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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION, CITY OF BORGBR, TEXAS
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ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE
BORGER, TEXAS, MARCH 27, 1927
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ARKS SLAIN, POPE JO Y
RAMSEY QUITS RACE FOR MAYOR
200 PURSUE LOOTERS OF OVALO BANK
Wife Witnesses
Fatal Shooting
at Stinnett P. O.
POSSES CHASE
BANBITS WHO
STOLE S4.000
Old-Time Man-Hunt Follows
Raid in Town Near
Abilene
ON HOT TRAIL
VAN NOY ONLY
OPPONENT TO
JOHN MILLER
After 13 Days
10,000 Acre Pasture Near
Cro&s Plains Scene of
Pursuit
ABÍLKNE, Tex., Mar. 2<>.— (AIM
—Two hundred men were comb-
ing a 10,000 acre pasture, 11 miles;
west Of Cross Plains tonight ill ¡
search of the two men who late!
Saturday morning held up the book-1
keeper and cashier and robbed the
First State Bank of Ovalo, 2G miles
South of here, and escaped with
$4,0Q0.
The search took on the propor-
tions of an old-time west Texas
man-huht as officers and citizens
from Taylor, Coleman, Brown, Cal-'
lahari, Eastland and neighboring'
counties joined the hunt.
Kxcitiug; Chase
The forces were concentrated
aroupd the J. 11. Hall ranch late
Saturday after an exciting chase,
If ding from Ovalo "east "thfibwgh
Cyffu, north to Ba}rd, thence east
to •n*raf piitnaiH, where ¿Ve pair
of stitík-üp men are reported to
have t-urned south into the rough
country of southern Callahan coun-
ty. ,
Sheriff H. T. O'Bar atid Deputy
Taylor set out within '20 minutes
after the robbery was committed,
following a report that the large
sedan in which they left Ovalo had
passed through Oplin, 20 miles
feast of the scene of the robbery,
Sheriff O'Bar took up the chase
tluira. fhe bandit car was report-
ed* tb. have passec^:hrough Baird
lÁUTthátiUwo houfr after the rob-
m?r wjlh the officers following
i of leps ¿huí. 20 minutes. The trail
thré : lw into the region south of
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i 'I'lilltnskcrt Men
. ÍThie rdbbery was committed at
f^:2Ó a. in., I. N*. Wickinson, casli-
t4)r and" jf'oe Harrison, bookkeeper.
sutejl that both robbers were un-
J$A9lCedv ,Qne was described as be-
lb¿ Hhpvti red-headed and freckle-
fated. The other was a large man,
ftía/Jng, Khaki trousers and a black
¡Tile' rea-headed man ordered the
timo < bank employes to "stick 'em
Ufi," { A Customer who chanced in
ohj the scene was ordered in the
Yanlr. *fhe bookkeeper produced
$4,000 In currency and some sil-
ve,i\ | The_yeggs slammed the vault
ddor,'shut on the three before leav-
ing the bank, but it was not locked
feud ^he officers were being informed
almost before the robbers were out
at sight. •
'Late Saturday afternoon Deputy
'{¿riff W. F. Whale y took off from
_ire iñ an airplane and explored
the region in which the pair are
thought to be hiding.
Aviator Crashes
2)000 Feet to Death
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¿'AUOUSTA, Ra., March 20.—(AP)
C;í T. Stone, aviation mechanic,
(Jklvd dlass, of the Hampton Roads
nrfval Station, was killed near here
iiAtgy when a plane en route to the
¿"ensacóla Air Station fell 2,000
ffeet. Lieutenant N. B. Wilkins,
pilot, and 0. F. Lawhon, chief
MVeMianic's mate, leaped and were
fTÓt hurt;. Stone also jumped and
attempted to release his parachute,
an investigation disclosed. The
body wus free of the wreck.
