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I1 hr Vi* r TV\wns the run” orHaitv rrho. Sunday. March 22. 1953 shoot in*-! ‘‘one lust like it that he had seenNo WitnessesVi loon lt;nrr Trst if iesinU IL» V i *lt;Hi■I with 8apet and another manPrimps? hr learned later this I other man was CervantesBittei iy protesting over the admission of testimony bv Flovd and almost every other state wit-d e fense eo n t ended theV• k-v f AT- F i ? 5 V A 11 — M f v A ft 4 * O* 1 1 1 rV F *‘•fate was basing a c* a f 1 \ n C 1 S t'\A f 1 V nf f £ T J ft 1 — ~J? MI -.ay” and could no•miC P S5. * O J1 O f J B * L5 -with Alam/ or Ccrv;bt f(H f a HIS! iceone else on such clt; ••Se *■, f-1w' t-1~\ 7 0 a m 4i H f 11 11 ft 4 « * ft t. F, s i * 4 V I- . 1 VA * 4P1’ T f \ P v f5( 1(h 1 31Pft/•—.. ft \ ft * V ft / V ft ft ft ae\ id* nceSem a an said last tmtes or anvil ti i Vrcua r*«. ft * .7tes-Kilt vVand’ VB'A-mm v®«**r * \ * ni« “ illi ithnvirtthlt;to connect Oeorc eit?UivI 1 i PV * i VPanHof ip? H,Ut it utrft 4 Itnec tioii dictated to thesaid “they toson *4 V • 1n i »u i1 rvnnL * v l 1 ? fl* * H)Krutv* ftu* A64r *il/l * ?1 fi i ( • ' A fi * 4-A * M V 4 i I it t,eoand» 1 ft I 14handHe fens#' ProtestsI estifvtvskIttoIVJe♦ 1 f ^*Of• V ft. ftinthebeing tried Semaan shouted as a stand-om crowd of more than 300 uisely quiet m the 35th Dis-cpurtroom.efenriant “y * v. • # v # v i i i V;v « f remer 0 ■ p ■ lt;f f cYm-* 1 * e A v 4**1’ i • i tf * * a A v/ i L J L 4Mario 8aivrr11 c. »n dion ; the dominant power of th* 79th JudicialInsurance7You Will Find It Easy toDIAL3121cngratulations to the Southwestern Beil Telephone CompanyDistrictJim Wells. Duval.Br oks *u d 8I4A1 x (ount\waoThere was a rumor Ps ing to testify In the trial but this not be confirmed. Semaan only that they had told me he is comiuf? If he pis hen' I'llIdelection vote was counted that he | would not accept the judgeship.lie had been re-elected as a staterepresent;!t n e in the legislaturethat district The secretary state, John Ben 8hepperd. or-the Duto. v f-U Iilf'l( ' ( 1 ti ia\ 1 Til4•*I#,■« * -V 4dtacl :a 111 nV V/ V A 4v *as i lSaw farBob Kocurek of Alice, who livednext door to the Nances, said he saw a car parked across the street from his !anise about 8 o’clock the nil ht of the shooting. After healing four shots, he said, he saw aapplied tt) man runnnn from tlie vicinity of\ oie.i i tSemaarrs arcusatP state attorneys came :n the midst of testimony by Jacob 8 Flovd 8r after he had demanded a mis-trial because of testimony bv another witness.He was overruled by Judge A O Newman on the mistrial motion but Newman told Hie -urv t by O DI I 1 ft I iuuFit) VCI 4‘\ tt A11 t \ a 1 lexas iait i\ (raceBie u A»L)lt;A1 Icoi n u ill ac11Vtdnthlt;f 1Flcn (iand get into* * V IV1% W Uf ho t lit♦ \ \ 4 4*tv Ci 4 i I * tKirkland of Alice thatMoyu repliedl ( k. 1.1 I s| I 4 I Iwher* C »t or1 tt luenct .MNew manm Starr county,” And ai livt* m the ing counties has hisid.ioin1 ’anm -gaiacen rgrams ilt;ine car. Kocutek said he got a ehinpst* of tIn* man. who appeared to btv a Fatm American, when a cas h Ir Id went on when he opened the car door.1 he last state's witnesses traced the movements