■Monday, April 5, 1926
(W GRAY MAY RE AN
H ESCAPED TEXAS C ONVICT
■ Again Changed Stcry Relative
HE to Killing of Watkins.
April R.—That John
H. who was on ywteniuy eon-
of first degree murder in con-
with the death of "Dad"
Hkins here last Otobcr. and who
this morning sentenced to die on
20. in an escaped convict from
■ nerving a term of 99 years for
of a mails in that state,
Hid now seem probable.
Hffirials of Athens. Texas, reading
Gray ease here, wrote Sheriff
Hr stating that a John D. Gray
H-tl a man in that state 12 years
H was tries], convicted and given
in the Texas penitentiary,
after starting his term
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They stated they believed the man
went to North or South Carolina, A
photograph of John Gray in jail here
wad sent, and word cornea back that j
the photograph was Very juuoh like
the escaped Texas' convict.
John Gray dehbv, that he was j
ever in any trouble in the state of
Texas. He admitted this afternoon
That he spefit, about a year in that
state severtrt years ago. traveling
with a wild west show. He even ad
mitted that he has been' in Athens,
but said he was only there for one
, night. He said that he had never
i been in any trouble with the law
; prior to the trouble with which he is
! now mixed.
t ' Native of Georgia.
, He said he was 55 years old and
i a native, of Georgia. He has been a
resident of Albemarle for the past
nine years. Asked, if he had any
thing to say for the papers further I
than he had already said, Gray aaid:
“All I have to say is that every- i
tiling I have told about the “Dad" ]
Watkins ease before is a lie. I was
forced to confess by that detective- I i
'believe he would have killed me if I
had not told him I was implicated in
the Watkins killing.
‘T have made my peace with God.”
he went on, “and He has told me to
keep my mouth shut from now on.”
And here Gray started talking and
talked incessantly for half an hour,
relating his grusome experiences
while in Dillon, South Carolina, af
ter the murder of Watkins,and be
fore his arrest.
He told of a man entering his
room each night for several days in
succession, of seeing a man looking
in his room through the window, of
some one getting hold of his wife’s
foot on one night and of being har
rassed until he finally slep with a
| j hatchet under bis head. But after all
i this and with all htis talk, he stated
i that he was not guilty'of the murder
[ of "Dad” Watkins.
* He said that he, had a dream the
other night, and that he dreamed
j "Dnd” Watkins' head, arms and legs
were buried in hid yard directly in
the pathway leading from the house
| to the well. He stated that he want
l ed the sheriff to take him over there
> and let him dig and se if "Dad”
j Watkins' mutilated members are not
buried there.
THE CONCQfet) E>Atl.V TRIBUNE
Deputy Sheriff Lilly stated that
before being taken to Raleigh, Gray
will be taken to his Dome and allowed
to investiga'e, as it is believed ttat
possibly rbo tale about the dream of
the buried arms and legs may pos
sibly be another way of telling what
he knows to be a fact. Should the
members be found there, that would
tend to louson the suspicion against
Theodore Gray, ns about the strong
est evidence connecting him with
the case is the statement tliat John
made of his knowing of the burning
of the head, hands and arms of Wat
kins in the school furnanee.
Court adjourned this afternoon
with a large number of criminal
cnees, many of them jail eases, un
tried. A special term will be asked
for in order to dispose ofnny eases
remaining for trial at the close of
the present term.
Winn to Be Hanged April 23.
Chicago, April 3.—OP)—John Wal
ton Winn today was sentenced to be
hanged April 23, and "Grandma" Eli
za Nusbaum, 00, to: go to prison for
life for the murder of the woman's in
valid husband. Albert Nusbaum, last
December.
“Grandma" was enamoured pf
Winn. At the trial she denied she
had plotted with him to kill her hus
band.
A Marat bon bicycle race from
New York to Philadelphia is
scheduled for June 6.
HEATED TALK IN'
COUNTY of union
Criticism of Board of Commissioners
Kcr Alleged Inconsistency!
Monroe, April .'1, —For some time
in Union eouty, political play has
beon higgledly-piggledy. Recently,
many earth tremors have been audi
ble, and this week the top blew off
and the county has experienced an
explosion with Vesuvian force.
The trouble started some weeks
ago when the Union county com
missioners made a loan to the State
Highway Commission of $200,000 .to
complete the hard surfacing ot Jack
son highway. Such action on the
part of the epunty commissioners
was denounced an extravagant, and
was contrasted with action of the
same board in refusing a loan to the
County Board of Education of a
considerable sum for school improve
ments. Petitions were, circulated and
mass meetings were calld in an ef
fort to have the board rescind its
action and leave the matter to a vote
of the people. The County Boonrd of
Education and county superintend
ent are criticized for attempting, -it
is claimed, to perpetuate themselves
in office by getting through an
omnibuu bill which provides that the
County Board of Education, five in
number, shall all hold the office for
a period of six years. This was done,
it is said, without the knowledge
and consent of the iieoplc and out of
accord with the previous prnetiee in
thin county and against the custom
ary procedure in the State. Maj. W.
C* Heath, who was two years ago
Senator, and who is now a cand'date:
for the House, is being held account
able for this bill.
Suspicion is prevalent that the
educational officials are desirous of
a county board of commissioners
who will lend a more attentive ear
to their requests for funds for coun
ty education.