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Crabtree and Reese Also
Withdraw Names From
Ticket
BOARD RACE HOT
Eleven Are Out for City Com-
missioner in April
Vote
Katrma Van Rensselaer, Washing-
ion society girl. Wedded 13 days,
asked a capital court to annul her
marriage to Gustavo de Medina,
Spanish embassy employe. Sho
charges coercion. fraudulent
promises, and says she was in a
"highly nervous and excited
s'ate." She charged, too, that Me-
lina, who has gone back to Spain,
already had a wife.
A Floyd Collins Who Escaped
CANTONESE
DEFY POWERS
—Americans and other foreign-
ers were fleeting tonight from
points along the Yangtse Val-
ley, driven by the fires of anti-
foreign feeling, which the bom-
bardment. of Nanking has ap-
parently fanned into full blaze.
Meanwhile a statement was is-
sued by the Cantonese general-
issimo. Chang Kai-Shek, declar-
ing that the foreign powers
could not send enough warships
to China, to suppress the "as-
pirations of the Chinese peo-
ple."
Governor Will Be at
Texarkana Party
TEXARKANA, Tex., March 26.—
lAP).—Tentative acceptance of the
invitation extended Governor Hen-
ry S. Johnson, of Oklahoma, to at-
tend the joint good roads and
bridge day celebration in Texarkana
April 10, was received Satu, 'ay.
Only the acceptance of Governor
Oratnel Simpson, of Louisiana is
needed to complete the roster of
invited honor guests.
LEE BRYSON
Lee Bryso' 4 5, died Thursday
here after a Imef illness. He was an
employe of the Skelly Oil company.
The body will he sent by (lie Fields
Funeral Home to Oklahoma City to-
morrow.
TW OHILMESS UUS DIE
AS PLAY HOUSE CAVES II
CHILDRESS, Tex., March 2G.—
fAP)-<-8uffocate<! In a cave of their
own digging, Oalvln Kent, 15, and
tlarvéjr King, 11, were found dead by
(heir grand mother, Mrs. James
Woddward, on a farm two miles
tWrth of Childress today.
The boys at play had dug back)
under the ground several feet when
the top of the little.cave In the side
of a canyon wall tell In.
A younger brother of one of the
lads ran. to his grandmother in the
farm house. She removed the dirt
' ifrplt
from one of the hoys and found him
dead. It was 30 minutes before the
body of the other boy was recovered.
, Physicians hurried to the scene.
>*hiey said death had come to tho
hoys within five minutes nftor the
earth caved in on them.
The boys were cousins, their mo-
timers being sisters. Calvin Kent was
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Kent,
re. Harvey King was the son
and Mrs. Ed King of this
there
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Promising an unusually lively
election, filings for candidacy in the
city elec'ion April 5 were brought to
a close Friday night and contestants
began their final week of campaign-
ing to bear down on the home
stretch.
Two Borger men have thrown
their hat in the ring for the mayor-
ality race, five have filed for the job
of city judge and a total of 11 have
sounded the gong for commissioners.
* The latest announcement from
campaign circles and which comes as
a surprise to Borger citizens is the
withdrawal from the mayoralty race
Saturday afternoon by Asa Ramsay ,
who' was one of the first men to \
announce his candidacy. Mr. Ramsay i
announced his decision to the Bor-
ger Daily Herald yetserday after re-
ceiving notice from the supreme
court upholding the opinion of the
Attorney General in that a candi-
date for mayor must have residence
of one year in that respective city.
Mr. Ramsay said he has not resided
in Borger twelve months and there-
fore has withdrawn his name be-
cause of ineligibility.
A second surprise packet was
handed election fans late yesterday
afternoon when John Crabtree, who
had filed Friday evening for mayor,
withdrew from the race. Joining the
side ranks with Ramsay and leaving
Miller and Van Noy together in the
field. Action in the election spotlight
came thick arid fast Saturday when
sudden and unexpected steps were
taken by candidates.
Hero is the lineup as announced
following the closing of filings yes-
terday by City Clerk Sam Little:
FOB MAYOR:
W. E. Van Noy
John It. Miller.
