Witness Describes Drama in Norris Case Trial
Testimony centers on Chipps, Norris, and Mrs Parker as defense challenges Mrs Parker’s credibility. Dr Norris not yet on stand. court notes absence of Mrs Norris and Mrs Chipps while witnesses discuss church radio connections and Norris broadcasts.
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Redmond
Roxie E. Parker
Gear
Chipps
Dr. Norris
Meacham
Fort Worth
Chips
Norris
Wade
Mrs. Norris
Hamilton
Walter Scott
Wreeti
D. E. Chipps Jr
Thurday
Phoebe Gillam
Searchlight
Wild Bill” McLean
McLean
First Baptist Church
Norris Defense Highlights Two Surprise Witnesses
Dr Norris defense calls two surprise witnesses, amid cross examination of witnesses in the church shooting case. Redmond and Turner testified about events outside First Baptist on July 17 1926, with questions on who entered Norris study, gunfire, and the sequence of moves in the church office building.
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DR. Norris
Lone Star Broadcasting, Company
McLean
D. L. Redmond
Jp. B. Ridgeway
D. E. Chipps
Redmond
Doctor Norris
Texas Aggie
S ‘Turner
Medmond
Uds
Hedmans
Legic
Dr Norris
Nutt
Chipps
R. B. Ridgeway J
Lorrell
Cold Compound Advertisement Claims Fast Relief
An old advertisement proclaims Pane’s Cold Compound quickly clears head and nose, relieves feverishness and headache, and even acts as a laxative. It promises easy tasting medicine at thirty five cents and warns against substitutes, noting multiple doses can shorten grippe misery.
Good Health Keeps a Woman Young in Paris Texas
Mrs Gertie recounts feminine troubles and fevers treated with Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. After a few bottles she reports complete recovery and no further issues. She also used Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery during a flu attack with excellent relief. Published by the Invalids’ Hotel in Buffalo for free medical advice.
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Paris
Texas
Dr. Vierce
Toyas
Dr. D Pierce
Golden Medical
Gertie
Graham &J. Gr. Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Hutel
Buffalo
N.Y
Norris Jurors Hear Stranger Testimony In Norris Case
Jurors heard that a stranger denied telling a different story to the grand jury as Dr. Norris’s fate hung on testimonies. Dr. Grogan, Norris’s physician, described Norris as run down with inflamed appendix and neuritis. The trial resumed after recesses as defense and state pressed conflicting accounts about the July shooting of Chipps.
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Chipps
O. R. Grogan
Norrris
Norris
Dayton Moses
McLean
Roxie EB
Parker
Meacham
Doctor Norris
Legal Lights Engage In Courtroom Scraps In Judge Hamiltons Trial
In Austin on January 20 1927 the murder trial of Rev J Frank Norris dominated a heated Texas courtroom. Prosecutors Wild Bill McLean and Marvin Simpson clash with Norris supporters as a judge maintains order in a chaotic scene. The long courtroom duel frames a larger drama over Norris’s fate.
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Universal Servi
Austin
Tex
Texas
Criminal District Court
J. Frank Norris
Lin
J. Frank
Bill” McLean
San. Antonio
Bill
Blandersfield
Noxan
Jesse Martin
U. § Marine
Aegonne Way
Marvin Simpson
Courtroom Fashion Lines the Gers of Style and Crime
In a crowded criminal court Mae Chipps, widow of a dead man, wears a plain black frock as jurors and onlookers assess fashion at the trial. Attendees display the season’s new hats and festive neckwear, while Sam Sayers, the state’s attorney, keeps a meticulous courtroom tone amid the tense proceedings.
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Sam Sayers
Dayton M
Mae Chipps
Flere
Morris Guilty Plea Heard In Embezzlement Case
Frank H. Morris, former Western Union manager in San Antonio, returned from Long Beach to plead guilty to embezzlement and received a two year suspended sentence in the Thirty-seventh District court. Two other charges were dismissed and renewed grand jury action was noted. The narrative closes with reflections on appearances and fate.
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Frank H. Morris
Western Union
San Antonio
Long Beach
Cal
Thirty-seventh District
Morris
Ninety-fourth District Court
Grand Jury
Bexar Officials Lodge Austin Visit Over Three Bills
In San Antonio a group of Bexar county officials announced plans to attend a legislative meeting in Austin. The bills seek to tighten marriage license rules with a five day posting requirement, abolish ex officio fees and raise salaries, and target professional bondsmen. Attending in Austin were County Class Jack Burke, County Treasurer Walter Kendall, Sheriff James Stevens, District Clerk Hart McCormick, District Attorney M. Chambers, and County Judge Autoskey. Headache remedies and an ad for a laxative accompany the page text.
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Austin
San Antonio
Bexar County
Jack Burke
Walter, Kendall
James Stevens
Hart McCormick
M. Chambers
Autoskey
States Move to Ban Evolution Theory Bills Rise in South
A Universal Service survey finds anti evolution measures before legislative bodies in seven southern states. Bills aim to prohibit teaching theories conflicting with the Bible. Tennessee’s law upheld, with similar proposals in Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and West Virginia pending. Texas and Tennessee expected to keep anti evolution stance.
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Universal Service
MO Imery
Ala
Jam
Tennessee
Supremert
Arkansas
North Carolina
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Texas
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T Norris
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Pape
Mary Bowers
Dillinghams
Dillingham
Bess C
ARROL
Frank Norris
Amenseek
H.W. Grove
UPTO
Vasa
Thos, Gaggan & Bros
Brunswick Records
Msaac Bledsoe
Bi W. Commerce Cr
New Edison
Houston
Investment Day
Filiday
Central Trust Company
City National Bank
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