San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-04-05
'TtE FAIR
WAGNER & CHABOT,
THE CASE THAT WAS INTERESTING
LEE COX, CHARGED WITH SEDUC-
TION, TRIED YESTERDAY.
The Jury Was Out Only a Few
Minutes and Brought in a YER
dict of mot Guilty"-A Boy on
Trial for Removing a Switch.
Court Notes.

Those who read the paragraph in the
LIGHT yesterday, stating that the case
of Lee Cox, charged with Seducing Miss
De SOria. is set for tri al this afternoon"
and failed to be present at the trial,
missed an opportunity Of hearing some
very racy testimony la Pollard Brock
inridge.
The girl in question is Miss Blanche
Josephine De SOria, rather good
looking, and about eighteen years of
age. Cox is ''one Of those Pull
torney Camp put it last night.
From the defendants testimony it
seems that Miss De SOria was not in fav-
or of having him prosecuted and had
promised not to testify against him. Cox
stated that he had never promised to
marry the girl and that be told her
mother that he would never marry the
er that he had promised TO marry
her and when he asked her the
reason. she said. "Oh. just because" and
nothing more. He said that the girl came
to him and complained of her mothers
cruel treatment towards her, that her mOh-
eT would fight her; that she showed him
her arms, where her mother had scratched
her. He also stated he and the girl had
lived in CaStrOVille under a fictitious
name, and that they passed off as man
and wife. under the name of Mr.. and Mrs
Roberts, and that he introduced her as
such to respectable family of CaStrovile
He said that at one time the girl accom-
panied him TO Austin, with the consent of
her mother, and that they spent two
nights in the Capital city.
Miss De SOria is said to be very i'll at
present at her home on Avenue D. which
is the first house north of the Alamo
Baptist church. She could not appear in
court last evening and her sworn state
ment was introduced into evidence, which
read as follows:
|, Blanche Josephine De SOria, without
any cOmpulsiOn and of my own free will.
make this statement for myself under
oath. | have known r. L. Cox for about
three years. He has never promised to
marry me at any time He is not now
and never was engaged to be married to
me. He has never in any manner de-
CeiVed or imposed upon me and his con-
duct toward me has been open and free
from deception. | hold no malice or ill
will against said K l.. Cox and my inter
course with him has been by nv consent
BLANCHE JOSEPHINE De SOFIA.
Sworn to and subscribe before me this
Oct. II, 1898.
J.E. WEBB,
Notary Public BeXar County.
Defendant stated that the first intimate
relation took place in Austin, Travis
county.
The case was submitted to the Jury
about eight o'clock without argument.
The jury was composed Of Ed. Braden,
j., G.. Gahweiler, William L. Herff, A. |.
Lockwood, H. l.. Degner, Max Schuncke,
H. VOgler, B. J Mauermann, Albert
Stoves, J. f. Martin, Charles Boelhauwe
r. Van Raub.
What is believed to have killed the case
for the state was the last charge read by
Judge NOonan to the jury, which is as
follows: I'm order to convict the defend
ant you must believe from the evidence
that Blanche De SOria was Seduced by
defendant under promise of marriage in
BeXar county, Tex, and that the first car
nal act was had in BeXar county, Tex,
The jury was out not i've minutes anC
brought in a verdict Of mot guilty" after
which court adjourned and everybody
left the courtroom.
A case against LuciO Martinez, a MeXi'
can boy, about thirteen years of age. was
taken up for trial this morning. He il
charged with interfering with and re
moving a switch in the International anC
Great Northern yards about last January
9, and thus endangering the lives of rail
road passengers as well as employees.
The jury returned verdict of not gull
ty.
A case againts Thomas Scott, charged
WIN OOSLTuCJlnR tne track OF the lnteTna
tiOnal and Great Northern last January
4, by placing a rock thereon, was dis
missed.
William Porter was given two years il
the penitentiary, charged with assault u
rape Freda Mink on last January :.
Dioncio Flores, charged with theft un
der $40, was given three months in tn
county jail. He is accused Of havin,
stolen set of buggy harness on las
March 25, valued at SIS and belonging tt
j. Il. HARRISON.
THE GLOBE" SUED.
A suit was filed In Justice Adams cour
this morning by H. d. Hill against Harms
Solinsky & Co. on breach of contract an
to recover 1925 balance alleged to be du
on salary. In his petition plaintiff al
leges that he was employed by defendan
as advertiser for the term OF six months a
salary Of $50 month, which cOntraC
has been broken by defendants, by non