Brownsboro Charges Filed
Athens, Texas (Sp.) - Two more charges, bringing the number to 15, were on file here Tuesday in the school board fight at Brownsboro last Thursday night in which one man was killed and seven injured.
Additional statements were taken by authorities, working until 11 p.m. Monday, to bring the total to 15.
Both of the charges filed Tuesday were against Gussie Lee McCowan. He was charged with aggravated assault on J. P. Parker, a member of the board, with simple assault on Buddy Pearl Williams.
McCowan admitted in a written statement to Dist. Atty. Jack Hardee that he struck Parker in the head with a chair.
Another defendant, W. M. (Bill) Melton, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault and battery and was fined $25 and court costs, a total of $44.50. His plea brings to five the number who have been fined for assault and battery. The others are Bill Barton, Clarence Hatton, S. M. (Bill) Watley and Arland Boles.
Hardee said Dr. C. C. Rahm, Brownsboro osteopath, charged with murder in the shooting of Thurman Jackson, 42, and with assault with intent to murder Melton, has as yet made no formal statement. He said that to his knowledge Rahm had not made bond nor had he asked for bond.
Dallas Morning News
Wednesday, June 22, 1960
Section 4, Page 3
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