Sheriff Tobin Cleared as Evidence Falls Short
Judge J L Camp ruled evidence insufficient to sustain embezzlement charges against Sheriff Tobin and discharged him. The hearing showed Tobin had kept bond money until May 16 1912 and testified he sought guidance from local officials before deciding its disposition. The false swearing charges were also dropped with the state noting lack of evidence. A remaining misdemeanor report-failure case to be argued later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Tobin
J. L. Camp
Tobin
John Trainer
Des Bee
T. T. Vanderhoeven
Sam Aubrey
Texas
Camp
J. F. Carl
Frank Bosshardt
I. Co. Baker
Carlos Bee
Andrés Coy
John V. Huntress
A. L. C. McGruder
National Bank of Commerce
Hout
Huntress
Sheriff's Office
Justice and County Dourts
Bosshardt
Stowe
Co. M. Chambers
Newnam
Edward Dwyer
Criminal Court
Bexar County
Bencoh
Car
Sodas
C. K. Bell
Baker
Frank R. Newton
Phil Shook
Disappearance of San Antonio Groceryman Naill Still Unsolved
J M Naill a San Antonio grocer who rode a July 3 excursion train to Corpus Christi for the Fourth of July remains missing. Clothes and a suitcase identified as his were found at a Corpus Christi bath house but no body found. His wife travels to Corpus Christi to aid police and the family reports he carried 300 to 500 dollars in cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Naill
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Lee Riggs
Mr. Naill
Ben
Bath House
Naill
Lawton
Okla
Miss Naill
Houston
Katy to Open Car Tracing System in Texas
Katy officers will add wire and telegraph operators to implement a car service tracing system. Trains from St. Louis to Texas points and shipments of cotton will be reported to J F Dolard in San Antonio. Fourteen extra operators will be employed to speed locating any car on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katy
Texas
St. Louis
Alton
Hannibal
Higbee
Kansas City
Junction City
Galveston
Shreveport
J. F. Dolard
San Antonio
Parsons
Denison
Hillsboro
Medina Valley Irrigation condemns land holdings in Medina and Bandera counties
Landholders including E P Seekatz A Reitzer Theresa Spettle and others are served in condemnation proceedings by Medina Valley Irrigation company. The backwater from a completed dam will submerge the listed parcels totaling thousands of acres with values shown. Lawyers William Aubrey Duval West and Charles C Cresson represent the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medina Valley Irrigation Company
E. P. Seekatz
Rio Medina
Medina County
Texas
A. Reitzer
Mico
Theresa Spettle
Alex Mangold
Mary Mangold
Bandera
H. C. Wright
Granville Wright
Joseph F.spettle
Louis Schorps
John Schorps
Agnes Schorps
L. Haley
Joseph Haegelin
Magdaline Liebold
Anton Liebold
Pipe Creek
T. A. Habey
Lizzie Habey
William Aubrey
Duval West
Charles C. Cresson
City adopts plan to make fines ex offenders work on streets
Acting Mayor Richter orders prisoners unable to pay fines to perform street and alley labor. Twelve prisoners moved to the Eighth ward to begin weed cutting and stump grubbling as the new system splits work between the rockpile and street tasks. One day on rockpile then a day on streets until sentences are served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richter
San Pedro Springs
Board of Health
Newnam
Eighth Ward
Street Inspected for First Class Driveway Access
Acting Mayor Richter and city and county officials plus W B Tuttle of San Antonio Traction inspected River avenue from Josephine street to the city line to assess needed improvements. County commissioners Frank Sommers and Paul Steffler and Aldermen Maauermann Wickeland Menger Lambert with engineers Giraud and Pancoast joined the group as plans to lower grades, install culverts, and potentially double track the thoroughfare were discussed. The Traction company would share costs and seek simultaneous work followed by macadam topping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richter
