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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1909
Page
5
In Corsicana Texas on June 5 Mrs J M Green aged twenty nine killed her three children aged twelve seven and two with a razor at daylight then ended her own life at a nearby home. Domestic troubles were cited as the motive with her husband absent. He had been arrested after a prior complaint alleging unlawful acts with the twelve year old daughter.
Austin report says Eli Lyons aged thirty died at 10 this morning from injuries sustained in last night boxing match with George Koppe. Koppe under arrest on murder charges as more arrests are expected. Fight lasted twenty rounds with brutal exchanges bloodied referee and fighters. Lyons knocked out in eleventh but returned to take further blows before collapsing.
The Smith County local option race in Tyler Texas is hot with a heavy turnout. Pros parade through the streets as both sides claim victory, with polling continuing past midnight and speeches at both sites last night.
In Dallas on June 5 a hundred Nobles of the Mystic Shrine with an Arab patrol of forty in full uniform and a band departed via the Texas and Pacific for Louisville Kentucky where the imperial council will be held.
Will Anderson was shot and killed by Dave Cobb during a quarrel over house rent in Henrietta Texas. Cobb was arrested. Both men are identified as African American.
Judge Biantoy ordered the exhumation of Tom Barnett buried in Coleman county to determine if his death resulted from scissor wounds or mob bullets. A second grand jury will probe the killing for possible indictments in August. Barnett was alleged to have killed Alex Sears.
Oliver Carr conductor Moses Thorp porter and Sam Lee El Paso Chinaman were acquitted today on conspiracy charges in smuggling Chinese into the United States. They were linked to a band arrested in Chicago Roswell and Las Cruces NM Carr faces another indictment for smuggling Chinese.
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