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FAMILY OF FIVE MURDERED IN BED*Louis Casaway, Negro, White Wife and Their Three Children Victimstfiend With an Ax.Advocates ManyBig Industry.Oleo Tax.BODIESHORRIBLYMUTILATEDLEASESURGEDMother, With Babe In Arms, FoundOne Bed With Heads Beaten to Pulp.„ #THURSDAY. it -. • ifitit %M■ ititPOLICE HAVE MADE NO ARRESTSTHE VICTIMS::30 by President Callan. incher,” by Prof, John A. Lomax.1 Affecting the Livestock Industry,”imittee.dm. ,i;'VN;-htroops at 4 p. m. at Fort Sam Hous-ALFRED IXXTIS CASAYVAY, negro, 52 years, portion of badiand top of head crushed and brain exposed.MRS. ELIZABETH CASAWAY, white, aged 37 years, entiretop of head and upper portion of face crushed and torn away. Braina knocked out and spattered over pillow.JOSIE CASAWAY, aged 6 years, head crushed in and brainajjjl exposed.iff it•. K it it it it it It it it it it it it it it it it Of► Resolutions adopted by theCattle Raisers' association of Teia*, tn convention this morning, condemn reciprocity betweenCanada and the United States under the treaty recently negotiated and condemn the placing of hides on the free list under the Payne-Aldrich bill; eUl forthe enactment of laws which willenable a valuation of railroads to lie made and for laws compelling railroads to perforpi theirproper duties as common carriers; ask the repeal of a prohibitory tar on oleomargarine; commend the work of tlie department of agriculture and Secretary Wilson; urge congress to enact laws providing for the classification and leasing of public lands suitable for grazing purposes; pledge support to the main tenant* of the (ftiarantine line; ask the government to determine by experiment the food value of the niesqulte bean and cactus: endorse the work of the * National Live 8took 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 a subcommittee of the executive committee. Some opposition developed to the r seolu t i o n condemning rec I prod tywith 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 member* who approved of the resolutions as written and didn't propose wasting any time in long-winded argumentsover them. % m fResolutions 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. B. Spiller and L. W. Tomlinson, secretary of the American National Live Stock association. The resolution .condemning Canadian reciprocity under the treaty recently negotiated and condemning the placing of hides on the free list by the Payne-Aldrich bill, was the first presented and as the secretary' finishedreading it, President Callan was onhis feet withrtha remark:**It Is moved by Mr. Smith that theresolution be adopted. rl hose in favor-WlH aye.” ’ ;Rapid Work.The ayes had it without the necessity of a standing vote and adoption of the other resolutions followedinf rapid I order.LOUISE CASAWAY, aged 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.4 Relatives Discover Crime.A telephone message by Principal Tarver of the Grant school this morning was responsible for the discovery of the awful crime. Mr. Tarver telephoned to the home of It. A. Campbell. a negTO attorney, who residesat the corner of East Crockett and North Olive streets, asking what detained Casaway. saying that he had not yet reached the Grant school, where, as janitor, he was always prompt In arriving every morning. Afew moments later the killing o* j Louis Casaway and his family wasj known.Mrs. Campbell is a sister of Louis Casaway and her home adjoins that occupied by Casa way. Mrs. B. M.' j Drake, a roomer at the Campbell I home, had answered the telephone message and went to the rear of the house and called to Casaway, No answer came. Mrs. Campbell shortly afterwards went to the Casaway homo and started to enter. The door was locked and she knocked, yet no response came from within. lfautnff something wrong, Mrs. Campbell returned to her home and Informed has husband.Campbell then went to the house, He stopped at the window on the south of the house and called. R#-,. , _ , . t , , cetvlng no reply he forced the win-Manaamus Forcing the State screen up. a Pmow fen to the‘floor within, havirg rested againstChief Justice Gives Opinion Against All His Contentions In Special Fund Matter,MUST PAY THE WARRANTSWhile condemning Canadian reciprocity under the recently completed treaty, the association declares itself I in favor of the prftncigjt of reciprocity. It objects to the Canadian reciprocity agreement because, as proposed, it j would place cattle and farm product*on the free list, while protecting manufactured articles. Copies of the reso-| lution will be sent to President Taft and members of congress.Thirteen Resolutions.The resolutions are thirteen in num-| ber, but the cattlemen evidently saw no hoodoo in that number. In addition to asking for laws providing for the railroads and the amount invested on which the railroad* are entitled to a fair and just return, the associationasks the enactment of laws which willTreasurer to Pay Money as Lightfoot Directed Granted,Associated Press. .