Trial Of Bowen Expected To End At Geneva Today
Geneva Ale February 12 Special With the defense using curve testimony Wallace Bowen of Newville faces a closing day as the state rests its case after 46:30 o clock this morning. The defense called about a dozen character witnesses and many who testified for the state were summoned to testify for Bowen in a bid to end the murder trial.
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Geneva
Ale
H. ©. Price, Jr
Wallace Bowen
Yewrille
Bowen
Bowen Trial Jury Named in Geneva Murder Case
Twelve jurors are listed to hear the murder trial of Wallace Bowen and co defendant HC Price Jr in Geneva Alabama. Jurors include W B Hoffman Samson J J Jones Samson Robert Herring Geneva M E Merritt Malvern Dutch J Martin Malvern Eli A Heath Coffee Springs L M Dowling Samson C Faulk Samson A Hollis Samson D C Bryan Samson Elmer Childs Hartford J Walter Helms Siocomb.
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Geneva
Als
Wallace Bowen
HC. Price, Jr
Robert Herring
M. E. Merritt
Malvern
Dutch
J. Martin
Eli A. Heath
Coffee Springs
L. M. Dowling
Samson
C. Faulk
A. Hollis
D. C. Bryan
Elmer Childs
Hartford
J. Walter Helms
Siocomb
Trial details unfold in Price murder case with Bowen
Witnesses from Headland and Bowen's hometown testify about the young woman's death. Fr. D. Wright repeats prior testimony while Oscar Pittman describes placing Mrs. Price's body in the ambulance. Bowen sits with his parents, with defense and state attorneys named from Dothan Andalusia and Geneva.
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Price
Bowen
Headland
M. C. Bowen
Oon
J. Norton Mulling
Dothan
R. 8. Reid
Andalusia
A. A. Smith
Geneva
Grady Tiller
Bob Ward
Arie
Coun
Bryson Defeats Flowers in First Golf Flight at Tri-States Tourney
Herbert Bryson of Enterprise beat Drury Flowers, former Dothan Country Club champ, in the first flight of the Tri-States golf tourney at the country club. Fifty players entered as play resumed to decide all flight winners with dozens more names listed among participants.
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Herbert Bryson
Enterprise
Drury Flowers
Dothan
Dennis Scott
Raymond Spann
Preston Water
Montgomery
W. M. Boorer
Tallzahassee
Ax Flowers
Horace Hall
T. B. Bailey
Gorman Houston
Donald Darling
D. van Brunt
Floyd Baxter
Crazy” Flowers
Ax ‘Flowers
J. J. Flowers
Bill Woodley
J. L. Warren
R. H. Smith
Chipley
F. B. Calloway
C. W. Ruckels
Valparaiso
Fra
J. Petty
M. Latheringerhouse
DeFuniak Springs
A. Powell
Ndalusia
Mr. Gillis
DeFuniak
Preston Watson
James Grant
Jake Moates
Andalusia
Clydd Morris
Columbus
Rev. Rogers
Eufaule
Buffala
H. Collier
Ozark
Bainbridge
Mr. Griffin
Mr. Gray
M. L. O'Neal
Oxark
Mr. Cordelle
Douglas Sales
Panama City
Wil D. Muse
J. D. Skinner
Will Warren
Rip Rawls
L. C. Bates
D. C
Price, Jr. Begins Life Sentence at Kilby Prison
Geneva Ala Feb 12. H C Price Jr convicted of first degree murder of his 25 year old wife was moved from Geneva county jail to Kilby State Prison to begin his life term. The transfer started at 11 p m after his arrest last November.
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Geneva
Ala
H. C.price, Jr
State Penitentiary
Price
Geneva County
Kilby
R May Recovers After Appendicitis Operation
R May, who underwent an appendicitis operation at a local hospital, was reported resting well today.
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R. May
Town aide describes handling of funeral logistics after death
Pittman arrived and asked to move his wife’s body to a funeral home. Price preferred Fellows & Forrester Funeral Co. in Dothan. Bowen allegedly dismissed the matter, saying to proceed. Pittman escorted Price and Bowen to Dothan while a Fellow & Forrester ambulance moved the body. Bowen rode in the back as Pittman heard muffled talk.
