Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-11
FEDERAL GRAND
JURY ADJ0URNS,
WORK is ENDED
NO INVESTIGATION is UNDERTAKEN
OF BORDER TROUBLES NOR IN
MATTER OF ELECTIONS.
FEDERAL JUDGE BURNS PRO-
N0UNCEs SENTENCE ON SCOTT.
MILLER AND CORTEz

The federal grand jury adjourned to
day without taking up the bandit activi-
lies or the investigation of border elcc-
tionS Before the body adjourned Dis
trict Attorney John +. Green. ir.. asked
the court To instruct the body * to the
Investigation of bandit activities. Judge
Burns told the jury that the only charge
on which the federal court could act
would be- the Wrccking ot the passenger
train in October and thlt the onl, rnunt
over which the court would have iuri>
dictiou was the DELAY uf the Iuitrtl
States mail small matter compared
with the oflcn>c> committed AMI over
which the state Iouri> could and Wpult
have jurisdiction The court advised
the body in turn over amy data hat The,
might have collected i'm this connection
10 the state district attorney. The iur'
retired from The court room and >hnrth
afterwards came into court AMI Juuruuc
cd that there were nu further indict
mcnt~. Judge Burns thanked Ir bod
for its efforts aud dismissed ihcn.
Frank T.. Scott thr >uldicr who Head
cd guilty to murder 100 irh second deere.
while un trial far The killing uf Fran
cisco Mrelc> viii Serve H. vcai> iu IN
United States prison at Fort Lrayrr
worth Nirclc> was Killed I'm hcinr
struck through The lungs u, " pilchfnrL
thrown M him IN Scott who WAS teams
ter IN the quaricrma>tcr corps ~ For
Brown.
Howard NJ Miller. convicted ou three
counts at eNtortiun. while cmplovod a.
United States deputy COLLECTOR ~ cu~
toms at llidal9o was sentenced tu serve
nn" year and three months ia the fcd
eral pcnitcntiarN. Tomas Curtcz con
Nicted on the same charge will >crv.
nine months AMI SIX days ia the cam
cron county Jail The court stated tha
Miller was the more guilty aS he was
s-'pcrior officer nf Curtcz Owing to his
previous acquaintance with hoih men
Judge Burns said hr rvrr,ttcd Sincrrrl,
to sentence them
Frank Cunningham who admitted -
the witness stand that h. was addictc
I othe use If morphine and had been Z?
victim of this drug since il had hre'
given i'm hy doctors to relieve his pair
while suffering from injuries received IL
a railroad wreck about seven wears ago
was sentenced to six months in the coun
~ Jail Judge Burns told the defendant
that he was passing the sentence in or
der To help him overcome his weakness
Antonio Maritime pleaded guilty To
charge of smuggling and on motion ..
the district attorney was dismissed ~
his own recogniZance until the next tern
of the court. I.ucio Rodriguez. also con
victcd Of smuggling was sentenced 70 &c
davS in the county Jail
The court now stands adjourned and
Judge Burns and his official family viii
leave for Houston today.
The hearing Of arguments III the +
y. Bishop receiverShip ease brought here
from Corpus Christi. will be conclude5
mt Houston. The case il a result Of !;
conflict in authority uf several courts
J.. G. Applcbv was named assignee 81
Bishops estate i'll the petition of bank
ruptcv and receiver Of the estate in IT,,
district court IN Nuccc~ cnuntv Will,
Mvron H. Pca>c wa. named rrtriyrr h'
John a. Scott referee in bankruptcy ir
Corpus Christi The case now hrin.
heard j. ~ dctcrminc Whi-h NJ the tW,
claimants shall administer the afair~
of the estate
Saez is Freed
Judge Euru~ Yesterday affyrnnnu di>
missed the petit iur, from further m
trndanc" upon the court \t Yesterday,
late Session Judge Eurn> rr'ca~cd Nj.
mcl Sacz y ~ II charged with n,..kiue at
imccndiaN speech ~ ihc pl'cari~ dane,
hall August Sayz atirrurr~ rnunuu"r,
that they wcrc MOI r,ad, fnr trial br
when Judge Burns was informed tha'
Sacz had been ID durc>~ since the -c;r
,lav ~ August H. stated lhai THE mlI
would have tn hc vrr, euiltt to rauS,
the court to intlirt lnuerr sentence
The court informed the defendant tina
repetition of this uffon~r would mcai
10 wears in the pcnitcntiary and turuc'
him loose.
In one case wherein The defendant. j
Saldva. was charged with smuggling
garlic into the United States from Mex
ir the Jury was unable to reach verde