|£ fAustin, Tox.# March 22,—Upholding every contention made byAttorney General J. P. Lightfoot in his controversy with Governor Colquitt the supreme court of Texas this morning awarded a * mandamus to Special Assistant Attorneys General Terrell and -Mead against Treasurer snn(^ Sparks, to force the latter to i*ay warrants drawn against the general fund. While neither the attorney general or the governor is mentioned in the fx»tition for mandamus, the contest was In effect between them and the decision of the supreme court is 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 propsced by Attorney General Ughtfot are regular.Perhaps the hardest blow to the governor is the ruling handed downrestedthe screen. As it fell. Lawyer Campbell looked upon the body of Louis Caaaway. The head was covered. Louise, the i -year-old child, lay alongside of him and blood was on the bed. Horrified, Campbell ran back to his own home and gave tha alarm. Police headquarters was notified. 'KEjWhen the message that a crime of such magnitude reached the station, officers and detectives were hurried to the place, Detectives Caruthers, Stowe, Green and Rubiola responding from headquarters. Mounted Officer Collins was sent from the substation in the neighborhood and Sheriff Tobin, Deputy Sheriff Stevens. Constable Trainer and Coroner Fisk leftthe courthouse for the scene.Sight Appalls Officers. ;When the officers entered thehouse the sight before them causedevery one to hesitate as they stepped into the front room. With his head crushed in Casa way and his little* daughter Louise lay upon the bed. Life had been extinct several hours. In the room adjoining lay the wife and mother, her five-months-old babe and the other child. Josie, each withtheir head battered in. . • 'f IMrs. 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 of the bead. Lying to her right and near the breast was the infant, its tiny little head fearfully crushed. The body of Josie wason her mother's.feet. T^e top of the head was crushed.Mrs. Him way was Mpf most d Is fig-drawn by Comptroller Lane, who de- j ured of the family and had unques-fied Governor Colquitt In drawing 1 tionably been struck more than one them are legal and directs State Treas- j blow with the blunt end of the axe. urer Sparks to pay them. The war- The entire top of the head and upperthat his approval upon warrants found at the foot of the* bed, resting drawn on this fund is not necessary.The opinion Is very long and concludes with holding that the warrantsrants 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 inwhich Governor Colquitt instructed him not to draw warrants for Messrs. Mead and Terrell. Mr, Lane asked the attorney general for an opinion and upon receipt or advice that the warrant** could legally be drawn he defied the governor and drew them.compel railroads to provide cars upon Thereupon Mr. Sparks, who took thereasonable notice, promptly transport shipments, exchange cars and that a minimum limit of time be established for the transportation of live stock shipments. /IgRepeal or amendment of the Grout bill is asked so that the prohibitory(Continued on page 2, first column)governors side refused to pay the warrants, having been advised^ to do so by Mr. Colquitt.The governor had nothing to say in regard to the opinion this morning. There is, in fact very little he could say. Mr. Lightfoot h*l also made no statement* but 1® plainly highly satisfied withtba resultportion of the face extending to the eyes, had been beaten into an unrce- lt;Ognisabl* mass, T1|A husband, whooccupied the south ^room with the 3-year-old daughter, was found lying face downward. The body of Louisa I was found lying alongside* the father J with her head pointing toward th% § foot of the bed ilThe wall near the head of MrSs|| Casa way was bespattered with‘bloaifg where It had splashed when the sI^kwas doubtless repeatedly broughj|§i down upon the head of the wornsa* If On the wall at the dhead pf »f§pi occupied by Louis Casawav wgs ai*S frblood spots, but not til jitfb as that found near th* head of hiswife. i -• ^ %:i • ' Back Door Unlocked.When the officers firstpreached tha house*, the back door was found un- ¥(Continued on Pag# It—M Column*
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San Antonio Light and Gazette
San Antonio, Texas, US
Wed, Mar 22, 1911
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