El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-16
Man WHO TALKED
To JUROR FINED
and SENT TO JAIL
Pablo Delgado Causes Sud
den Halt in Suit of LuciUs
Fuller VS.. Times.


For contempt Of court. Pablo Del
gado was assessed a 500 fine and
sentenced to serve three days IN the
county jail by judge Dan n Jackson,
OF the S4th district court, Friday art
The suit Of Lucius Fuller versus the
Il faso Times company, wherein the
pialAIlLt was suing the defendant COM
pany Tor something like $4,000 dam
ages, winch was on trial Friday, was
unceremoniously halted The case was
continued until the next term OF the
district court Right after the order
continuing the case had been entered
on the Qocket a warrant Tor the ar
rest OF DelgadO was issued. be was
arrested Friday afternoon by deputy
sheriff Jim Fulgham and brought be-
fore judge Jackson. The hearing on
the contempt proceedings was imme--
diately taken up As was developed
in the hearing the arrest Of Delgado
was the result Of Juan Pedragon, at
the time a juror in the panel, telling
district clerk J. A. Escajeda that the
Fuller case had been discussed with
him and he did not want to serve on
Juror Tells story.
'I met DelgadO in the hallway Of
the court house Wednesday morning,
PedragOn testified. He said there
was a chance to make some money
Delgadc had called up my house. He
took me to the beer garden on the
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He said that II I got on the jury and
would bring in a verdict for $4,000 I
would get $500. If ] held out and
brought in a verdict for $4,000, he
said 1 would get $500. He left the
beer garden and I remained. When I
left there I came directly TO the court
house I saw Mr.. Escajeda and I told
him that 1 did not want to serve on
the jury. I told him I would run
away. did not care whether I was
fined or not. Then I told him what
had been said 10 me but I did not eL-
pect Mr.. Escajeda to tell It"
Pedragon declared that Delgado
did not say where he would get the
money. He did not know when the
jury in the Fuller case was selected
He did say. didn't he. that he had
about this natter" district attorney
". w Bridgers asked
Yes sir" Pedragon replied
DelEado Is Arrested
Deputy Fulgham teStllled that ne
arrested Delgado. At the time, he
said. Fuller was with Delgado- Il
heard Mr.. Fuller say" Fulgham de
clared, Here is an officer with
warrant for YOU
District clerk Escaieda testified that
he had met Pedragon and Pedrag0a
had told him that statements about
the case had been made TO him and
he did not want 10 serve on the jury
He said" EscaI eda declared, that he
had been told that If he would bring
in a verdict for $4,000 he would get
$500. If he got verdict for $4,000
he said that he would get $3.50.
don't remember that amount"
Admits Talking to Juror.
DelgadO admitted that he had dis
cussed the case with PedragOn, but
he said he did this with the under
standing that PedragOn was not one
OF the Jurors. PedragOn. he said, had
told him that he was in court and his
name was not called so he did
not know whether he was
juror or not when saw
Pcdragon in the court house" said
DelgadO, ''he told me that he was sick
and TO come on and get a drink. He
took me to the beer garden. Pedra-
gOn said i wish was on that. Jury.
I know that man Fuller would not
mind giving a man $1,000 or 5000 II ne
would return a verdict in his favor
He told me he might have a chance
TO get on the jury. / told him he was
not on the jury. That his name had
not been called and there was no
chance to make money. think
good deal Of Mr. Fuller. I would like
TO see him get good verdict j
know as much about his case IS he
does. I was working on the Times
when he was ] have discussed the
case with many Mexicans- knew the
Fuller case when Il was filed ] did
not know there .vils anything wrong.
until Mr.. Fuller told me that I had
ruined his case That I should not
nave done the way QAQ- DElAaQO
denied that he had ever made an Of
fer of any kind 10 Pedragon. He de-
clared that he was not authorized by
Fuller to offer anything
Fuller Charitable With De4Endo.
Fuller explained that at the time
Dslgado was arrested that he was
telling Delgado he had done wrong
by discussing the case. Fuller did not
believe that Delgado intended to COM
NIT any wrong He believed that Del
gado's friendship for him had
prompted his interest In the case Full
Ter thought il was ignorance on Del
gadO's part
Scott who had instituted the suit for
him refused TO prosecute II any fur
Their