Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-09
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~ T1maueTrs. certain mDmlN
ct ihe so.oalled independent parts
deserve DISTINGUISHED CONSIDERS
lion W. venture io s8y iha they
arr today producing the finest
quality of fiction iu thr limited
States not barring such prolific
phenomena as arr represented hy
robert " Chamber
Lacking lncis thof have seq pui
a. rfcnte campaign lmur have
resaried o. fancy anj fame, has
sustained % haiIg pfnined auklr
Va Tuesday issue ol me torpu
Christi Democrat - T. Mrkih
ben anl q ] Harris signed dos
pirahlc article wrporiing ~ he g.
reply Goa letter submitted to fhr
Caller hy w. T. Etcrhar ono
or more paragraph ol ihe Mekih
htnllnrris hhllurlnHlinn happened
~ reflect on Che grand Jury and
ihe manner of iis Selection
Yesterday having duly consld
erred the fahricuiion District
Judr ~ - lloplns pwpcd IAN on
der for the Joint aimers 10 be- pro
duocd Ia court Mrssrs Mckibhen
and Harris responded Mr. Harris
subsequently becoming too M to
undergo Interrogation
Mr. Nrkihheu however made
au Interesting Witness ~ Hd
thai b. bod NOT written thr artistic
that hc did NOT know ihe mlure
Of ils contents when be- Wpurd %
that he bad Signed 30 100 the soliri
latipn ol Jesse Wright Chat hr
WIS aware of ard nlcudod 600 ru
Election on lhr court
Judge lossc Wright was lhru
placed ou lhc gndrm
lie said thal be- had not wriifm
the article that bc had read 10
over bat Thought that Il contained
no matter rciloc,inr ON the mtcg
tiiy of the court that hc did not
remember having asked Mr. Mc
kihhen Ia sign A. hni that ho sun
posed that " be- Mckihhen had
said that ho did that be- did HAT
h. Thought u & Baldwin had wit
ten u chat he couldn't cNacil,
remember whether he er another
had delivered 10 20 the Democrat
Tor publication
\ suhpurna was then issued fnr
Mr. baldwin
u WAS reported lalor that Mr.
baldwin had lefl for Buhstnwn
ON business
Mr. Baldwin bad been handed
the subpoena, mlf SOME technical
iiy must have hcou overlooked u
serving Il AZ amy rate, Mr. Bald
win did not make his appraanr,
IA court and viii still have an op
poriunlly Ga ran down the nrticl,
signed hy people who didn't un
dcrland the exact nature of ID,
contents.
Perhaps i, was writcu hy ana
other
La questioning Messrs. McKih
hen and Wright. Judge llophin,
stated that he had no DESIRE IA
consider amy portion of The state
nent except that imnugnne IN,
dignity and honor Of thc District
Court that he bad mo interest N
It's political phases that his ,~,nrl
war not IN politics ami would not
he. He said that the portions az
the article relating 10 the e,a,nd
Jury were false that certain liier
AIRY gentlemen might not resnecl
the court. hut that they could be-
made TO fear il that, Shonld il
become necessary, he would fill
the county jail 20 full Of polite
ians that their legs would polk,
from The windows.
Altogether, the proceeding,
causod much comment.
They showed the magnificent
wholesale responsibility az Ger
tan men closely affiliated with IN,
Independent movement The,
proved to ,lust what length dies
perate politirians may 40 IN orde,
70 spread caIumny. They dealt
= summary blow TO letters signed
hv innocent persons no, knowing
the gravity Of not knowing whal