The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-25
JURY DID NOT CONVICT
Beaumont Variety Theater Case De-
clded In Defendants Favor.
pESMAN MACHINERY HAS BEEN SHIPPED
eall Team to Be Given Warm Welcome.
Crazy Negro Put Behind the Bars.
Sewer Caveins.

beaumont, Texas, July 2s.-Today was
tne nrst date Of any regularly organized
attempt to bring about suppression Of
tne variety theater, which is supposed to
exist on West Crockett street, ia the sec.
tlon known as the reservation. 1t came
ABOUT In an effort TO convict the owner or
supposed owner and manager OF one OF the
piuees and resulted in hung Jury, but
one result OF the trial was thar charlie
nFooks' colored porter. was taken to the
eouhty JAN on charge sworn out by Dep.
uty Marshal Buck Smith under orders of
mayor l@ngham of perjury, The case was
hotiy contested and was tried before a Jury
consisting of Messrs. william Dixon,
Charies Chenault, NJ. w. Carroll, L. L..
Sharlton, John Mckinney and Durham.
MY afe All representative business men
mere. William +. Moiette, who has but
recently announced as a candidate for coun-
w ana district attorney, defended the case,
Whlle City Attorney Sonheld prosecuted II.
me Jury stood four for acquittal and two
ior conviction. They stated that the rem
son they did not want to convict was be-
cause they were In doubt as to whether
me right man was being tried. The case
was being watched by County and District
Attorney Gray, Judge Tom Dies aud sew
efal other prominent people here with a
view TO seeing what the result of the new
ORDINANCE is % be. 1t is stated that no
thls KIND of amusement. and an interesting
test case was looked for here. Ii will be
trled again next Tuesday morning.
Machinery All Shipped.
Beaumont, Texas, July 24.-All Of the
machinery for the Pelman Steel and Iron
works has now been shipped and the plaut
will be about twice the size and capacity
as was originally contemplated when the
first proposition was made to the people
here. AT that time they told the Beau
monters that they would bring their plant
here from Chicago on a special train Of
thirty care, and the people of this city
thought that this was rather large, but
today they have sixty cars of MACHINERY
On route 10 Beaumont. Thirty cars ara
IRON the old piant that was used at Chi.
cdgo with such success asd the other thirty
are from Pittsburg and Cleveland. where
new machinery was purchased in order that
the plant might keep up with the rapid
demand that the officials saw ahead Ct
them These should all be here within tea
days more, and 1t Will be a matter Of but
three or -four days more until they can open
up tor business In the way they wish to,
1ney already have Il portion of the plant
under the sheds On August / they will
start seventy Of their old men here from
Chicago They state that they have agreed
10 pay them considerably higher rate here
than they were paying there, and have also
agreed that their house rent shall not ex.
coed the Chicago basis. This guarantee
alone Will be worth great deal to the mei
al pro sent, but the company expects TO take
steps TO get them houses that they can live
In for So the Chicago basis. They have
now At work 400 men at points along tho
line of the Southern Pacific, and these Will
all be consolidated in one body AT Sabine
Pass to finish up the work there and then
Will be brought TO Beaumont for the home
factory, at least such as are competent
viii be.