FOR CITY JL'IKiE:
(ico. D. Webb,
C. Davis,
Eugene H. Pipkin,
A. J. Hlielton,
H. E. Reese.
FOR COMMISSIONER:
W. E- Coin,
W. T. Malone,
I. Fleijt,
J. E. H¡figins,
Dr. A. H. Miller,
C, E. House,
Dr. A. F. Hansen,
Dr. .1. W. Head,
Glenn A. Pare,
E. O. .Albright,
J. H. Childers.
A number of "last hour" filings
were made Friday night, according
to Mr. Little, including the-entries
of John W. Crabtree for mayor; C.
E. House, Dr. Hanson, Dr. Head,
Glenn Pace, E. G. Albright and J.
H. H. Childers for commissioners,
and H. E. Reese for city judge. Mr.
Reese, who was among the first to
file for mayor, withdrew his name
Thursday and on Friday night en-
tered the race for city judge. C. E.
Van Noy, former policeman here,
filed for city judge Friduy morning
and yesterday morning withdrew his
candidacy, offering no reasons for
his action.
The mayorality race, upon which
considerable attention has been fo-
cused following many varied an-
nouncements, has precipitated to a
two-cornered affair between Van Noy
and Miller, Crabtree and Ramsey
having withdrawn.
With 20 men lined up at the
starting poBt for civic" positions, the
race is generally expected to result
in a lively campaign. Eleven contest-
ants for cominissionérs has brought
much attention on that side of the
ticket, while interest is high as to
the outcome of the groups hotly
matched for the other positions.
Contestants have just ten days in
which to conduct their campaigns
before election time, which Is Tues-
day, April 5.
The withdrawal of Ramsay as a
mayor candidate was made yesterday
(Continued On Page Eight)
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Parks Was Under Bond of
$10,000 on Alleged
Beating
"YOU GOT ME!"
MUST DIE FOR
CROSBY CRIME
After \'i hours in an almost airtight tomh at the bottom of a
55-foot well. Jeff Ashworth, 22-year-old well digger of Harnett
County, N. was brought out alive. Ashworth, bruised and torn
from an avalanche of rock that fell upon him—eight tons of it—
is shown in the upper photo on a cot just after his rescue. The
rock avalanche, hauled out painstakingly in crude wooden buskets
is pictured below Air reached Ashworth during his imprisonment
through a tiny crevice in the rock-pile abovp him. ......
M'ltBOCK, March 20.— (AP)
—Robert l.ee Benton, 20, alian
Robert Stanley, and son Gibson
18. negroes on trial at Croeby-
tou for the past week in connec-
tion with tile slaying of Ií. E.
(Bob) Morgan, prominent Dick-
ens county farmer last Febru-
ary, were found guilty by a jury
early Saturday.
Benton sentenced to death
and Gibfton to .">0 years in the
IK'iiitentiary. The case went to
the jury at 12:30, after a long
session of court, and the verdict
was reached siv hours later.
speaking contests
COUNTESS JANZ, AMERICAN,
SHOOTS HER ENGLISH LOVER
PARIS, March 26.— (AP.) —
Countess De Janze, formerly Alice
Silverthorne, of Chicago, shot and
seriously wounded herself today, po-
lice reported after shooting and
dangerously wounding Raymond
De Trafford, of a wealthy and
prominent London family.
The shooting took place, on a
London-bound train, prior to its de-
parture from Paris.
The countess' Germani police dog
stood guard over her after the
shooting and prevented anyone
from entering the compartment un-
til the police arrived.
The countess was involved in a
love affair with Trafford. The lat-
ter told police and shot him after
a jealous scene, "rafford dragged
himself from the train compartment
as the countess shot herself in the
body.
"Take care of my dog," was the
first exclamation of the countess
when'she was found stretched out
on the compartment seat. She and
Traft'ord later lost consciousness
and were taken to the same hos-
pital in the same ambulance.
Alleged Victim of Gang Sur-
renders; No Charge
Filed
With a full load of heavy buck-
shot tearing a huge hole into his
left side, Bill Parks, Pantex and i
• Electric City dance hall owner, was j
! shot and instantly killed Saturday!