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Pittman
Price
Fellows & Forrester Funeral Co
Dothan
Bowen
Fellows & Forrester
Oscar Pittman
Hartford
Interview with a man who declined to testify in murder trial
A reporter profiles H. C. Price Jr in Geneva county jail after his murder conviction for killing his wife. Price, smiling and unremorseful, refuses to admit guilt while taunting fellow defendant Wallace Bowen and dismissing appeals as he contemplates life imprisonment.
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Geneva
County
Houstonn
Henry
H. C. Price, Jr
Geneva County
Penitentiary
H. C. Price
Newville
H. C
H.C. Price, Jr
Price
Wallace Bowen
Bowen
Twice Murder Trials At Geneva Halted By Grim Reaper
In Geneva Alabama two murder trials were halted this week by death. H C Price Jr’s trial paused after his maternal grandfather Jim Wells died in Florida. The Bowen case paused when clerk Oliver Jernigan’s mother in law Mrs J C Eagerton died in Montgomery. A state witness was on the stand in Bowen when court adjourned.
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Geneva
Grim Reaper
H. C. Price, Jr
Jim Wells
Noma
Fla
Wallace Bowen
Price
Oliver Jernigan
J.C. Eagerton
Montgomery
Bowen
Auto Overturns Injure Woman and Daughter
Mrs. George Folmar 39 of Laverne Alabama and her daughter Jean four are hospitalized in Dothan after an automobile accident near here. Mrs. Folmar has numerous cuts and bruises but is not in serious condition. the baby’s head was injured and both mother and child were recovering. A tire blowout is blamed for the crash which caused the vehicle to overturn twice. A third passenger, Mrs. Colquitt of Laverne, Roy Colquitt’s mother, was not treated locally.
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George Folmar
Luverne
Ala
Jean
Dothan
Illness Fatal to Young Woman Miss Beulah Stott
Miss Beulah Stott 22 of Ashford died after about a year of illness at her parents home. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs A D Stott sisters Mrs J B Stevens and Ruthie Lee Stott brothers A E Stott D R Stott Abdul Stott. Funeral at 11 a m tomorrow at Ashford Baptist Church with Rev Joe White. Fellows and Forrester in charge. Pallbearers named Jack Pate Ferrin Jackson W B Wells Eurid Pate J W Sinquefield Allis Watford.
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Beaulah Stott
Ashford
A. D. Stott
Miss Stott
Mobile
Misa Stott
J. B. Stevens
Sylacauga
Rutie Lee Stott
A. E. Stott
D. R. Stott
Los Angeles
Abdul Stott
Baptist Church
Joe White
Fellows
Forrester
Jack Pate
Ferrin Jackson
W.B. Wells
Eurid Pate
J. W. Sinquefield
Allis Watford
Dothan Athletic Club Falls in Cage Tourney
The Dothan Athletic Club basketball team was eliminated in the cage tournament here last night by Midland City. Abbeville Athletic Club defeated Cottonwood, Malone Athletic Club beat Siocombh, and Hartford A C eliminated Ozark in first round ties.
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Dothan Athletic Club
Midland City
Abbeville Athletic Club
Cottonwood
Malone Athletic Club
Siocombh
Hartford A. C
Ozark
Ariton
Hartford
Malone
Abbeville
Malvern
Timber Fell in Well Kills Workman Near Graceville
A 22 year old worker A R Bateman died after a timber slipped while he steadied curb ing in a 45 foot well near Graceville. He was transported to Dothan hospital but died from brain injury. Funeral planned at Hurricane church near Hartford with burial in church cemetery. He is survived by wife Dorothy, one brother Ben, three sisters H Wasie Carswell Wynie Baxley and Millie Deese.
