San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-02-14

Antonio was we'll represented il
the Thirty-seventh District cour
this morning. The courtroom wa
crowded with a mass of humanit,
of all classes and colors. TIL,
crowd, however, was well behaved
and Deputy Sheriff Van Ripper haC
no difficulty in keeping order in
court.
The drawing card was Austin
Brown, charged with the murder
of Anderson Harris, the colored ex,
police officer, tn occurance 'ot
which is still fresh in the memory
of every San Antonian.
This is the day set for the trial
of Brown, and special venire of
one hundred jurors, returnable
yesterday afternoon, was ordered
by Judge Noonan last Saturday,
when the trial was set. OF the VEN
ire OF one hundred, only sixty
seven jurors were summoned, as
the other thirty-three are out Of
town, or unable to attend court.
Five jurors were sworn and Or
dered to take seats in tho box this
morning as follows: f. l.. Ritchey,
l.. M. Lacey, F. p. j. Meyer, Chris
tian Perner and Edward Seay.
Two colored jurors, who were sum-
moned, disqualified themselves.
Another special venire of one
hundred jurors, returnable at four
o'clock this Afternoon, was ordered,
and court adjourned.
The crowd began to accumulate
around the court house this morn
ing as early as half past eight
o'clock, and when court convened,
an hour later, every seat in the
room was occupied and standing
room was at premium. Brown
was soon afterward brought into
the court room in custody of Depu-
ty Sheriff McCloskey, who had
himself hanGcuffed to the prisoner
in order to better insure the lat
ter's safety. Besides McCloskey, a
posse of six city police officers,
headed by Captain Hughes. guard
ed the prisoner and kept the crowd
at bay.
Brown was taken from the cOun-
ty Jail to the court house in the
city patrol wagon and was followed
by a large crowd Of cOlored men
and women, and oaths of lynch
ing him were heard quite fire.
quently in the mass of indignant
colored people. Brown seemed to
enjoy the distinction he held as he
was being hauled through the
streets from the Jail to the court
house and back after court adj
journcd.
At adjournment Of court, about
IL As O'clock this forenoon, Brown
was taken into District Attorney
Camps office and held there until
the crowd left the court
room. A mad rush was made
for the stairways and cries
OF chang the black brute"
were heard in several parts Of the
rooms The prisoner was taken back
to Jail in the patrol wagon, and
heavily guarded from the crowd,
where he will spend the day in his
cell, until four O'Clock this after
noon.
The grand jury found true bill
against RhOda Harris, wife of the
murdered man, this afternoon at
1890 o'clock, as an accOmplice of
Brown, in the murder of Anderson
Harris.
COURT NOTES.
William Fisher, colored, was
given two years in the penitentiary
in the Thirty-seventh District
court Yesterday afternoon, for theft
over 500.
In the past five days District At
torney Camp has secured convic-
tions in no less than fifteen felony
cases, among them being a murder
case, in which George Robinson
got thirty years for killing his wife.
Mary Stark, charged with theft
over $40, was released from jail on
$500 bail, which was furnished in
the Thirty-seventh DistrictFcoLrt
this morning. The sureties are
Robert B. Green and Will S. An
derson.
In suit for damages of A. Arm
strong ct al. VS.. the Galveston,
Harrisburg and San Antonio Rail-
way company, for alleged negli-
gence in a shipment of goods, judg-
ment was rendered for defendant
by jury in the Forty-fifth District
court yesterday afternoon.
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