El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-03
TWO DISTRICT
COURTS OPEN
Grand Jury Chosen and Cases
Set For Tria',
SUICIDE AND BURGLARY
Both Failed In the Attempt
GOOD Bunch of intere sting curt
and Dolce News o. all Sorts

December term this morning. B. AL
derete. r. A. Brown and Joe Spivey
were sworn in as bailiffs and the sher-
in and his deputies were sworn in to
summon jurors not named by the jury
commissioners.
The grand jury for the term is as
follows:
J. J. Stewart foreman: J. T. Neeson
\. \. knne, S. Aronstein, c. c. Balm
ger. ID. NJ. Payne. Ed KneeZell. w. w.
Fink. A. \. Howard. Henry Pfaff. r.
c. Lightbody. a. Matthias.
The criminal docket was called and
! the following cases set for trial:
| Dec. ). Newton Mathews. murder.
Pancho Vela.
! Dec. Z. Jesus Martinez Andrew
Hudson.
! Dec. 10. Pablo Alvarez, assault to
murder: Jesus Montez. assault to muir
der: Jesus Montez. theft of a horse;
John White. burglary; John White.
burglary; Joe Markham. robbery: John
Dunn. burglary.
Dec. II. Marcos Medina.
Jan. z. Sid Pitt. assault to murder.
Jan. IL. Conception Lujan, robbery;
Chas. Reynolds. robbery.
Judge Goggins Court.
Judge Goggin, of Eagle Pass. opened
court for the December term in the
second section of the district court in
this city at 10 o'clock this morning.
The court room was crowded with
| lawyers and jurors during the early
morning hours and 1t required about 80
minutes to call the names of the venire
and fill the box
The Comstock-Good Case.
The case of ]. H. Comstock VS.. the
Good boys was taken up for trial in
q 1Sf cfr-ic aff
Tine case has been in the courts for
several years and the public is familiar
with the facts. Some of the jurors on
the regular panel failed to answer to
their names and two of them. Charles
Rokahr and j. A. Shedd. were fined SO
each by Judge Goggin.
Attempted Suicide.
About five O'Clock yesterday even
ing an old Spaniard went up to Of
flee John Taylor on San Antonio
street and told him. that he had been
starving to death and had tried to kill
himself with his pocket knife but that
it was too short He was all covered
with blood where he had stabbed him
self in the breast several times. Tay-
lor took him to the police station and
a doctor was called. 1t was found
that there were several flesh wounds
in the breast but none of them were
dangerous.
This morning he was transferred to
the county jatil as they had better ia
cilities for his comfort. He gave his
name as Pose Pique and this morning
told the chief of police that he had left
SOS with hotel keeper in Deming last
week and asked that he get it for him.
Signor Pique is a Spaniard about 60
years old. He is a stranger in FL Paso
but tells some very straight tales. He
says that he has two sons who are
highly educated. One is an operator
for the Western Union in New Or
leans and the other is in the same
business in Cuba
In police court this morning Recor- |
der Patterson in reading over the dock !
ct came to the name of Jose Pique and |
asked where he was as he was charged |
with vagrancy He was told that he |
had tried to commit suicide but he was |
stopped in the act and locked up.
What did you stop him for?" Mr..
Patterson answered. The mater was
explained to him and he ordered the
man taken to the county Jail where he
could receive better attention.
Attempted Burglary.
A sneak thief got into the grocery
store belonging to Howard and Nc
Phetridge on st. Louis street Satur-
day night Mr.. McPhetridge in speak
ing of the affair this morning. said:
Il left the store about $50 Saturday
night and went down to the barber
shop. | had some green goods in the
and so | left the transom open.
came back to the store about ten
minutes to ten and went in and start
ed to wrap up loaf of bread when
a man came up with the night watch
man and said that he had seen a man
climb over the transom and get into
The store. We searched the building
every place but could find no trace of
/, man and began to think that the in
Dormant was mistaken. / locked up
again and went home. At 1910 the
night Waterman telephoned to Mr.
Howard that the back door was open
md he went down and locked it, The
burglar had evidently hid behind some
JACKS in the back room when we were
ooking for him and then went out the
rack door. I don't think that he took
with him for nothing was
mt of place and he did not have much ,
ime TO get anything"
4 Disorderly Saloon
William West was arrested again
or disturbing the peace. He was in
light in the Philippine saloon. West !
las been arrested on an averag of
nee week for the past two months
nd has been taken out of town re-
'eatedly but always comes back and
.ets into trouble again and nearly al {
Ways down at the Philippine saloon.
Recorder Patterson said this morn !
ng in giving West six days on the
hahn gang that il these nightly brawls ,
n the Philippine saloon did not cease
he salon would be shut up. 1t is one
( the toughest places in FL Paso. The
olice have raided the place several I