Jones Co. TX - Newspapers - The Stamford American: July 11, 1924

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The Stamford American
Friday, July 11, 1924

Virgil Clark was killed at his home in Hamlin Wednesday night. He was
shot in the head one time, dying shortly thereafter. he was married and
has one child nine years old. Mrs. Clark, wife of the deceased was
arrested by Sheriff Birdwell and brought to Stamford Thursday and lodged
in the city jail. She made a sworn confession admitting the killing and
absolving a man named Brown from any guilt in that killing. Self defense
and justifiable homicide will probably be her plea.

Lincoln Hamlin Parker, a traveling painter from everywhere, who has been boarding
at the Brown Cafe on the south side of the square for over a month died
of heart failure at his room over the cafe at 2:15 Wednesday morning.
His body was turned over to the Barrow Furniture Co. undertaking
department, and will be shipped to Seymour, Indiana, on orders of
Parker’s son who lives there and is a conductor on a passenger train
according to letters found on the old man.

The W.P. Brown Racket Store and the Brown Cafe are planning a change in
the building they occupy. The store will be moved to the side where the
cafe is and the cafe to the present store side. W.P. Brown has bought
the interest of William Griffin in the cafe business and will be
associated with his son, Eugene Brown.