Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-09-20
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THE GRAND JURY
EVERY ONE ARRESTED IN CONNEC-
TION WITH KILLING POLICE
LIEUT.. PUG HAS BEEN RELEAS-
ED UNDER BOND.
ONLY TWO WITNESSES EXAMINED
on PRELIMINARY HEARING FOR
STATE DEFENSE CONFINES
SELF TO CROSS EXAMINATION.

PUG was killed. and several other peace
officers wounded, was released tyday I'M
der bond.
The defendants in the case for the kill
ing Of PUG, including Sheriff c. T. Ryan,
Deputy Sheriff Joe Longoria, .Jailer w. 9.
Price, Bert Mitchell Bust Jennings. Ed
Oliver and Harry Wallace. were released
under bond of So 900 each. Pozos and
Paz, the two hack drivers against whom
charges were made similar to the others,
were released under bond of So the eases
against them having been dismissed, as
they were on the outside in their hacks
during the shooting.
Through agreement between County At
t0rney H. H. Yates, and the defense, the
six policemen. Henry Havre. Mike Wcr-
biSki Charles Garcia, Bonifacio Gonga-
les. Julio Medrano, and Diario C0rteZ.
were released under appearance bonds Cf
$500 each They we're held by Chief of
PPolice r. j. Tucker under charges of
disturbing the peace until the agreement
was reached
Only two witnesses were placed on the
stand during the hearing, by the state.
These were DR.. III. X. L0ew, the phvsi-
clan who attended PUG, and Henry Ha-
vre. who was standing beside Puig at the
time Of the shooting. The defense of
| fercd no witnesses, but Attorney Graham
Of the firm If Graham. Jones. West and
Dancy. representing the defense cross ex
lmincd the states witnesses.
| DR. Loew was questioned principally as
to the wounds BY County Attorney Yates.
and turned over to the state the dying
statement made by PUG.
! Upon cross examination by Mr.. Gra
| ham DR. Loew said that he had not
probed any If the wounds, and had mo
means Of knowing the range of any lof
the bullets. lie named several of the
wounds that he thought might have pro
ven fatal. He gave a hypodermic from
| five to len minutes after his arrival and
lpcn the request Of the attorney named
he comp Sition Of the hypodermic. The
,trychninc he said. was given as gen
nPal stimulant.
Puig was. living down when he made
the diving statement. DR. Loew continued.
and il was written by witnesses at PuIg's
Iictation. DR.. LOew said he did not sug-
ecst the making of the statement to PUG.
Jut asked if he wanted to make one. He
gave the hypodcrmic after PUG said he
wanted to make one DR.. Loew said that
when he wrote the headlines, PUG said
he w-uld not make the statement then.
but wanted to wait. DR.. Loew then
stopped writing and continued treating
Puig
Shortly after that. said DR. Loew. evi-
IDENTIFY from the loss Of blood. Puig began
TO feel badly. and realizing the imminence
IF death, said he wanted TO make the
statement DR.. Loew said he wrote it at
puig's dictatien at that time. At the
'ime he made the statement. Puig said he
knew he WAS going to die. DR.. LOew
said the only question in Puig's mind was
rs to how long he would live. DR.. LOew
was fairly sure that he administered
nothing other than the hvpodermic be
fore the statement was made.
/ DR.. Lcew said he was the first person
/ hat mcntianed statement to Puig. The
wounds. he Judged. were all about the
same size and made with calibres num-
bering from 3S to -.
DR.. LOew said the only persons he re
membered seeing when he reached the
house with the exception Of those who
signed the death statement with him
we're a man named ROSette. and a negro
whom he believed was a porter or ser
want. Pressed BY Attorney Graham. he
recalled that Charles Garcia. a policeman.
was present also.
DR. Loew was excused after he had
made several points in his examination
clearer and Henry Havre. the paliceman
who was wounded during the shooting.
was called
Havres testimony was about as fol
lows:
II am a city policeman. ] know about
the homicide PUG and / entered the
house of Flosse. / don't know her last
name. and PUG was at my left side. He
had a Winchester in his hand We walked
to the steps We walked in When we
cot to the door sill Puig named Ed Oil
-or Charlie Price. someone else. Harry
. TVrllace another man Che could not re-
4 oall ihn n"--~i D-Ster Jennings Bert
4 Mitchell sheriff RYAN and said. All of
] vou consider Yourselves rnaer "Frest. and
4 appear 1T the city hall tomorrow morn
( inc At Q o'clock
: "When he got through saying those