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Waco Pistol Fire Kills 2; 3 Wounded

Waco Pistol Fire Kills 2; 3 Wounded WACO. May 23 CP) Two persons persons were slain and three others critically wounded by pistol fire in two separate shootings here and in the county shortly after midnight Saturday night. Dead were: Francis E. Wetzel, about 29. of Waco. Torivio Dominguez, 25, of Waco. District. Attorney Gene Maddin said that Constable A. L. (Fate) Trollinger of Axtell, 13 miles northeast of here, was charged with murder in the death of Wetzel. Trollinger, who said in a statement statement that he shot in self defense, was released on $1,000 bond. Wetzel's brother, J. B., 28. and Marvin Schlemmer, 21. of Reisel, were critically wounded. They were admitted to a Waco hospital for treatment. Both had been shot in the abdomen. The shooting occurred outside of a dancehall in Elk community, 14 miles east of here. Trollinger said in the statement that he and his son. Master Sergeant James L. Trollinger, an Army recruiter stationed stationed here, went to the dance hall together. The constable said that his son was kidded at the dance hall because because he was an Army recruiter and that an argument arose. The district attorney's office indicated indicated that the grand jury would probably be called in this week to investigate the shooting. The other shooting occurred at a night spot here. Dominquez was shot to death and D. C. Coleman, both of Waco, was critically wounded. Policeman H. C. Tadlock and James Simons said that a Latin-American Latin-American Latin-American was arrested in the shoot-, shoot-, shoot-, ing and that another was sought,

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