Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-12-17
.BAPT|SMAL RECORDS
PRODUCED IN COURT
DAY SPENT IN DISTRICT COURT
YESTERDAY IN SCRUTINIZING
LIST OF ALLEGED FRAUDULENT
VOTERS.
FOURTH WARD VISITED TWICE BY
X. B. CREAGER, WHO HEARD NO
COMPLAINT OF VOTING FACILI-
TIES


Some very interesting testimony was
brought out at yesterdays session of the
district court. Some very prominent
witnesses were placed on the stand, in
the effort to prove that certain men
qualified voters. Witnesses were also
on the stand identifying baptsmal rec
ords of the Catholic church in Browns
vile and in MatamOros i'll the effort
to prove that minors voted.
A list compiled from the naturaliza-
tion records of the federal court was
also filed. Records were also introduced
showing the conviction and sentencing
IOf Luther BOnam, charged with forgery,
and Francisco Lora, charged with the
theft of cattle.
just before adjournment Yesterday af-
ternoon the respondent told the court
that he hoped to be able to rest his case
at noon tomorrow
The first witness examined was Pan
TALON Cortez. who testified that he had
lived in the city continuously for one
year preceding the city election, and
that he had not moved back TO his ranch
until the Goth of April. The witness
said that his son, RcfuGio, had lived
with him during that time
Both men voted in the second ward
on election day.
The next witness, Santos Reyes. tcsti-
fled that he had known Romeo CARA
and that he had lived in Mexico.
f. +. johnson testified that he knew
Nathan Lightburne and that since De
cember he had lived at the Alamo Lum-
Der Co.
The next witnesses was the only woman
that has been put on the stand since
the commencement Of the trial. The wit
ness, Felicita Gerra testified that size
knew Pablo, Martin, Tomas, Fermin, 0c-
tavio, Encarnacion and LOzariO Cueller.
and that all of them, excepting LOZariO,
had been born in MatamOros. She tes-
titled that they were her nephews, but
that she did not know whether or not
of becoming citizens of the United States.
Captain William Kelley testified that
he had lived in the second ward since
1876, that he had acted as a second III
a duel fought in Matamoros, in either
1876 or 1879 by Nestor Maxan and Col.
Miguel de Ia Pena The witness said
that his principal. Mr.. Maxan died of
a pistol wound received in the duel.
Mr. DOugherty for the state objected
to the admissability of this Oh the ground
that the duel was fought on foreign
soil and that the law took no cOgni-
zancc Of such action.
Il. A. Jackson testified that prior to
the April election he had lived on the
Indiana tract and that Victor Schrleber
worked for him and lived on what is
known as the Iagou place.
City Tax Assessor and Collector Mac
edonia Garcia was called to the stand
and, upon being shown list with the
names of voters whose votes are i'll con
test. identified the list and said that
he had found no voters of the same
name as those shown on the list on the
poll tax or exemption records.
Albert Lieck testified that he knew
Nathan Lightburne and that prior to De
cember of last year he had lived on his
ranch about miles from Brownsville
c. +. Anderson testified that he had
surveyed the city limits with reference
TO the location of Roy Hallamrks dairy
and that the dairy was located about 80,
feet inside tn city limits.
/ Luis Laulam testified that he knew
Iuther Ronam and that he had seen hin
here on election day and had asked hin
4 if he had the right to vote. and tha
Ronam had told him that he did not car'
whether or not he had the right. bu
that there was something in II for nm
and he was going to vote. The wltnes
said that he had been court interprete
al Corpus Christi. when Bonam ha dbeel
sentenced to two years Imprisonment 10
forgery
Crisanto Villareal testified that be IA
made the copies of the baptismal rec
ords which were shown him and that Il
had obtained Che information from IN
records in the Catholic church of Brown
vile and Matamoros.
G. L. Cav testified that he knew 'hGn
as Hogan and that on election day u
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