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February 15, 1982
Federal marshals seek collector
in Dallas false appraisal case
United Press International
DALLAS — Federal marshals
were searching Saturday for an
antique collector who failed to
appear in court for arraignment
on fraud charges.
An attorney for Janiece
Christner, 64, of Harlingen, said
Friday a letter from Christner
hinted she would not appear for
arraignment before U.S. District
Judge Sarah T. Hughes in
Dallas.
“I know that this letter will
disappoint you,” the letter said,
“but after seeing the indictments
that are certainly false, I feel that
I am being persecuted.
“I know that I cannot get a
fair trial by the courts and cer
tainly not the press.”
Christner was indicted Jan.
26 by a federal grand jury on
charges that she gave false
appraisals to First Texas Savings
Association in Dallas to obtain
loans of more than $ 12.5 million
in 1977 and 1978.
Federal prosecutors charge
Christner, a collector of silver
and porcelain art, with obtain
ing the loans to purchase more
antiques and with faking a rob
bery to help pay off several mil
lion dollars in outstanding
debts.
Hughes issued a warrant
when Christner failed to appear
Thursday, but her attorney and
federal marshals said they have
been unable to locate her.
Police charge that in 1978,
Christner, then living in the
posh Dallas suburb of Highland
Park, faked a robbery at her
mansion to collect insurance
money on art works. Christner
maintained the robbery report
was legitimate.
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staff photo by Colin Valentine
Dr. Marcin Sar, a Polish political scien
tist enjoys his first square dance at a
Friday night party at the Brazos Center
for participants in the Student Confer
ence on National Affairs. His partner
was Sara Alpern, assistant professor of
history at Texas A&M University. Sar,
who is a visiting research fellow at the
Rockefeller Foundation, spoke Friday
morning to SCON A delegates on the
Polish crisis.
Arkansas pair married
after 40 years apart
United Press International
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — This
Valentine’s Day was a special
one for two high school
sweethearts who have been
separated and married to others
for about 40 years.
Ruth Padgett and Otto Davis
were married Sunday in Hot
Springs, marking the First
Valentine’s Day spent together
since they dated during their
high school years in the early
1940s at Mountain Pine, Ark.
After graduating from high
school in the small town north of
Hot Springs, Davis joined the
Army and fought in World War
II. Padgett married a Hot
Springs man who followed a
construction job to Pennsyl
vania.
Both Padgett and Davis
thought they’d never see each
other again. But Davis, whose
wife, Ella Jane, died of cancer in
1977, decided last year he would
contact Padgett.
“Her brothers live here in Hot
Springs,” said Davis, 55, a native
of the Hot Springs area. “Last
December I called one of them.
He told me Ruth’s husband had
died in the spring. I expressed
my condolences and decided to
call her.
“I had said to myself after my
wife died that I would never
marry again unless the Lord
showed me the right woman.
Well, he did.”
Padgett said she was sur
prised when she heard from her
sweetheart of years past.
“When he told me who he
was, I simply couldn’t believe it,”
she said. “I kept saying, ‘Is this
really Otto?’ I suppose 1 had the
same feeling about, it as he did,
so I decided to come to Hot
Springs for Christmas.”
The reunion led to the couple
deciding to get married in a tra
ditional ceremony on Valen
tine’s Day. But the newlyweds do
not plan a honeymoon.
“When you reach our age,
you’re really not concerned ab
out things like that,” Davis said.
“We’re just thankful and happy
we have each other now.”
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