W. B. Tuttle
San Antonio Traction Company
River Avenue
Josephine Street
Bexar County Commissioners’ Court
Frank Sommers
Paul Steffler
Maauermann
Wickeland
Menger
Lambert
Giraud and
Pancoast
Traction Company
Lewis Springs Surprise At Arrest For Firearms Charge
Nat Lewis, who fired a shot toward J H Nass, was arrested for discharging firearms in a public place. In court, brother Dan Lewis revealed Nat already pleaded guilty in Justice Ben Fisk's court. Judge Buckley deferred on proper procedure and Nat had been bound over to the grand jury on an assault to murder charge with $500 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat Lewis
J. H. Nass
Corporation
Dan Lewis
Nat
Ben Fisk
Buckley
Corporation Court
Ramsey Opens Convention Headquarters at Menger Hotel
Through his campaign manager Richard Mays Judge William F Ramsey the Democratic governor nominee in July primaries arranged to open his convention headquarters in the Menger hotel. He is the first candidate to complete headquarters arrangements ahead of the state convention on August 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Mays
William F. Ramsey
Menger Hotel
Judge Ramsey
Cleveland observes Tom Johnson memorial day
Cleveland marked July 18 as a Tom Johnson memorial day honoring the late mayor known for championing the single tax and 3-cent fare. Had he lived, he would have turned 68 today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Tom. Johnson
Citizens' League Calls Precinct Conventions for San Antonio
The Citizens' League urges unity to elect its slate on July 27 in Bexar County. A series of precinct conventions will select delegates for a July 30 Beethoven Hall meeting to nominate a mayoral candidate and oppose the city county ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ League
Bexar County
Richter
San Antonio
Beethoven Hall
Ring
Citizens’ League Campaign Committee
Huntress
Chambers
Dwyer
Warren Street
San Pedro Avenue
Hotel Arrivals Listing Shows Wide City Reach
A long hotel arrivals list records guests arriving at multiple Texas and national destinations. Names include Mrs. Arthur Stuart, Luther Ellsworth, J. D. Claybrook, J. A. Howard, and many others from Dallas, New York, Chicago, Galveston, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunter
Arthur Stuart
Sonora
W. A. Stewart
Marlin
Asherton
CC. C. Borthwick
Chie
E. P. Greenwood
Dallas
Victor Keidel
Fredericksburg
Daisey Notley
Paris
Tex
Luther T. Ellsworth
C. P. Diaz
Mex
R. E. Winkieman
Omaha
H. Gifford
R. Gifford
Neb
J. Ira Seebacher
New York
W. E. Hunter
Kansas City
FE. G. Bower
Houston
J. A
Schloss
Bickett
Chicago
J. D. Claybrook
Austin
M. T. Young
Los Angeles
Menger
H.G. Turner
Edgar W. Lank
Dorothy Lank
Philadelphia
L. Cohen
Walton Gruning
Z. H. Appleton
St. Louis
J. Pinton
Detroit
T. T. Bast
Alice
J. H. Fulkerson
L. Ramsay
William J. Chawk
Louisville
G. K. Lyon
J. V. Odil
Nashville
Bexar
C. J. Smith
Cameron
L. T. Adams
Jacksboro
CC. H. Beever
Pearsall
J. D. Mahon
T. P.smith
John Womack
Marshall
W. C. Renn
San Marcos
J. H. Sampson
Muskogee
Okla
Frank Reiser
E. D. Hogan
Yoakum
A. J. Moore
Automobile licenses list with owners and addresses
No. 2578-a. C. Maracheau 2647 Calle de HuE 2575-Ira C. Ogden 519 West San Pedro Place. Frank Chambers Crockett hotel 2573-Frank Jeffries 1242 Colorado ems No. 2574-Mrs. H. A. Underwood Twentieth and Delgado streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hue
Ira C. Ogden
West
San Pedro Place
Hrad Chambers
Crockett Hotel
Frank Jeffries
Colorado Ems
H. A. Underwood
Twentieth
Delgado Streets
Want Ads Rates and Service Details for Local Paper
Friday Saturday and Sunday want ads run for two Sundays at half a cent per word per insertion with ten or more insertions. Refunds offered on unused terms if ads are discontinued. Telephone accepted for convenience, bills mailed the following day. Phone numbers given for placing ads.
