Negro confesses to eight murders in Waco case
Roy Mitchell, a Black man, confessed to eight murders and three assaults in and around Waco Texas, implicating a string of 1922 slayings from Con cord to Cameron Park. He described the Holt and Denecamp killings and related crimes, detailing method and locations.
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Waco
Texas
Roy Mitchell
W. H. Baker
Homer Turk
Concord
W. P. Driskell
Harrell Bolton
Grady Skipworth
W. E. Holt
Mrs. Denecamp
Cameron Park
South Waco
Mitchell
Holt
Denecamp
Driskell
Murder convictions stain Concord district as trials advance
Two African American men were convicted for the Barker and Turk boy murders in Concord. Cooper Johnson received the death penalty and Bennie Young life in prison, with appeals pending. Mitchell confessed, Allsham admitted guilt, and a mob previously killed Jesse Thomas after accusing him of Hazell Bolton’s murder in May 1922. A watch tied to Grady Skipworth surfaced in Belton. Mitchell sold a pistol to a Mexican. Police prepare a new traffic-focused Sherman officer for duties next week.
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Bolton
Driskell
Grady Skipworth
Naomi Boucher
Skipworth
Mitchell
Holt
Jesse Thomas
Hazell Bolton
Miss Harris
Thomas
Belton
Stegall
Bell County
Sheriff Everheart Adds County Traffic Officer
Sherman, Feb. 10 Arrangements have been made to add a new officer to Sheriff Floyd Everheart s department a county traffic officer G W Evans of Sherman has accepted the position to county traffic I
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Sherman
Floyd Everheart
G. W. Evans
Habitual Constipation Cure Launched in Syruphonic Laxative
LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN is a specially prepared Syruphonic laxative for habitual constipation. It relieves promptly but should be taken regularly for 14 to 21 days to induce regular action. It stimulates and regulates and is very pleasant to take. 60 cents per bottle.
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Everheart
Tulsa
Okla
Littens
Sulg Come
Littell
James F. Ballard
St. Louis
Mark
Grayson County
Ford
United States
Ford Motor Company
Detroit, M
Sears Auto Company
Wrigleys
Wrigley’s
DRS. May & May Physicians and Surgeons Office
Res
Wilbur Carter
Kelly
R. C. Hoyle
Lloyd Moore
Whitewright, Texas
Grove
E.W. Grove
Ode Crowell, the Drayman
MEAT
Biggerstaff & Horton
Davidson’s
Eagle “Mikado
Eee
Lae Ieee i Pearce
Eagle Pencil Company
New York
J. W. Davidson
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