El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-12
RAIDER ON TRIAL
DISTRICT COURT Is HEARING A
MURDER CASE.
Another Negro Soldier Accused OF
Completely In the Stewart XII
IIno Before the Court.

The trial of the colored soldier. Joel
I ElaZer. was begun in the district court
this morning and is attracting "A great
deal of attention.
A special venire of over 300 men was
summoned from which to select a jury.
The negro and others are accused of
the murder of Newton Stewart ON the
night OF February 16 last. NJ. w. Stan
ton. attorney for the defendants. made
a motion this morning to quash the
indictments. but the motion was over
ruled and the case mentioned O
was brought to trial.
The five defendants are Leroy Rob-
erts. Ben Carroll II VIM. Davis
charged with murder ana Joel ElaZer
and Boyer Wright with being accom-
plices to the murder. The facts of the
case are familiar to most readers of
The Herald. but in brief are as follows:
On the evening of February 10. two
negro soldier were arrested and placed
in the city police station for being
drunk and disorderly. Some of their
comrades were in town and tried TO
ge them out but the police would not
release them and the soldiers then left
the Jail and went to the fort where
they stole guns and aNes II came to
town early in the morning and at
tackled the police station and killed
newton Stewart. WHO WIS dttlTS dS
"A patrolman. Stewart and Dick Black
er each fired at the soldiers and m
Of them. Corporal Hull. was killed.
John Ripper has already been tried
for the murder and 4 verdict of guilty
with n life penalty rendered.
The following men were selected be-
for 400 today to act as jurors in the
ElaZer case:
Geo. lettering. j. D.. Milne. J. p.
Goodwin. Will |. Watson. Martin
Boyle. e. Fl. Sypert. c. S. Miller. VIM.
Lugg. l.. Mccoy. II. Draper. J.. r.
Kingery. and A. b. Putnam.
AT two o'clock the state began its
evidence but at the time of going to
press there was nothing new intro
duced that was not brought out in the
Ripper trial.
Several Fights.
There were several little fights last
night and this morning +. w. Stewart
a colored man who has been giving
the police no little amount of trouble
was fined SO for fighting with a man
named Johnson
II has only been two weeks since
Stewart was in Jail for the same Of
Tense and this morning Recorder Pat
terson instructed the chief of police
to put a ball and chain on him and
work hi non the streets for three days.
Stewart said hat he was playing but
not fighting and fell over a chair when
he was arrested.
Only a short time ago he was lined
S25 for carrying a pistol and his eX-
cuse for having it was that a friend
wanted To- borrow il and he took il
with him rather than to have his
friend go to his room and get il. John
son wIs also fined So which ne paid
Six Arrested.
Six girls from the tenderIoin district
We're arrested last night for fighting
and will be tried tonight.
Remembers Faces.
Frank Rosas and Chas. Clark two
strangers were arrested last night by
officer Whitley charged with being
drunk and dIsorderly.
In court this morning Chief of Police
Lockhart recognized Clark as a man
had been in the same court room
before and. asking him when was the
last time he was arrested here. he said.
A year ago last September" Both
were fined 81.
Chief Lockhart never forgets a face
when a man is before him once and
il is dollars to doughnuts that the
chief Will know him the next time he
is brought up.
Deed Filed.
n deed was filed today conveying lot
10 in block Ga. of Franklin Heights.
from the FL Paso Real Estate
to III. n. Word for $3.50.
County Commissioners.
The county commissioners court is
in session today. but at the time of GO
ing to press nothing of Importance had
brought up.
Resulted in Mistrial.
The jury in the Ford case was dis
charged This morning at Q o'clock after
being locked up since last Friday eve
ming.
They too ten for conviction and
two for acquittal.
The case will be tried again in about
three weeks.
Halls Murderer Still at Large.
Sheriff Boone returned Saturday eve
ming from a trip to the lower part of
the county where he went on business
with the Hall murder. He
TO a Herald reporter this morn
ing that there were absolutely no new
facts in the case. other han what have
already been printed and that there is
no clue to lead to the capture of the
murderer.