Real estate transfers list numerous San Antonio deeds in 1912
A long list of real estate transfers dated 1912 across San Antonio and neighborhoods, detailing grantees and grantors, lot and block numbers, additions, street addresses, and prices, including Highland Park, Los Angeles Heights, Riverside Park, and Artesian Gardens. Notable entries include Hancock to Cowan for 450, Los Angeles Heights deals, and Walter Napier trustee transactions totaling thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Hancock
T. M. Cowan
New City
Highland Park
Highland Improvement Co
R. 8
Cobb
Jake Sereno
Walter IP. Napier
San Antonio
R. C. Bogg
B. B. Harlan
Ernst Janas
Harlandale
M. & Kahn
W. D. Griffith
John McDaniel
North Side Woodlawn Avenue
Los Angeles Heights Improvement Co
A. R. Whitfield
Los Angeles Heights
Hugh W. Bennett
Della Bennett
New City Block
Riverside Park
J. P. Ward
F. D. Yeary
Commerce Street
James
Mary E. B. O'Leary
Anna Laurie Nowlin
Lambeth and Hart Subdivision
H. D. Manton
H. H. Kesten
Stee
Artesian Gardens
Lewis and
Martha Beck
D. J. Strauss
G. Rodriguez
Henry Kuester
Eugena G. Wesing
Rea Aie Heights
H. C. Lane
Charles W. Harral
Mistletoe Avenue
Paulina Manchaca
G. F. Gonzales
Leigh Street
Mary Heiligmann
Otto Gey- He
Westfall Avenue
Building Permits Reported With Various Dwellings and Additions
Building permits list multiple projects including six room dwelling on Harwood Street valued at 2000 dollars and a four room dwelling on Dakota Street at 800 dollars. Also shows repairs alterations additions and single room expansions with values ranging from 100 to 7900 dollars. Names include William Fenstermaker Yost Kampmann Zimmermann Kirkpatrick Gallardo Huff Bartsch and an Evangelical association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fenstermaker
Dwyer Avenue
Yost
Harwood Street
Casino Association
Market Street
William E. Kampmann
Menser
Alamo Plaza
H. Kirkpatrick
Harriman Street
Joe Zimmerman
South Mesquite Street
R. Gallardo
Dakota Street
Minnie Pretinawe
Simon Street
Henry Huff
North Olive Street
H. Bartsch
Dawson Street
E German Evangelical Association
Property Listings From Burnet Street and Nearby Areas
Sunday school building on Burnet Street listed at 600 dollars. Dr. S C Applewhite owns an eight room dwelling on East Park Avenue valued at 4000 dollars. W L Smith has a seven room dwelling on Erie Avenue appraised at 2250 dollars. D Robbins reports repairs on Avenue C costing 15 dollars. Sallie A Friedman owns a five room dwelling on Glass Street valued at 1000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnet Street
S. C. Applewhite
East Park Avenue
W. L. Smith
Erie Avenue
D. Robbins
Avenue C
Sallie A. Friedman
Glass Street
Colquitt Transfers for Address in North Texas
Thirty automobiles left Cooper this morning for Commerce to convey Colquitt to Cooper for an address today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colquitt
North Texas
Paris
Tex
Cooper
Commerce
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shook
Hoyt
Mr. Tobin
John Tobin
Corpus Christi Bath House
Katy Railroad
Medina Company
Lewis Springs Surprise
Ramsey
City OF
A. C. Maracheau
Caii
J. P. Oldham
T. E. Wood
East End
John D
Manda Huntress
W. Wilson
Pauline Melas
W. T. McCampbell
N. A. Petty
West Houston
North Frio
Street Realty Company
Paul Grunewald
College Heights
Southwestern Land Corporation
R. W. Braener
Lida” McClelland
H. T. Hansford
Highlawn
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