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Graceville
A. R. Bateman
Bateman
Dothan
Hurrican Church
Hartford
C. C. Balkan
Fla
Houston Funeral Company
Buria
Pneumonia Fatal To Nine Year Old Girl Near Dothan
Martha McCullough nine-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs A L McCullough of Dothan route one died at her home today after a pneumonia illness She is survived by her parents three brothers Will Carl and Carthen all of Dothan route one Funeral was to be held at 430 PM today at Rehobeth church with Rev L W Dockery officiating Houston Funeral Co has charge of arrangements
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Martha McCullough
A. L. McCullough
Dothan
Will
Carl
Carthen
Rehobeth Church
L. W. Dockery
First Baptist Church
Houston Funeral Co
Livingston
Doris Meadows
Bonnie Wright
Donis Hinson
Pauline Crawford
Leroy Crawford
Crawford
F. M. McNeal
Willie B. McNeal
Robert Lewis
Moody Hospital
Columbia
Meadows
Columbia Route Two
Mary
John Meadows
M.E. Meadows
Tom Killingsworth
Harris Weese
Ashford
Ila North
Dick Barber
Onia Meadows
Louisse Meadows
Misa Cleo Meadows
John
Charles Madows
Clarence Meadows
C. W. Johnson
Crash Victims List From Columbus School Pupils
Several Columbus area pupils from Moody and Fraiser-Ellis hospitals suffer multiple injuries after a crash. Names include Bonnie Wright 16 Pau line Crawford 10 Leroy Crawford 13 James Livingston 6 Doris Hinson 16 Doris Meadows 13 W H Crawford 13 and Walter Killingsworth 10 among others. Hospital reports note serious back injuries and head injuries with several children later discharged.
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Moody Hospital
Bonnie Wright
Pauline Crawford
Leroy Crawford
James Livingston
Doris Hinson
Doris Meadows
W. H. Crawford
Frasier-Ellis Hospital
Young Crawford
Walter B. Killingsworth
Buffie Elis
Columbia
Kate Clenney
Elma Mills
Ashford
Sue Clanney
Louis Millis
Webb
Dorothy May Hinson
Christine Bowerns
Rudolph Clenney
Marvis North
Baffle Elisa
Frasier- Eliis Hospital
Columbia School
Driver Killed And 30 School Children Hurt
A Columbia area school bus crash killed driver Beech Meadows and injured 30 pupils, with several in critical condition. The bus collided head on with a log truck as Meadows shielded a student, logs crushing the bus and sending many to Dothan area hospitals.
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Houston County
Lve
Columbia
Beecham Meadows
Dothan
Hig Clst
Doris Meadows
James Livingston
Alx
Bonnie Wright
Oates
Montgomery
Charles Foscue
Coatopa
Livingston
Harold McCracken
J. R. Jackson
Livingston Grammar School
Dethan
Beech Meadows
Columbia School
Webb
Mother of Dothan Druggist Is Dead
Mrs. W. E. Harrison aged 73, mother of Marvey Harrison of Harrison & Lisenby Drug Co., died at Blue Springs Alabama after a long illness. Survived by husband, twin brother Harvey Harrison of Vero Beach Florida, brother W. E. Harrison Jr. of Columbus Georgia, daughters Mrs Aaron Knight Blue Springs and Mrs A C Baxter Matthews and Aliie Harrison Clayton. Funeral at Blue Springs tomorrow 10 a m in cemetery there. Doug Copeland, malaria control worker, back at work after illness.
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W. E. Harrison
Marvey Harrison
Harrison & Lisenby Drug Co
Blue Springs
Ala
Harrison
Mr. Harrison
Harvey Harrison
Vero Beach
Fla
W. E. Harrison Jr
Columbus
Aaron Knight
A.C. Baxter
Matthews
Aliie Harrison
Clayton
Burt
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W. B. Hoffman, Samson
J. J. Jones
FR. D. Wright
Omer Peacock
Peacock
C. P. Moore
Billy Wells
Motman Funeral Co
Mrs. Price
Bowen Tee
Harford
Bryson
Tri-States
Country Club
By Julian Hall
H.C
Oh-h
H. G
Frank Hall
Marietta
Frank
Beulah Stott
L. A. Adams
Rube Wright
Charley Jackson
Charles McArthur
Dee Thomas
Dick Downey
Webb Wells
W. W. Cook
Walden
Houston County High School
Sid Williams
Johnson
Henry Williams
B. Q. Scruggs
Doug Copeland
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