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Fontenot trial
Detective ignored lead in love triangle murder
Associated Press
LIVINGSTON — A detective testi
fied Wednesday he never checked
out what he described as “hearsay”
reports about a former junior high
school coach allegedly murdered by
the school’s principal.
Jimmy Belt, who headed the Lib
erty County sheriffs department in
vestigation into the slaying of Billy
Mac Fleming, said he received but
did not follow up on information
that the coach was seen alive after
being given a ride to the school field-
house by Hurley Fontenot.
Fontenot, 48, former principal of
Hull-Daisetta Woodson Junior High
School, is being tried for Fleming’s
murder.
Authorities allege Fleming and
Fontenot were rivals for the affec
tions of the school’s secretary.
Fleming, 38, disappeared April 12
and was found in a forested area 10
days later.
He had been shot twice in the
back of the head with a .22-caliber
gun.
Fontenot admitted he was the last
person to see Fleming alive, but told
investigators that he went to Hous
ton and then drove to a Louisiana
horse track at the time of Fleming’s
death.
Under cross-examination by de
fense attorney Dick DeGuerin, Belt
also testified he received reports that
the slaying might be connected to
the mysterious disappearance of
Fleming’s former business parter.
Belt said Lynda Fleming told in
vestigators that her estranged hus
band’s former partner in a carpet
company was allegedly involved in il
legal drugs.
She also told lawmen they would
find cocaine at Fleming’s apartment
inJJberty, Belt said.
While searching Fleming’s apart
ment five days after his disappear
ance, investigators found a baggie
containing a white power they sus
pect is cocaine, he said.
Lufkin Congressman’s office
gets every kind of request
Associated Press
LUFKIN — Who ya gonna call
when Soviet submarines appear in
Lake Sam Rayburn or bounty hunt
ers show up at Toledo Bend?
Why, your man in Washington, of
course. For East Texans that’s Rep.
Charles Wilson.
Each month the Lufkin Democrat
gets hundreds of letters. Generally,
people write to voice their opinions
or seek help in obtaining public ben
efits. Some, however, are trying to
cut short military or prison time,
beat a traffic ticket, or inquire about
strange happenings.
A woman near Toledo Bend
asked about a statement, attributed
to the congressman, that Gov. Mark
White would be willing to send a
bounty hunter to clean up an arson
problem. Though doubtful of the
rumor, she was afraid about possible
violence.
Another constituent called to re
port Russian submarines.
“Anything the human mind can
conjure up, they ask us about,” says
Peyton Walters, Wilson’s district di
rector, who answers some of the
mail.
“Charlie gives us total discretion,”
says Walters. “We try to be very care
ful. It can come back to haunt you.”
Once, Walters sent a letter to the
Texas Employment Commission
commending the TEC for two crack-
erjack secretaries it had sent over.
“They showed it to Charlie and
asked, “How come you’re commend
ing us on the one hand and cutting
off our funding on the other?’ ” The
funding was omitted by oversight
from an appropriations bill, accord
ing to Walters.
Walters said, “A lot of times we’ll
ask the Washington office to call a
“A lot of times we’ll ask
the Washington office to
call a constituent because
if it’s coming from Wash
ington, it’s official; if it’s
coming from Lufkin, big
deal. ”
— Peyton Walters, Wil
son ’s district director, who
answers some of the mail.
constituent because if it’s coming
from Washington, it’s official; if it’s
coming from Lufkin, big deal.”
One constituent wrote to find out
why his health care aide had stopped
coming by, said Linda Walters, a
case worker and Peyton’s wife.
“We contacted the health care
provider. They said they had re
moved her at her husband’s request,
because she and the man were sleep
ing together.”
Mrs. Walters tactfully informed
the man that “someone new has
been lined up, and you should be
sure to try to treat her with courtesy
and respect.”
Unchastened, he replied, “I am a
double amputee, and I had a pros
tate operation. I didn’t think I could.
She insisted I could.”
Envelopes can be amusing, too.
One constituent addressed an enve
lope: “Charles Wilson, U.S. House
of Representatives, Public Docu
ment, Official Business, Washing
ton, D.C. 20515.” Another was re
spectfully sent: “House of
Representatives, The Honorable
Charles Wilson, Congressman, Con
gress of the United States, Washing
ton, D.C. 20515.”
Though some people call or write
claiming to be Wilson’s friend — one
erson made the mistake of calling
im “Chuck” — Mrs. Walters says
this isn’t necessary.
More to the point, aides say, is
what you’re asking.
Wilson is proud of the liaison
work his office does in such matters
as Social Security, Social Security dis
ability, veterans’ benefits, tax deal
ings and immigration. “That’s what
we do better than anybody else in
the world,” he says.
On the other hand, the office
doesn’t get involved in legal matters
or requests to get out of military
service.
Cartoonist
injured in
oir crash
Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -
Cartoonist Berke Breathed, cre
ator of the popular “Bloom
County” comic strip, suffered a
fractured spine Wednesday when
the ultralignt aircraft in which he
was riding crashed, authorities
said.
The ultralight, which was car
rying Breathed and another man,
crashed north of Albuquerque on
an Indian reservation near Inter
state 25, according to a dispatcher
with the Bernalillo County sher
iffs department.
Police on the Sandia Pueblo
reservation ref used to release anv
information about the accident
involving the craft, which resem
bles a glider with an engine.
Breathed was treated for a
fracture of the spine at St. Joseph
Hospital in Albuquerque, where
he was listed in satisfactory condi
tion, said Lillian Patterson, the
evening supervisor at the hospi
tal.
Execution set
for convict
for third time
Associated Press
GREENVILLE — A convicted
killer sentenced to death for the
1982 shooting of a Virginia business
man has received a March 3 execu
tion date.
State District Judge E. Paul Ban
ner of Greenville on Tuesday set the
execution date, the third for John
Michael Lamb, 28.
The Death Row inmate was sen
tenced to die by injection for the No
vember 1982 robbery and fatal
shooting of Jerry Harrison Chafm.
Lamb had been scheduled to be exe
cuted last July 22 and Oct. 7, but re
ceived a stay each time.
The last execution in Texas was
carried out Sept. I 1. Other execu
tions scheduled since then were
stayed pending a Supreme Court de
cision on a case challenging the ex
clusion of death penalty opponents
from capital muraer juries.
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Arthur
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Division
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