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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 19, 1960

Page

2

Somber Boy Scout Admits Slaying Foster Father Over Homework

In Onondaga Hill a 13 year old boy scout confessed to fatally shooting his foster father after being threatened with spanking for unfinished math homework. The youth walked away on a bicycle, later found by police near a park. he will be sent to Children's Court. The couple had adopted him as a child. the victim was 56.

Syracuse N.Y Robert Fairbank Onondaga Hill Dist Arthur Wilson Children's Court Leon Fairbank Robert Wilson Helen

Negro Fined In Dance Hall Case

Seldon Wilborn, Slaton Negro, was fined 25 dollars plus court costs after a County Court at Law jury found him guilty of unlawfully operating a dance hall on October 10. Jurors reported about 3 30 p.m. Defense counsel was Ed OConnor and prosecutor J Q Warnick. Judge Robert J Allen presided. The trial began at about 10 30 a.m. Jurors included John J Hastings Mrs A N Cates Mrs T D Julian Harold E Smith Jess F Jones and J B Mason.

Seldon Wilborn Slaton Ed O'Connor J. Q. Warnick Robert J. Allen John J. Hastings 47Th St A. N. Cates 43Rd St T. D. Julian 25Th St Harold E. Smith 15Th St Jess F. Jones Ave J. B. Mason Ave. B Pat Moore J. D. Brownlee 3Rd St

Accident ruled in fatal shooting of Oscar L. Slaton Jr

Justice of the Peace F R Land ruled Oscar L. Slaton Jr. 51 died from an accidental gunshot wound. He theorized the .22 rifle discharged while being picked up or set down, after an investigation and interviews with relatives. Slaton was found with a bullet wound in the head at the family residence workshop doorway in Lubbock.

Justice of the Peace F. R. Land Oscar L. Slaton Jr 20Th St Land Slaton Lubbock

Prohibited weapon charge leads to fines in local court

Danny O Neil McWain age 22 of 1820 San Jose Dr pleaded guilty to carrying a prohibited weapon. He was fined 100 dollars plus court costs as his sentence after the bond was set at 500 dollars.

Cated Danny O'Neil McWain San Jose Dr

Number Of Cases Set For Trial In Plains

Four criminal and 12 civil cases are set for trial in 121st District Court at 10 a.m. Monday in Plains. Among them is a murder without malice charge against John Lanham Higginbotham of Dallas tied to a January 1959 highway wreck near here that killed W. T. O Keeffe. A civil suit from the same wreck is on appeal and a second has been filed. Hobart Carlisle of Denver City faces murder by motor vehicle and motor vehicle theft charges connected to a December 1958 wreck that killed a woman.

Hobart Carlisle Denver City

Victoria Physician To Receive Catholic Honor

Dr. Joseph V. Hopkins of Victoria Texas will be awarded the Laetare Medal by the St. Luke's Guild for Catholic physicians in Boston. The medal honors an outstanding Catholic doctor and Hopkins, who lost his speech in 1929 after larynx removal surgery, will be recognized at the March 27 dinner.

Boston UPI Joseph V. Hopkins Victoria Tex St. Luke’s Guild Hopkins

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