STATE federation
OF MUSIC CLUBS
Annual Spring Convention at Bur
lington April 6-8.
Burlington, April I.—C4*)—Musi
cians from nil over North Carolina
are expected here next week for the
annual spring convention of the
North Carolina Federation of Music
Clubs. The dates of the convention
ate April 6th to Bth.
The regular business sessions of the
convention will be held ip the First
Baptist Church, nnd the special con
certs will be In the auditorium of the
new Whitley building at Elon College.
The three clubs of Burlington. Gra
ham and Elon College will jointly
entertain the convention. A pro
gram. said to be unusually attrac
tive, has been arranged.
Mrs. H. H. A. Beach, of New
Hampshire, American woman com
poser, will be here, as will also other
notables in the music world, includ
ing Miss Irene Williams, of the
Metropolitan Opera Company. Miss
Williams will give a public concert
on Wednesday night at Elon College.
The entire convention will be the
guests of the college at that time, in,
,Mrs. William A. Harper, president
of,the State Federation and \rife of
1 President Hnrper, of Elon College,
will preside at sessions of the conven
tion. Mrs. J. Norman Wills, ot
Greensboro, for five years president
of the federation and now honorary
president, is chairman of the program
committee. She announces that she
has a splendid array of vocal and
instrumental talent for the occasion.
A reception for all delegates and
visitors will be given in Burlingttjh
Tuesday evening at 8:80. The del
egatee And visitors will be tendered
luncheons by the three hostess
on Wednesday and Thursday. The
Burlington Kiwanis Clnb will assist
in entertaining the visitors at these
luncheons. -.3
Not Later Thon Sevan.
At the lunch hour we heard this
conversation between the office boy
nnd his evidently unattached friend':
“Say, how long you been workin’
here?" 'ey
"Ten days already. Fine job.”
“When do you baster get to work?”
"Any tithe I want to.”
“Aw, go-wan! Whatcha trying to
do, kid me?”
“‘Nope. I can go to work any time -
I feel like it, just so I ain’t no later
than 7 o’clock."
Since no two football coaches
seems to agree in their opinions of
the hew forward pass rule, the only
thing the fans can do is to wait and
see how it worka out.
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SWEARS HE WAS
PAID TO TESTIFY
Fr;.l White'.- Diina{in( to Defend
aiite in Arson Case.
Wintstou-SaU-m, April 2—Trial
Max Samot and his two sons, charg
ed with burning their store and
stock of goods at King, to obtain in
surance on the property, began in
Stokes Superior Court Tuesday, will
not be concluded before late Satur
day. Many witnesses have been ex
amined for the State and when
court adjourned this evening taking
of evidence for the defendants, which
consisted largely of testimony of
character witnesses, had not been
finished.
Evidence given by Fred White
was perhaps the most damaging of
any presented against the defend
ants. He testified that F. N. Jonei
came to him in Kjng and asked him
to go to Mount Airy and sign a
statement declaring that he saw
some men come from the Samet store
shortly before the fire and that they
were tall and wore light colored
suits. White stated that he was
paid $25 by F. X. Jones and Morris
Samet to sigu this statement and
was promised S6OO more if the
Sampts were acquitted.
White stated that he had received
a check for $25 and the check was
offered os evidence. The statement
to the effect that he saw the nu n
come from behind the store was
sworn to in a lawyer's office in
Mount Airy in the presence of Mor
ris Samet and F. X. Jones.
The Samet carried on their build
ing and stock of goods the following
insurance: SIO,OOO on stock of
goods, sold to them by H. R. Mc-
Pherson. at Walnut Cove; $2,500 on
the building sold to them by H. It.
McPherson, of Walnut Cove; $lO,-
000 sold to them by an insurance
firm of Mount Airy; SIO,OOO sold to
them byan insurance firm of High
cint. There was also n concurrent
provision in all policies together of
increasing the amount $25,000 more
than the total of all policies. The
stock of goods was estimated to have
been worth about $20,000.
MONROE LOOKS TO NEW
SOURCE OF CITY WATER
Streams to Be Impounded By Gaint
Dam. Adding Utility and Scenic
Beauty.
Monroe, April ' 2.—Monroe is
proud of its prospective future
water supply and the artificial lake
which will be used as its source.
Engineers have about completed
the survey for the impounding basin,
and the possibilities of the site
selected surpass all expectations. In
addition to an ample water supply,
the city will have in Lake Lee, an
artificial body of water of notable
pOrportions.
The impounding dam will be 480
feet in length, 50 feet wide at the
base, and taper to near 4 feet at the
top. It will be 25 feet high In the
middle of the stream and reduce as
the inclosing hills are approached.
This dam will bnek a body of water
a little more than two miles in
length on ope stream, and a mile and
a quarter on another. At the place
wheye the streams come together, the
lake will be a mi'e in width. It will
cover 150 acres of land, and have an
average depth of fifteen feet.
On Tuesday, April the 6th, at 11
o’clock the board of city aldermen
will open and pass on the various
bids submitted by contractors for the
erection of the water work plant.
Work will begin at once. Funds have
been on hand for some tin)* for
financing teh toercjpshrdlcmfvyy
financing the project. 1 ..
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