Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-05-08
Jury DECLARE
BUEN0 GUILTY
CONVICTED OF MURDER OF AL
CARLO TRENINO IN THIS COCN-
TY TWO YEARS AGO-A COLD
FLOODED CRIME.
TO % YEARS IN PEN
ITENTIARY-CON is UNDER
INDICTMENT IN HIDALGO COTN-
TY FOR TWO CAPITAL CRIMES.

II IN VI
| TY FOR TWO CAPITAL CRIMES.
| The jury in the District court in the
ease of the State of Texas against Con
cepciOn Bueno last night found the de-
| fendant guilty of murder in the second de
gree and sentenced him to 80 years III
the state penitcntiary. The defendant was
found guilty of the mur;icr Of AlcariO
Trevino at the Galveston ranch two years
ago. From the first il was evident that
the man had no defense. all the witness
es testified that Bueno had killed Trc-
vino with his knife and one of the wit
ncsScs. Eusequia Silva, testified that
when she had called to the defendant
What infamy have YOU done, he had
replied that, I'll do the same to YOU
The defendant was placed on the stand
as the last witness. lie tried to make ii
appear that he had committed the deed
in self defense He alleged that Trcyino
knocked him down and struck him in the
leo with 4 knife; that hc then kicked
Trcvino. jumped to his feet. and drew
his knife from his pocket. The witness
stated that he only remembered having
struck TrcvinO twice while the testimony
OF other witnesses showed that the de
ceased had been stabbed six times. He
also denied that he knew Abram Ortiz
and that he was under Indictment with
Ortiz in Hidalgo county for murder. lie
further stated that he had only been on
this side of the river two weeks when
arrested. in June of last year. and that
he had not worked for Mitt Duifey in
February of last wear under the name
Of Domingo Gonzales.
To rcfute this testimony. other wit
neSscs testified that the deceased when
found had no arms Of any kind. Antonio
Garcia L. wear old boy. testified that he
saw AIcario Trcvino running with the
defendant after him. and that Trevino
had stopped over and fallen into ditch.
He stated that he did not see Bueno strike
Trcvino.
The first witness to take the stand was
Guadalupe Silva who testified that the
deceased was Il foreman for William Dor
Sctt. an engineer. who at the time of the
killing was doing some construction work
on the Galveston ranch. and that on July
81. 1911. She had found Trcyino dead in
the canal She stated that her son. Anton
10 Garcia who was in the mule corral
called out 10 them that Bueno haG
killed Alcario. She stated that she saw
the deceased living face down in the canal
and that BucnO was walking along the
bank. She said that Bucno had tried to
borrow Il horse from her husband before
the killing. and that TrcvinO had come
ont Of the tent where he had been lying
down and told Bucno he wanted to speak
to him. The witness said that Treyino
had Il knife wound in his breast.
This testimony was corrOborated by
the boy Antonio and by EuScquia Silva.
a step daughter of the first witness. II
was EuSequia Silva. who says that she
cried out to the defendant: What in
fanny YOU have done and that the de
fcndant replied that he would do the
same for her.
Vidal Cantu testified that he had seen
The wounds in the deceased. and that the
victim had been stabbed six times with
knife. William Brewster. former
deputy sheriff from Ilidalgo County tcs-
tilted that the defendant WAS the same
man who was indicted in HidalgO county
under the name of Domingo Gonzales for
two capital crimes.
When the ease went to the jury that
body retired and after being out of the
room for 10 minutes returned its verdict.
Three members of the jury were in favor
of bringing in verdict of murder in the
first degree, with hanging as the penalty.