Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-10
Sought Birthplace.


Regular court procedure was somewhat
disrupted during the Thursday afternoon
session Of the court. when r. NJ Morehead
.a local furniture dealer was On the stand
Counsel for THE defense. Jonathan Lane.
during a cross examination propounded
questions to the witness which carried
hmm over greater portion of Texas w
seeking to find the mans birthplace. After
he had gone from sulphur Springs To-
Bryan, to BulIingcr. to Waco. to Corpus
Christi, Witue-. indicated that w. would
like to know what the examiner was TRYING
10 'get at" Judge Lane replied that he
was trying 10 ascertain where Murehrud
was born and raised. to which the WIT
mess answered amid laughter VI the court
room: "Why didn't you say 80 IN the hl,t
place was horn in Arkansas"
Little Once "0n the Hill"
The little office WI Henry Stevens. one
0f the defendants. who owns a large mum
bcr ot rent houses m the Mexican section.
ard maintains an office To receive the
rents. has. according to the testimony. been
thc Scene oi most VT the happenings "nu
the hlll" the day oi the election in question.
Nearly every Mexican ON the stand ha~
testified that he went into "Mr Henry
stevens office" ana that Ed Ca~tlebrrry. WI
another one ~ the defendants wa~ ~
there and that he cot from = 10 - tor
h~ vote This location and these person
ages have appeared ~ practically every
Mexican testimony offered thus far.
Names Mentioned Often.
The name "a August Uehlirgcr. M that
time candidate tor county clerk. and n"v
the incumbent. figures often III the tc-tl
monv. it appearing that Jehlneer'~ dutc-
were to supply money to McNican~ with
which tu buy poll tax receipts. \. y. Carr
ana hi- brother. Ray n. Carr, Young white
farmers. also received their money "a buy
80 poll tax. They said neither one knew
rehliugcr. hut that they were told Vhrra
ui- office wu-. ivy thc Sap ticket office. ard
I .hat they went to him. There was ~ pue--
Itioning az 10 their identity. they said
Relative Against Relative. .
The unusual fact W.T. one relative Test
iyiug against another was also brought
ont Thursday afternoon when Matt l..
Dunn. a pioneer of Nuece~ county.
-wurc ou THE stand that hc knew tor llrt
that hi- cousin. Thomas u. Dunn, one ui
the defendants. had purchased 'weutv-fv
Mexican votes with $50. lie also showed
Y ~ hi- testimony that there were great
number VII people ron the hill" nn thc dav
NJ election carving arm, "wilhout au-
/ thoritv." The examination brought
forth the statement that he was not sue
whether they had authority or not.
Many WI the lawyers III the ease have
not had experience with Mexican test
monv. and the securing of evidence throu, j
an Interpreter III somewhat confusing
them Common Mexican names, such a-
Jesus Cantu. and number Of other
proved .,ticklcr~' to Jonathan Lane. vL.
could not grasp them immediately
Among the more prominent in TcVa
lnohticaI circles who are interested ~pc
tator, in the trial are former Senator Z
lT. Watson of Gidding-. who was ari I'm
governor at one time. and Repre~cntat''
Weber VI LaGrange. The former " arii,,
I'm anti-prohibtion circles.
There are still no indications a. u ht.
long II will take to complete the triul-.