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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1925
Page
1
Immediate arrests anticipated in the death of Dr W. 3. Wimer after a hit by a car on the Fredericksburg road Saturday night. Detectives say a light delivery truck and a discarded windshield link suspects. Police seek owners of the car for questioning as prints are found on glass fragments near the scene.
Ganz pleaded guilty to possession of a suppressed quantity of whiskey found in a wall trap at an Austin street grocery and soda stand. He was fined $50 by Judge DuVal West in U S district court. A companion charged with manufacture and possession of whiskey at a still and mash was released on a $509 bond after arraignment before Commissioner R E Edwards. Preliminary examination was waived.
The Tango del Matador, a bullfighting inspired ballroom dance, is being promoted by Bishop and Lynn of the St. Anthony hotel tea dances. They conceived the routine after observing bullfighters in Mexico City and Mexico, incorporating matador style into a two step tango blend.
The report notes caping with shawls and cloths as Gagna and Armellita lead a dancing team through ring steps and positions. Armellita toasted Miss Lynn at a hulifight, a toast historically tied to the reigning champion on the occasion. The two fighters exchanged times in the ring.
Jimmie, a young patient at St Louis Children’s Hospital, wins public sympathy as doctors review treatment options after a floroscopic exam. Media intrigue surrounds her case with reporters lined outside her room while nurses and staff provide comfort and care.
A board of inquiry comprised of Southern Pacific officials will meet at Paso to investigate the Langtry dynamite explosion that killed eight men and injured seven. The blast, weighing more than 2200 dollars in dynamite, occurred Tuesday at the reef quarry. Marino Luna and several others were treated in Del Rio and Langtry hospitals. The bodies of four killed were sent to Paso, Alpine, Langtry, and Del Rio.
Captain Duncan Matheson reports Ralph King a former Honolulu patrolman now a San Francisco private detective confessed to being hired for 2500 dollars to kill Pred Hotaling and his wife Mrs Hotaling. King said he recruited two men who abandoned violence, using poisoned milk instead. The milk poisoning plot followed a milk bottle turned over to the board of health.
Police calmed a group of youths on Howard street and West Mistletee avenue who were pelting passing streetcars with mudballs. The boys agreed to refrain until after primary elections.
The woman testified the firearm went off accidentally while she moved it from under a pillow where she had left it for safety while she and the children were home alone. The bullet struck her husband who was in bed in the path of the shooter. Tolbert, still hospitalized, agreed the shooting was wholly accidental.
WAKING FORMER MAYOR BEAED BOND. A bill of indictment returned in Thirtieth District Court charges Frank Collier, former mayor of Wichita Falls, with murder in the fatal shooting of Elzie L. Robertson on February 14. Collier was brought into court as bail was denied. attorneys sought habeas corpus. Robertson, Collier’s son in law, was killed on the street near Robertson's home as he visited his wife and her parents. Collier had been free on a $20,000 bond before indictment and had recently resigned as mayor.
Bexar County notaries are urged by County Clerk Jack R. Burke to submit renewal applications by March 12. Renewals will be processed and commissions renewed on June 1, with Burke forwarding applications to State Senator Julius Real for submission to the Texas Senate.
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