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HOUSTON — Texas police departments are being sucked into a bitter,
longstanding feud between the state’s two most powerful Gyps}' families.
That’s right, a Gypsy standoff in the Lone Star State.
Police in Houston, Dallas, Irving, Beaumont and San Jacinto County
say Gypsies have told stories of robberies, assaults and revenge attacks by
a rival group.
Most, if not all, of the stories are concocted, the officers say, to get
police to arrest and intimidate the other family.
On one side is the powerful Evans family of Houston, headed by Wal
ter Evans, a Gypsy who says he was born in a tent about 47 years ago.
His sons say it was probably closer to 55 years ago.
On the other side is the Bucky Mitchell family, most of whom live in
the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Mitchell is a patient at M.D. Anderson Can
cer Center and is Evans’ brother-in-law and cousin.
The Mitchells and Evanses were close for years, the children becoming
best friends, and the adults frequently business partners. But in the summer
of 1991, one of Mitchell’s sons, Joey Mitchell, 26, violated Gypsy law by
becoming involved with a not-yet divorced Gypsy woman.
That sparked a chain of events that angered Texas law enforcement of
ficers and tore the families apart.
The members are descendants of nomadic tribes that left northern In
dia more than a thousand years ago to become the first dark-skinned
peoples in Europe. They made their living as itinerant musicians, for
tunetellers and entertainers.
Gypsies usually rely on their internal social structure to resolve dis
putes. That’s what first happened between the Mitchells and Evanses.
At a Dallas meeting of the Romani Kris, or Gypsy court, on Sept. 1 6-
17, 1991, leaders from Texas and neighboring states tried to determine
a fair penance. About 1,000 Gypsies were in attendance.
Acting as prosecutor, Walter Evans demanded that Joey Mitchell pay
the offended family a “globa,” or fine, of $2,500. A vote was taken and
the sentence imposed.
But the Evanses contend that Joey Mitchell ignored the globa so he
was “blackballed,” the most severe punishment Gypsies can impose
on each other.
Blackballed Gypsies cannot eat, drink or socialize with other Gypsies
and cannot attend Gypsy weddings or funerals. As a result of the black
ball, Walter Evans and his sons — Jerry, Freddie and Tony — say they
have been the victims of robberies, threats and physical attacks by the
vengeful Mitchells.
The family is afraid to go out at night, they say.
“We’re kind of being careful of w’hat we’re doing and where we’re
going,” Freddie Evans said. “They are trying to harm my family.”
Joey Mitchell contends he paid the globa.
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again, we are reminded that Amer
ica does not need more gun laws.”
In other action Monday, the
court:
•Said it will consider reinstating
a ban on federal employees accept
ing pay for any outside speeches
and articles. Lower courts said the
ban violated executive branch em
ployees’ free-speech rights.
•Left intact a ruling that said a
Michigan teacher had legitimate ed
ucational reasons for refusing to let
a girl show classmates a videotape
of her singing a religious song.
•Agreed to decide in a Califor
nia case whether statements made
by defendants during failed plea
negotiations with federal prosecu
tors may be used as trial evidence
against them.
The gun-control case asks
whether Congress wrote the 1990
law correctly to comply with the
Constitution’s Commerce Clause,
which allows Congress to regulate
interstate commerce.
The law carries a maximum
penalty of five years in prison and
a $5,000 fine for anyone caught
with a gun near a school.
Lopez, then a senior at Edison
High School, was arrested after
school authorities received an
anonymous tip.
He admitted carrying a .38-
caliber handgun and five bullets,
and was sentenced to six months
in prison.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals ruled that in most cases
the law was invalid under the
Commerce Clause. Other federal
pun control laws describe a link
between the banned activity ib®
interstate commerce, but the GuB'
Free School Zones Act does not,
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