of Alam/. on the day young Floyd was slam.Ifhad e\ he beatPoliticmetthe first a pet was* *(I■tin Injectednt Alii eof FI YaleAs VAC I''U*U i 'uered that portioi testimony relating n tricKen from ihv record.v as the political as* were injected into the trial• *'Uudeiitpout ui Otson was Killed by mistaktI A J . t VAlenK 114 #'4 * Oft. i i * v imeant •I)iYsuvimpi redHtf ht i I itA VJleaderFastt hlt;Aft v4 a i i* tile Kiii?FIoi ney'a id histhatmm am H‘“*41 i V «, 1 V |s,m opolitics inaid he wasthat Sapet was themmt uit h’ I II ii « » 1 Iter t ic(Continued from Page 1telephone men that ‘‘all waIt returned two witnesses whose testimom the state soughtr. a s ? ’ « «jI ouimeanJlldsj■M iu \\ linked1 .. -S Talt; ia u 1 o t* AW-Iita 11 daeiwithTiesican i»afional i'. mi ‘.ed. and Ala*w hosTili • ioy d:|,lrI iDl-s.VsV 4f hiilDif ) v4 * Ifitbecamepoliticsa rouseuecteds of the 79th trial He testified active in 79 th 1950 when he? T * i «t nenar1 reported Duval ito com-f '1 * 1a a a l;a.* ** 4 A.■* Ut ! aielectionY *vft ftP iovcisaid he* u♦ LSY1 U H f V**lt;■14*, i i jat DuvalA.^44 V lt;** tnunv.' V« | ihan 4% s490 write. 1 » I i Ii e t t mfoi‘ StateRetivai countywrite-i i e /via V 11 UI 4inst Reamsin the%Abom 9mz.5 fit:hhors T*»stis vNeii libors tf the Floyds testi- I tied Frida afternoon. Mrs \Y. B Nan* e said a green Packard was parked across Third street in front of her home late in the afternoon of Sept. 5. She testified she also saw the car in the sameri OSC‘pt. vSfAaR10HPm«v dinT’dl UlC*( »4 fttheReams w.CM vas I Hunlt; lt;if * f I ? 1 ] VM jf *mu anti-Panmoref ~A J Yal against 87Dill \ !li H#*iMlock the night of the Nance testified, shef \ T / » flt v v %i \’()f s.hoand th*thati [ i ii \estedClii litnofniee• ftv .»I a V\ Iidbage shesi i earning ' ui \Y B Nine*- ft’ Lj ' i %W4 v^V \ l4iiound1'U* *ill.A bouid.she* * * *se lour i ap-c of a gar-an hour lateihca rd someoneWyche. ’her husband, told ht 81 teenair of tense expec-tanc\ hung over tli*' scene as th*' tun*1 approached Saturday nig lit to make the change A dispatch-nn arrancement wass* t up at the old telephone office and at the I new. m) that all orders cleared i from th** dispatcher’s desk. All !men reported to their assigned stations earlier on a stand-by basis jVII Head \As the cut-over hour neared. Timberlake. m the new dial office notified Vaughan that all j was in readiness for the cut.Aftei a hunted check of callson th* old switchboard. Vaughaneuve th* oidei’ to go-ahead ’ That was the cue for a telephone crew stationed at the old central officeuinPaI Kft- 4 •ft I I ft Kjf\x1 ale ill Vc’tivet .Sep■ i\ # *K t \ \law will* 'Va leIQa*t* Hie 1950b vPft 4Nafternoon ofseemed tol i *• 7( g1 ( . 8 (ill-. “rc ai* ii e w hereaction. As the secondsticked tauntly away, workmen in tiic old telephone building cut the cables serving the old switchboard.wue-ends, and took*a i ecowni Hi*pip *t ht* •ipoiaiy connections on di.starue tt*stboai'd whichft « 4he wacleared tlie long distant e line; th*1 new dial central office.to
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Alice Daily Echo
Alice, Texas, US
Sun, Mar 22, 1953
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