Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-11-12
COMPLAINTS CHARGE
ASSAULT TO MURDER
RESULTS OF SATURDAY NIGHTS
SHOOTING AFFRAY.
Deputy Sheriff Makes Charges
Against Three Policemen. Both
Men Who Were Wounded Are Pro-
crossing Favorably.

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police officers on one side and state
rangers and deputy sheriffs on the
other Sunday morning at 2 o'clock,
Deputy Sheriff Pat Haley yesterday
morning swore out complaints charg-
ing Toribio Rodriguez, Guadalupe
Mata and Santos Garcia with assault
to murder The latter two men are
confined in the county jail, and no
date for their hearing has been set
as yet.
Toribio Rodriguez, the wounded
policeman, is at the Rio Grande sani-
tarium, where last night he was rest
ing easily, with even chances for re-
covery Dr. H l.. ID. Kirkham, the at
tending doctor stated yesterday that
the only danger was from pneumonia.
This occurs rarely in wounds through
the lungs, such as that sustained by
Rodriguez The man has two wounds,
one through the right forearm, and
the other entering the back, near the
lower right shoulder blade, and pass
ing out through the upper part of
the right lung.
Ranger Joe Jenkins, who was
wounded in the left arm, is getting
along very well.
With the exception of the arrival
of two more rangers, there were no
new developments in the cases yes
terday. Sergeant Moore and Private
Craighead of Capt. Hughes Ysleta
ranger company arrived in Browns
vile yesterday afternoon. They were
on duty at San Diego. They were
ordered here by Adjutant General
Henry Hutchings, without any re-
quest from Captain j. ]. Sanders of
the local company.
Quietness reigned all day yester-
| day in the various peace departments
operating in Brownsville, and there
was no outward indication of fur
ther trouble as a result of the Sat
urday night affair will develop.
Sheriff C. t. Ryan stated to Her.
ald man yesterday that some per-
sons were of the opinion that the
report of the shooting in the Herald
left the impression that Rodriguez
was shot a second time while in the
county jail He said this was not true,
that the man received his wounds
before <le was placed in Jail The She
riff said there certainly could be no
reason why anyone should shoot him
while he was in Jail.
Deputy Marshal Puig's Report.
In yesterdays report of the unfor-
tunate affair of Saturday night, it
was stated that Guadalupe Mata and
Santos Garcia, two of the policemen
charged with being implicated in the
shooting, were arrested at their
homes. the impression being given
that the arrests were made by the
rangers and deputy sheriffs. This,
The Herald is informed by Lieut.. of
Police o. NJ. Puig, was an error. The
two policemen named, he states, were
arrested by Mr.. Puig himself and the
men were not at home but were on
their respective beats when arrested.
Mr.. Puig informed The Herald
that, on learning that Policeman
Rodriguez had been shot. he went
at once to the latter's house.
He obtained from Rodriguez the
latter's version of the affair, to
the effect that the policemen had
endeavored to stop the hack in which
the rangers and deputies with their
prisoners were driving, because the
hack was without lights. and that
the policemen were not aware of the
indentity of the men in the hack
and at the same time learned the
names of the other policemen who
were with Rodriguez at the time.
Mr.. Puig stated further that about
three a. m. the sargeant of the ran
gers had been shot in the arm when
the police stopped the hack. Mr..
J Puig says he then arrested Mata and
Garcia and notified Sheriff Ryan that
he had them in custody, whereupon
, the sheriff instructed him to take
the men to the Jail which he did.
} The deputy marshal further in
| formed the Herald that Rodriguez
, told him he had lost his hat and pis-
; tol at the place where he was shot
} and Mr. Puig and several police Of
| ficers went to the spot. There they
found Deputies Saldana, Falcon and
Montalyo. who informed them they
. had found a horse which Mr.. Puig
! said belonged 10 RODRIGUEZ the horse
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