San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-11
SAN ANTONIAN JUDGED.
POLICE THINK THEY
HAVE A BIG ONE.
Social Pavorite Sinks to the Dregs-In-
teresting Land Litigation
Personals Etc.

charge OF GmDeZZlement preferred
by ]. \. Kennedy. Spiers is former
San Antonian and has been going by
the name of Joe Johnson in this city.
For some time he has been working
for Kennedy in the capacity of milk
cart driver, and, it is alleged, that he
was short in his accounts" or failed
To turn in all the money that he col
lccted. This, however, according to
4 statement made to the Light CORES
pendent, is simply blind" Charge,
something like the suspicious charac-
ter racket the San Antonio police
work.
The story is that recently there was
II big jewelry steal in GalN estOn, Il
theft case which has been kept out of
the papers by the police authorities
for fear that the thieves would find
that the theft had been discovered,
and that Spiers is in some way mixed
up in the affair. or that he knows
more about ii than he cares 10 tell.
The exact nature of the theft or who
was robbed cannot be aScertained,
but the police are working on the
case.
4 sweet scented divorce suit was fill
ed here Friday afternoon. The plain
tiff i'm the case is DR.. q. +. Gardner
and the defendant is Pearl Gardner;
that is they were. The case Is of the
docket now. the petition having been
granted few minutes after it was
filed. The plaintiff in the suit is quite
n nrominent man in Houston and his
eX-wife was ut one time Il well known
figure in society. The grounds alleg-
ed for the divorce were that the wife
had quit the bed and board of the hus-
band and had taken lodging in house
of i'll fame. The petition alleges that
she left home for the purpose of tax
ing those lodgings and. also. that she
is now located in the aforesaid
house. The defendant accepted ser
vice and denied the charge.
4 case of unusual interest was con
cluded in the District court late Friday
afternoon 1t was styled j. Il. Coch-
ran ct nj. VS.. Henry MOhO ct al. ana
was brought to gain possession OF n
large tract of land near the city. The
case has been in the courts for many
years and this is the fourth time it
has been before jury. The first
time it went to the Supreme court ana
was sent back. The second time there
was Il miStrial and the third time the
Judgment was set aside by agreement
The verdict of the jury trying it this
time was for plaintiff and Defendants
Moore. Mckinney * Co. The firm
were drawn into the suit and the court
instructed the jury to return the YER
dict they did regarding those dcfen-
dants. The land involved is very
valuable. 1t had been surveyed by
every surveyor in the county and there
was enough expert testimony adduced
TO drive an ordinary man crazy. An
interesting part about the trials. is,
that upon each, ii took three days 10
get in the testimony and present the
argument and two days for the jury
to consider the verdict before being
dismissed.
The total number of building per-
mits issued in Houston during last
year is 7S3, and the value of improves
ments amount to S2TS,0SG. 20. This is
not as good showing as was made the
year previous.
The Houston Light Guards will hold
an election of officers on Wednesday
night and it is rumOred that there will
be some changes as to lieutenantS.
RumOr has it that Spencer HutchinS,
the Charlie Wynne. of this town, but
n good soldier. nevertheless. and who
has been the first lieutenant of the
company since Reichardt was placed
in Tom ScurTy's shoes. will not be n
candidate for reelection. A few
weeks ago all the lieutenants sent in
their designations, but they have not
been acted upon as yet. If the old
officers do not run. there will be a
lively time in the Light Guard arm
DRY Wednesday night. for there are
several aSpirants for hOnOrs military.
The Galveston Tribune has gone out
of the Sunday morning field and will
hencefOrth get out an eight-paper pa
per on Fridays in lieu of the Sunday
issue.
The Woodville affair was created
great deal of interest in this city. but
solely on account of the fact that the
Emmett Rifles are there to protect the
prisoner He will be protected. and
that's no Joke. The Emmett Rifles
is composed of IrishAmerican lads
and that cross makes the best fighters
in the world. The boys are among
Houston's best young men and stand
high socially and in business. nicer
set of fellows can't be found any
where. The company is young but II
is rapidly gaining in popularity ana
now half of Houston swear by them.
Tbav don't +ate ovav any Of the love