Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-05-10 | Page 3 | Wealthy Oil Man Slain in Texas

WEALTHY OIL MAN MAN I SLAIN IN TEXAS FORT FORT WORTH WORT Texas May oIa 10 1 Warren arten Wagner a ner 45 46 45 wealthy oil operator operator opera opera- tor is Ie dead from Crom gunshot wounds opera opera-I Fred I J J. J Holmes also an oil operator surrendered sur sur- rendered immediately Immediate I after atter the shooting shoot shoot- shooting ing In but was as released on bond of Business disagreements Shoot Shoot-I are I as the cause of ot the tho trouble Wagner was shot while while while-he he was walkIn walking walk walk- ing In on a downtown street Four shots were fired three taking effect Wagner fell feU on his bis face not seeing the he man who tired fired but before beCore he ho died ho gave ve the names name of three men who he said might have attacked him Including IIO mes He died however without knOt knO knowing tn ing who fired at him U Wagner gner was wu head of ot the Wagner Waner Su Supply pl I company director of or several se-eral oil aU field Held banks and had been one of ot the beat bett known oil operators In the Mid Mid- continent and North Texas fields He lie drilled doped the first big gusher in the Desdemona Des- Des demona demena field the well coming in for barrels and making a fortune for and and his associates He lie also 1 wells in the Oklahoma and was vas well WE'll known there thereas as O the he most daring operators