¡ afternoon at 5 o'clock., in front of \
the postoffice at Stinnteit.
' J. W. "Shine" Popejoy, whom.
jit is alleged, Parks had beaten al-1
¡most to the point of death several i
j weeks ago, walked with shotgun in
i hand to Sheriff Joe Owenbv and j
¡surrendered a moment after the
i killing, leaving the dead body of j
¡Parks lying in the street, with Mrs. j AI'STi:;. March 26.—On April 5
I Parks looking on. will bepin tl^e" contest among public
j "You got me," Parks gasped in sneaking stnde^lt. jt the II
i a dying breath as he clutched his Texas to determine which of the en-
side and fell to the street, death j trauts in the contest shal address
coming almost instantly. ' the annual banquet of the Battle of
No Words. Flowers association in Sail Antonio
According to bystanders, there ¡ April 12. The final contest will
were no previous words between the
| two men. Parks had gone to Stin-
nett to provide bail money for Bob
Hanna, who had been jailed yes-
terday. Parks was on his way with
his wife to the county jail when
met in the street by Popejoy. Pope-
joy fired once and then voluntarily
surrendered to Sheriff Ownbey. The
body of Parks was brought to Bor-
ger in a Dobbins ambulance.
Officers in searching the
Calls for First-Class Ranger to
Corral Her Pool-Playing Husband
Because her husband continued to !
"play pool and would not support her j
babies" and also because she was ¡
not satisfied with a "common city
law," a woman rushed into the police
station last night and excitedly de-
manded a "first class Texas ranger."
But after she had become more j
calmed and finally was convinced |
that a Texas ranger could not be had
without applying to Austin, especial-
ly a "first class" ranger, the woman
consented to tell her troubles to a ¡
"common city law."
Her husband played pool and spent j
the family money, she said. Last
night she did not have sufficient .
fund? to buy milk for her child and '
she wanted her cruel husband placed
in the penitentiary where he could
not play any more pool.
Monday, she believes, she will file
complaint against him.
BURNS FATAL
TO TEXAS GIRl
be held on April 15.
prairie for dead.
Regaining consciousness, Popejoy
managed to crawl to a nearby
house, where he was piven treat-
ment and taken to a Stinnett hos-
pital. Popejoy's brother reported
the situation to Sheriff Joe Own-
bey. who immediately set out for
1 Electric City with deputies Miller
cloth- and Davis, of Borger.
ing of Parks declared the dead Rrincing their car to a stop di-
man was unarmed and believed rectiv in front of the dance hall
there had been no struggle. Pope- at Electric City the sheriff's squad
joy stood about ten feet away when WUs just in time to catch Parks as
he fired. ho emerged from the hall and was
I lidcr Bond about to step into a high powered
Parks, together with Hanna, was . car which was awaiting him in the
under $10,000 bonl on a charge of streets. Parks surrendered at the
assault in connection with the beat- point of a gun and a .45 Colt pis-
ing of Popejoy and Deputy Sheriff tol taken from him. There were
Tom Wilson near Electric City on foui empty shells in the chamber,
the night of Feb. 24. No bond Parks was taken to Stinnett and
was allowed the two men at first, | placed in the county jail the sher-
and several jail breaks were at- iff's force returning to Borger fn
tempted by friends to release them ' search of Hanna and the others,
from tli county jail. A short time In the meantime Hanna and his
later, however, bond was granted wife drove to Borger. Hanna seek-
them. following a habeas corpus ing refuse in Parks' room in a
hearing at Pampa. down-town hotel, while Mrs. Hanna
Story of Beatihg drove the car away to avoid sus-
The following story of the at- picion. The sheriff's squad saw
tack on Popejoy and Wilson ap- ' the car as it sped down Wetherly
HILLSBORO, Tex . Mar. 26.
