Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-12-18
RESTS
IN MAYORALTY CASE
TESTIMONY INTENDED TO SHOW
CERTAIN MEN DISQUALIFIED
TO VOTE IN CITY ELECTION
NATURALIZATION RECORDS
ALL QUESTIONED BALLOTS AID
MITTED AS EVIDENCE. .REBUT.
TAI BEGINS. WITNESSES TESTI
FLYING AS TO RESIDENCE.

| The respondent in the mavoralitv con.
test rested his ease at yesterdays ses-
sion of the district court at four o'clock
III the afternoon.
Without loss Of time tn relator com
menced examining witnesses in rebut
tai.
AT the afternoon session the ballot
boxes were again opened and. by agree
ment Of the attorneys for both the re
latOr and respondent, al questioned bal
OTIS were introduced as evidence. The
rest of the day was taken up with the
usual line of testimony introduction
The first witness. +. NJ McDavitt. tes
titled that he had voted in the court
house and jail bond election in the
county. as at the time he was living at
the Ohio and Texas plantation Mr..
McDavitt said that he was under the i'm
preston that he had to live in the city
only six weeks to entitle him to vote.
\. L. Cole, the respondent. testified
that he had examined the naturaliza
ton records Of the county and district
courts and. upon the list shown him. he
testified in regard to certain names as
either having been or not having been
on the books
Alberto Nillagran testified that he had
voted in the city election in the first
ward and had declared his intention of
becoming Il citizen. Mr.. Boone here in
trOduced the naturalization record to
show that Nillagran had made his dec
laration on the first day Of January. less
than six months prevOuS to the election
J. II. II. Scales testified that he had
assisted Mr.. Cole in his examination of
the record and cOrrObOrated Mr.. Coles
testimony in every respect.
A. Ashheim identified the signature of
/. ii. Bates attached TO lease in which
Mr.. Bates described himself as being
from BcXar county.
John McClintOck introduced the Miller
hotel register which shows that l.. H.
Bates had registered at that hotel sev
eral times with the initials s. A. in
the address column. Mr.. McClintock tes
titled that hotel people understood these
Initials to refer to San Antonio.
Antonio Rosendez testified that he had
lived in the city on April first and voted
in the first ward. Pedro $3.50 also tes-
titled that he voted in the first ward
Wise that he had not declared his in
tention of becoming citizen.
The last witness examined by the re
SpOndent was Joaquin TrevinO. .Jr.. who
testified that he knew Francisco Laera.
but did not know whether or not he had
ever been sentenced to the penitentiary.
The first witness introduced by the
relatOr in rebuttal was POrcnanO Qua
iardo. who testified that he had voted
and lived in the first ward for 20 years.
He said that he owned a ranch. but did
not live on it.
Librado Hernandez testified that he
voted in the second ward and that he
was born in Texas. as had his brothers.
Basilio. Candelario and Felipe.
Deputy Sheriff Encarnacion Cueller
testified that he was born near Hidal-
90 and that his brothers Lazdro. Fer
min. Tomas and OctavianO were born
on this side Of the Rio Grandc. The wit
ness said that all Of them had been
taken across and baptized in the Mat
amoroS church on account of their fail.
er's brother living there.
Juan Bcttancourt. Sr.. testified he
lived part of his time here and part on
ranch where he was working.
Jose Cortez said that he had lived
in the city all his life.