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Judge Joe Eidson was a natural candidate for such a list because he has been presiding over the divorce court in which Davis and his wife are fighting. He originally awarded Priscilla Davis support payments of $2,500 per month, then raised the amount to $5,000. He gave her possession of the Davises' new $6 million mansion and forbade Davis to dispose of any assets (he is head of Kendavis Industries, an international conglomerate founded by his father...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Who Do You Want Next? | 9/4/1978 | See Source »

After Judge Eidson made those rulings, a gunman wearing a black wig broke into the Davis mansion. He wounded Priscilla and a friend, "Bubba" Gavrel, and murdered her lover, ex-Basketball Player Stan Farr, and her daughter by a previous marriage, twelve-year-old Andrea Wilborn. Four hours later, police arrested Davis at his girlfriend's home and charged him with being the gunman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Who Do You Want Next? | 9/4/1978 | See Source »

Davis' trial last summer for the murder of young Andrea lasted 20 weeks, the longest and most expensive murder trial in Texas history. It involved lurid testimony about sex and drug orgies at the mansion, all designed to discredit Priscilla's testimony against her husband. He was acquitted and released on $325,000 bail to await trial for the other shootings. But before the second trial could start, McCrory went to the FBI with his tale of the hit list. It included, besides Judge Eidson, the wounded family friend, "Bubba" Gavrel, who at the first trial had fingered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Who Do You Want Next? | 9/4/1978 | See Source »

Some of the spectators who packed the courtroom last week for the bond hearing are actually fans of Davis' and have followed his trials for two years. Many are bleached blondes, with heavy makeup and flashy jewelry, resembling Priscilla or Davis' girlfriend, Karen Master. They chew gum and file their nails during the proceedings. During the recesses, they talk of their fondness for the various participants, especially the darkly handsome Davis, as if they were favorite characters on a television soap opera. Says one spectator, Mrs. Texas Methven, a middle-aged retired secretary: "I'm praying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Who Do You Want Next? | 9/4/1978 | See Source »

Most sellers appear to do well, though a few earn barely enough to cover rental charges. Mrs. Priscilla Bandzin of Boston routinely sells at one market what she earlier bought at another; last New Year's Day she cleared $165. Jon Watson supplements his income as an assistant professor at the University of Houston by hawking plants from his van and earns $300 to $600 a weekend. Some dealers have become increasingly professional, jumping from markets in the Northeast in spring and summer to those in the South in winter. At the San Jose market, the more enterprising sell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Economy & Business: Bug-Eyed over Flea Markets | 7/31/1978 | See Source »

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