— (AP.)—Explosion of a can
of oil caused the death Sat-
urday of Doris Herring, 11-
year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Luther Herring at their
home in Lakenon north of here.
Weldon Herring, the girl's
brother, was trying to start a
fire with tlie oil. The girl was
lying on a bed nearby, and the
bed caught fire. Weldon also
was burned and his father was
burned in carrying Doris out
of the house.
peared in the Borger Daily Herald
at the time:
"Wilson was kidnaped early in
the evening by the six men and
carried to a place near Pantex,
where he was beaten, kicked and
whipped until near a point of
death. He was then carried back
to his home at Electric City and
told, at the point of guns, that he
would be killed. Before reaching Jail break \x;is attempted from par-
Wilson's home, however, the assail ties on the outside of the place. One
ants stopped the car and drew man wired the front door to keep
gasoline from the tank, intending the jailer lock d inside while anoth-
to pour it on the deputy and burn er was tearing off the screen win-
him. dow at the rear The jailer grasped
street and the deputies at once
searched the hotel, finding Hanna
hidden in Parks' room on the sec-
ond floor.
Both Parks and Hanna had con-
siderable sums of money on their
persons, evidently obtained when
they planned to get away.
A short time after Parks had
bein placed in jail at Stinnett a
Hurry-Up Job
Work for You
The Herald is prepared to
give you hurry-up job work
service. Our job department
is ready at all times to serve
you. ompetent workmen are
in charge. Your money spent
for job printing in Borger
means that more loenl work-
ers will be employed.
Of course, The Herald pre-
fers as much time as possi-
ble in filling job work or-
ders. ' Try to anticipate your
needs for sti temenls, letter-
heads, envelopes and other
supplies you will need for
the first of the month.
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Stockmen Laud
Services of Banks
HOUSTON. March 26. — OP) Re-
solutions adopted by representatives!
of Texas banks, cattle loan compa-
nies and 30 suite livestock Inspec-i
tors, after a conference of two days :
here, called the services of the fed-1
eral credit intermediate bank of
Houston, splendid and unequalled;
to the growers of livestock ^n this¡
state.
A short time later Popejoy a-
abducted from his place of business
at fc:iectric City and taken across
the river for the same treatment.
Popejoy was beaten over the head
with the butt of a gun and shot
through the forehead over the left
eye at close range, powder burns
showing visibly on his hat. He
then thrown from a moving
near Cewitt and left lying on the
a shotgun and fired at the win-
low, and the next minute saw two
men leap into a car and drive away.
According to sheriff's deputies,
the roadhouse and dance hall of
Parks and Hanna had been raided
several days hefore for liquor and
11lie owners believed Popejoy had
was | caused the raids. They told Pope-
car ¡joy they intended to ' get" Sheriff
Ownbey and all his deputies.
Billiard Champion
Retains His Title
NEwVyORK. Mar. 2fi.—(AP).—
Erwin Rjudolph, world pocket bil-
liard chiimpion, from Chicago, to-
night cdmpletfed his title match
with Hirry Oswald, Pittsburgh
challenger, with a lead of 12
points alter three blocks of 1
points ea^h.
The I'll fat score
400; Ortald, 323
FOUR GIRL ATHLETES ARE
HURT WHEN BUS IS SMASHED
AUSTIN, March 26 (AP)— One of two automobiles carrying
Seriously injured in an automobile the basketball party collided wiht ai
collision enroute to Waco, four mem- truck of the Oulf Refining Company V
bers of the girls' basketball team Coach Johnnie Dunsmore, riding^
from Casa Regina Home, San An-
tonio, were in local hospitals to-
night.
They are Myrene Thomas, 17 be-
ved to have a fractured pelvis;
uise demerits 17, badly shakot
and -endered unconscious for a
ne; Alice Reutzel, 17, three ribs Merlán clyirch lean
ct Irid. Las jr.! (the
the rear seat of the car, was notj
JUred. He said Miss Reutzel
driving.
The team, sponsored by the 1
lie women of San Antonio,
route to Waco to play a
soil game withe tin1
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