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CAItljOltn. NKW MKXItX. KIUHIY, JILT 0. 1*90.AMUMLI team f )jnday gam*f 1 » poor*KILLING IN JAL DEMOCRATS N COMMUNITY. COX CANDIDWord was r«!«lvtd In Lovlngton FfjR PRFfhinF? uu laat of lh® *minf ***' lla-Wli/iu»« Si* tecday afUu-ooon of WtU#r Nor- _wood, by Jordon Wooten. deputy” J*I: sheriff, at the Norwood ranch near San Francisco. July 6Jal. M Co*. governor of OhlFrom 'the Information available nominated for president irtina at lbl* 41 •60Tn 1,1111 Norwood L'nMed Male* In the Di« h* ***** orr lo Wooten'e place ahortly national convention on t' f aftor dinner yeaterday afternoon, ballot.t t anlt;* ••▼•rely abused and cuiwed The nomination came* * Mr, Wooteti. We are told that o'clock a. in., at the conclleague Norwood WBa armed at the time a forty-four ballot atru** in but Woot*n wa not- Wooten waa which he had steadily boat Mn *,n Ignorant of the reaeon for the the force* of William O.and a pptbnrft and ahortly after Nor- former secretary of the lere to wolt;Hj jaf| he rode over to Nor- and Preeldeat Wilson's ao rInning wood's place which adjoins hla own. When the balloting on n • * 10 **• wh*1 *4,lt;l lroub4* waa- 11 * *ote gotten to a polrmi 1° *nnrr*l,Jr supposed that the rennoti Cox had 702 votes and w. will be of Norwood's abuae waa the arrest Jy approaching the ncceaa in®« of his brother-in-law. Loo Win- thirds, or 720. Ram B. Ai •* fo,“ Chester, Jaet woek by Wooten. Kansan, manager of theThad Pippin, cattle sanitary In- forces and viee chairman WM UP spec tor for that district, waa at Domoeratlc istional cc up fly Wooten'S during the Ant troublo took the platform and me• This hut Wooten went to Norwood's a- the nomination he made Ogle |one. On arriving there ho was inous.ng to unAble to And anyone in the house immediately there waswas hit and started out the back way when from the tired and worn si and ftome one commenced shooting at which lasted for a full flt; L Dud- him from mbs hushes near the utlt;,B before Chairman ia aide, tank dam. Whereupon, Wooten could put the question on i Inning retreated to the house. Ho then to suspend the rules and Peaaler, called to Norwood to coma out cox by acclamation.! and surrender but without result. At 1:43 o'clock this mor ilt pop- shortly afterward Norwood exposed motion was formally voU he ball, himself and Wooten shot him with a rolling chorus of i Fland- twice with a Winchester killing * crashing of the braa A. t*t- him Instantly. Wooten then came fiute standards which hat second to Monument and telephoned to back and forth In the lt;d tho the sheriff's office. battles of the deadlock rrounder Deputy Sheriff Frank Vosburg the front of the hall ai Dr. A. A McDaniel and Justice or place before the platform,fanned the Peace. P. S. Kavea left about fn (he confusion and eile then nine o'clock last night to hold the 0f a nomination after the out. re- Inquest. The inquest was held this 0ua and hard sessions of r Carla- morning and the coroner’s Jury re- VPntlon. almoet everybody a clean turned a verdiot that Norwood nm« about a nomination for v t second to his death by gunshot wounds at dont. but tbs leaders, w r aacrt- the hands of W. J. Wooten. Agurtng on a list whichrounder Deputy Sheriff Vosburg brought nently Included Franklin V Kessler Wooten to Lovington and placed volt of New York. amIsUi Bing In him In Jail pending preliminary tary of the navy. While tl r the hearing which will be held tomor- was demons I rating IU rele King to row morning.—Lovingion Leader. th* deadlock the lea dorsretiring--an adjournment until norHAY THAI IK t'OMMTIONH OP to canvass the question o mor hit THK WKKK. place In the mcantlmo ar find- Markets are smnlv sunnllcd with aealn nrenarcd to compl
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Carlsbad Current
Carlsbad, New Mexico, US
Fri, Jul 09, 1920
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