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WICHITA FALLS (AP) — Au
thorities filed capital murder
charges Wednesday against a 38-
year-old man in connection with a
police shootout that led to the
death of a veteran officer.
Two other officers were in
jured in the Tuesday morning
confrontation in this city about
125 miles northwest of Dallas.
The injured gunman was appre
hended after a six-hour search by
more than 60 law officers.
Police Lt. Walter Tommy Col
lins, who had been thinking about
retiring, died of a heart attack af
ter undergoing surgery for a
gunshot, officials said.
Daniel Martin Fowler was
charged with capital murder in
Collins’ death. He also was
charged with attempted capital
murder in the wounding of offi
cers Steve Pruitt, 38, and Don
Gossett, 35.
Pruitt, who was shot in the
shoulder, was in good condition
Wednesday, said a nursing super
visor at Bethania Regional Hospi
tal. Gossett, who was shot in the
leg, was treated and discharged.
Justice of the Peace Janice Sons
denied bond for Fowler on the
capital murder charge. Sons set
bond at $100,000 on each count
of attempted capital murder.
While being moved from the
hospital to the Wichita County
Jail Wednesday, Fowler was
asked by reporters for KFDX-TV
if he felt remorse for the shoot
ings.
“I don’t feel none too good
about it,” Fowler responded.
Asked why he shot the officers,
Fowler said, “Well, they pulled
their weapons on me.”
Officials said Collins, 52, had
been taking heart medication,
and he arrived at the hospital in
shock, Dr. George LeBeau said.
He was in surgery about three
hours before he died.
Collins is the fifth officer to be
killed in the line of duty here and
the first since August 1968, police
said. Collins is survived by his
wife and three children.
“He was the kind of supervisor
who believed in getting out with
his men in situations like this,”
Police Chief Curtis Harrelson,
who worked with Collins 25
years, said. “He was a good friend
and a tremendous officer.”
The gunman brandished a ri
fle early Tuesday after telling
construction workers renovating
a nearby housing project apart
ment to stop making noise. The
workers called police and the
gunman fired a .30-30 rifle when
the officers arrived.
Fowler was found in woods be
hind his trailer with a shoulder
wound he apparently suffered in
the shootout.
Fowler’s father said his son has
had mental problems and was
taking medication for a chemical
imbalance. Fowler recently
moved to Wichita Falls from
North Plains, Ore.
White considers gubernatorial bid
Former governor finds positive public response encouraging
FROM STAFF & WIRE REPORTS
AUSTIN (AP) — Former Gov.
Mark White, pondering a political
comeback, Wednesday said he’s en
couraged over public response to his
exploratory efforts in the 1990 gov
ernor’s race.
White, the Democrat who ousted
Republican Bill Clements from the
Governor’s Mansion in 1982 only to
lose to a Clements comeback in
1986, said he will decide by Septem
ber or October whether to run
again.
“I’ve gotten lots of encourage
ment from people calling and send
ing cards and letters — some even
“I
I’ve gotten lots of
encouragement from
people calling and sending
cards and letters — some
even had money in them.”
— Mark White,
former Texas governor
had money in them,” White said in a
telephone interview from Houston.
The former governor said those
early contributions ranged from $15
to $5,000, although he didn’t know
how much has been raised.
White, now a lawyer practicing in
Houston, announced several weeks
ago that he would explore a possible
1990 gubernatorial bid. Since then,
the response has been good, he said.
“It’s been very flattering,” he said,
adding that some of the messages of
support have come from rural areas
which voted against him last time.
“A good many have come from
the country, rural West Texas,
places like that,” he said.
White was the governor who
signed the controversial no-pass, no
play rule and other sweeping school
reforms into law. That rule was
widely blamed for some of his oppo
sition in rural areas of the state.
“Maybe they look at the situation a
little differently today,” he said of
those education reforms.
The Democratic primary for gov
ernor already has one declared can
didate, state Treasurer Ann Rich
ards. Attorney General Jim Mattox
has raised more than $4 million for a
gubernatorial bid, which he is ex
pected to make official soon.
Two Republicans have declared
bids. Midland oilman Clayton Wil
liams, Class of ’54, and former Sec
retary of State Jack Rains, Class of
’60, of Houston. Two other GOP
contenders — Railroad Commission
Chairman Kent Hance and Amarillo
oilman T. Boone Pickens — have
said they are considering the race.
Last week, a group of conservative
Democratic state legislators issued a
statement saying that they don’t
think either Mattox or Richards
could win in 1990. The lawmakers
also said they hoped a moderate-to-
conservative Democrat would enter
the race.
Labor leader calls on officials
to block workers ’ comp reforms
AUSTIN (AP) — A top Texas labor official said
Wednesday the union movement must start calling in
its favors to block business-backed reform of the work
ers’ compensation system.
Joe Gunn, secretary-treasurer of the Texas AFL-
CIO, said state office seekers who want labor’s endorse
ment are going to be asked to support labor’s efforts in
workers’ comp at the next special legislative session.
Lawmakers have failed to reach a compromise
through one regular session and one special session on
the insurance system to compensate employees who are
injured at work.
Gov. Bill Clements said he will call another special
session this fall to break the impasse that pits business
against labor and lawyers who represent injured work
ers.
Gunn, who is expected to be elected president of the
220,000 member union Saturday, described the busi
ness-backed reforms adopted by the House as a “dev
astating bill” that would have created the “employer
protection agency.”
Although Texas leads the nation in worker-related
deaths, Gunn told union delegates at the Texas AFL-
CIO annual convention that the House refused Senate
proposals on enforcing job safety.
Of the House safety plan, he said, “It’s a phony
safety. It’s a fake safety.”
And, he said, the proposed benefit increases were a
sham because of a plan to calculate permanent disability
benefits on a set schedule instead of loss of wage-earn
ing capacity.
Gunn said that workers, when approached by candi
dates, need to say, “It’s time for you to give us your en
dorsement. Vote for the workers to keep their dignity.”
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