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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1922
Page
7
A negro shot the man in the back as he turned. bullets struck the man in the breast after passing through the wife’s arm. Bloodhounds were sent from Shreveport to aid the search for the suspect.
Fred Roberts, long known to police and the underworld, was killed in a gun battle with three Kansas City police officers. He had been charged with murder for the October 1920 killing of Florence Barton, but charges were dropped after another suspect was acquitted. Authorities say the death followed an attempted robbery of a coffee company.
Serious disturbances broke out at the Riley and Kern coal mines near Terre Haute Indiana early today about 360 men were reported forming for a march on the Riley mine and a party of 100 men attacked the Kern mine overturning coal cars and injuring one employee. A later report mentions possible indictment of coal operators over Hoover price fixing.
In Carthage Texas June 10 a posse and officers search for Zack King a Black man accused of shooting Park Rayburn and wounding his wife following a dispute over finances. Rayburn died from two gunshots as he walked away and his wife was lightly wounded. Hounds are being brought from Shreveport as the suspect remains at large.
Dallas on June 10 Robert H Russell 30 an insurance agent died after slipping on a banana peel in a sixth floor office lobby. He lost balance fell over the banister and struck his head on the second floor landing in an almost instant fatal accident.
The army board at Fort Sill has completed an inquiry into the killing of Lieut Col Paw Ward Beck on April 4 by Jean P. Diglef. The panel did not reveal evidence and will forward its findings to Corps Area headquarters in San Antonio.
Lawton Oklahoma June 10 The decision whether Rev Thomas J Irwin and H C Lewis must face trial in connection with the April arson at the First Presbyterian church Here is expected to act today in the preliminary ages of arson against the attorney for the defense to attack the authen
Chicago June 10 John K Roberts a Texas rancher and oil man reputed wealth 3 000 000 has filed no practice in a 50 000 breach of promise suit against Miss Gladys Wella an actress Miss Wella said Roberts was a friend of Jake Hamon and described the case as nice the woman case in every respect She said she moved to Mexia where Roberts lived and stayed two years there.
A sleeper and baggage car carried Dr George Dock from St Louis to Detroit to join a medical conference amid Mayor W S Couzens for whom officials feared a critical condition. Dock insisted on regular-speed travel. The 488 mile trip took 11 hours, faster than the usual 14 hours.
In Philadelphia on June 10 the party’s regular organization won over Pinchot supporters. W. Harry Baker of Harrisburg was chosen state committee chairman, defeating General Asher Miner of Wilkes-Barre. United States Senator George Pepper was unanimously elected Pennsylvania’s member of the Republican national committee to replace the late Senator Penrose.
Vienna police arrest Genevieve Paddlef ord, who says she is married to a California oil trader, in a case linking fraudulent schemes that harmed business men in Lucerne Paris and Vienna.
Houston jurors in the case of EB J Cox charged with using the mails to defraud in stock sale cases were still deliberating at 7 p m this morning after the case was submitted to them Friday following closing arguments.
Mrs. Paddleford wife of Dr. George E Paddleford of Hollywood and former associate of oil merchant B L Doheny. She is widely known for her romantic part in the...
Fort Worth report says Mrs Kate Thigpen aged 45 is dead and her daughter Mrs M W McDonald is critically injured after a shooting at the Daingerfield home of M W McDonald He returned from Marlin for health reasons and is jailed on the shooting charge.
Three delegations bound for the Golden Jubilee of the Shriners converge in San Francisco. They include contingents from Houston Texas and Waco Texas with plans to pass through major stops and raise support for the event.
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