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Lawyer's Version(Continued From Page One)Rio Grande, and later had a victory dinner in celebration,Horton said the lawyers planned to bring Alec out on April Fool's Day and let the engineers take him if they could. Meanwhile, the engineers offered rewards for the return of their patron saint, Horton said.“WE TOLD THEM to watch for posters that said something like ‘Watch for Alec: TheSpirits will Return with Him.’ ”The pranksters' plans were upset, however, when Judge John Townes, then dean of the law school, announced in class that unless Alec was returned, the kidnappers would not get their degrees.“So, on March 31 we returned Alec to the engineers.’’ Horton regretfully admitted. The lawyer said they hired a man with a rig to drive up to the engineering building and walkIn boldly with Alec. As the man carried him in, two engineering deans on the steps were heardto exclaim, “My God, it's Alec!”THE NEXT DAY, the engineers brought their saint out and defied the laws to take him. A brawl ensued and Horton sadly says that when Judge Townes walked out and saw the fight, the three commented to him, “Something's going on here, Judge.” The engineers won. however, and kept; Alec.While the lawyers had Alec, they painted his back yellow' and carved “Law ‘10” into it, he said. “We took away the torch and shield and burned them so Alec would never be the same.” Horton said.Col. Horton is a retired Army man and a retired Brigadier General in the Texas National Guard. He is auditing 15 hours of law courses this summer, after receiving his LLB degree from Texas in 1910.
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Austin Daily Texan
Austin, Texas, US
Fri, Oct 02, 1964
Page 7
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