. He stopped at the window on the south of the house and called. Re-mm m m r- • .a a i calving no reply he fonset ||n wtii*'Mandamus Forcing the State I lt;jow screen up. a Pmow fen to the0 1 floor within, having rested oguinstthe screen. As it fell, I*awy«r Campbell looked upon the body of LouisOasaway. The head was covered.Louise, the 8-year-old child, lay alongside of him and blood was on the bed. Horrified, Campbell ran back to his own home and gave the alarm. Police headquarters was notified.When the message that a crime of such magnitude reached the station, officers and detectives were hurried to the place, Detectives Caruthers, Stowe, Green and Rubioia respondingfrom headquarters. Mounted Officer Collins was sent from the substation In the neighborhood and Sheriff Tobin, Deputy Sheriff Stevens, Constable Trainer and Coroner Fisk left the courthouse for the scene.Sight Appalls Officers.When the officers entered th*house the sight before them causedevery one to hesitate as they stepped into the front room. With his head crushed in Casa way and his llttln daughter Louise lay upon the bed. Life had been extinct several hours. In the scom adjoining lay the wlfs and mother, her five-months-old babe and the other child, Josie, each with their head battered in.Mrs. Casaway and the two children slept in the room on the north side of the house. She was lying on her back near the edge ot the bead. Lying to her right and near the breast was the infant, its tiny Uttle head fearful-.. _________ The body of Joale waswarrants i found at the foot of thei bed. restingTreasurer to Pay Money as Lightfoot Directed Granted,Associated Press. i tAustin, Tex., March 22.—Upholding every contention made by Attorney General J. P. LightfootIn his controversy with GovernorColquitt the supreme court of Texas this morning awarded a - mandamus to Special Assistant Attorneys General Terrell andMead against Treasurer Sara Sparics, to force the latter to pay warrants drawn against the general fund. While neither theattorney general or the governor is mentioned til the ietition for mandamus, the contest was in effect between than and the decision of the supreme court 1* a hard blow to Colquitt*In the opinion written by Chief Justice T. J. Brown all of the governor’s contentions in regard to the “special fund*' are knocked out. It is held that this fund is perfectly legal and expenditures from it proposed by Attorney General LJghtfot are regular.Perhaps the hardest blew to the governor is the ruling handed down i ly crushed.that his approval upondrawn on this fund Is not necessary.The opinion Is very long and concludes with holding that the warrantson her mother's feet. Tfie top of tM* head was crushed.Mrs. Casa way was the most dtsfig*drawn by Comptroller Lane, who de- ured of the family and had unques-fied Governor Colquitt in drawing them are legal and directs State Treasurer Sparks to pay them. The warrants amount to about $400.This decision closes the long controversy between Colquitt and Lightfoot with a decisive victory for the latter, from which there is no appeal. The petition for mandamus grew out of a letter to Comptroller Lane intionably been struck more than on# blow with the blunt end of the axe. The entire top of the head and upper portion of the face extending to the eyes, had been beaten into an unrecognizable mass. The husband, whooccupied the south room with the 3-year-old * daughter, was found lying face downward. The body of Louies was found lying alongside the father with her head pointing towardwhich Governor Colquitt Instructedhim not to draw warrants for Messrs. I foot of the bedMead and Terrell. Mr. Lane asked ? The wall near the head of Mrs* I _ . the attorney general for an opinion I Casa way was bespattered whh4bkvton which the railroads are entitled to j and upon receipt or advice that the (where it had splashed when the ax*was doubtleifc* repeatwto r:brougMfJ down upon the head jxhkllie wall at the Ihggd JpgijSp JjJmi occupied by Louis t'usawjgplMpglggffa fair and just return, the association warrant** could legally be drawn ne asks the enactment of laws which will I defied the governor and drew' them, comoel railroads to nrovide cars uoon I Thereupon Mr. Spark% who took thecompel railroads to provide cars upon reasonable notice, promptly transport shipments, exchange cars and that a minimum limit of time be established for the transportation of live stockshipments. , ^Repeal or amendment of the Grout bill is asked so that the prohibitory(Continued on: page 2, first column)governor’s side refusgg to pay the warrants, having been advised to do so by Mr. Colquitt. 1The governor had nothing to say in regard to the opinion this morning. There is, in fact very little he could say. Mr. Lightfoot hag; also made no statement, but is plainly highly satisfied with the result mA* ’•JSlCi-■ JkE*blood spots, but not In such quitntttt as that found near the head (rf|Kwife, ? ilfT ■; . J§BL\ '• fiack l*oor Unlocked. ¥%When the officers first reached th# house the back door was tegmEui!'*(Continued on Page I# id Oohuag)
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San Antonio Light and Gazette
San Antonio, Texas, US
Wed, Mar 22, 1911
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