Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-11-22
BROTHER AN|CET0
PIzANA GIVEN A
HEARING TODAY
IS CHARGED WITH MURDER OF PRI-
vATE INQUIRE IN FIGHT AT TULE-
TOS RANCH AUGUST 2, LAST.
CUSTOMS INSPECTOR AND OFFICER
WHO WERE PRESENT AT FIGHT
GIVE TESTIMONY IN HEARING.

The examining trial of Ramon Pizana.
charged with the murder Of Private Her
bert Mcclure of the Twelfth cavalry on
August , j. being held today before Jus
tice of the Peace H. J. Kirk. The defend
ant j. brother ot Anccto Plzana. al
le.ed to be one Of the leaders of the ban
dit band, which have been operating on
the border.
ID j. charged by the state that the de-
fendant was participant in the battle he
tween officers. -oldicr~ and alleged bandits.
fought al Ramon Pzana'~ ranch Los Tu
letos. on the morning Of August ;, last.
During this battle Private Mcclure. who
was spending furloneh at the Scrlvner
ranch. was killed and Deputy Sheriff q. a.
Manahan was wounded in the leg. This
was the first of the series Of battles be-
tween soldiers and bandits.
The first witness examined wa~ Customs
Inspector Joe TAYLOR, who was present at
the fight and who had very narrow e.
cape from death, the cantlc Of hi~ saddle
hcing torn away by bullet. TAYLOR tc~-
titled that he thought about five men were
hidden in one OF the ranch houses and
were doing the firing. and that when The
houses were searched later that W. tTay-
lori found the defendant had under some
blankets on the floor of the house. The
witness could not swear positively that the
defendants was among those firing on the
officers.
The next witness. Deputy sheriff Joe
Longoria. testified that hc had knowu the
defendant for about twenty wears and That
hi~ reputation a. law abiding citizen wa~
good. Mr.. Longorla testified that he rccog-
nized Aniceio Pizana. Ricardo Gomez and
u boy bv the name OF Garcia ~ being
among those doing the firing. Longoria
stated that Mcclure fell at the first vollcy
from the house and that hc saw five or -iX
men doing the shooting.
With the examination IF Mr.. L"n"oria
the court recessed until > o'clock this aft
ernoon Both the state and the defendant
have n large number nt witnesses ~ cN-
anime and il l. Thought the trial viii con
sumo most of today and tomorrow
Pizana has been Va the Cameron county
ial several months County Attorney \
NJ. Kent ha~ made formal complaint
against q number al prisoners held ~ the
county inl. charging them with the mIr
der OF DR.. f. :. Mccain on the night OF
. October is. when the st. Loui~. Browns
willie 4 Mexico passenger tram was de
rallied and the passengers robbed Dr. Me
Cain, Corporal McBec NJ the Tmrd cav
airy and Engineer Kendall were killed. and
several Others wounded. The names men
Toned in the complaints sworn ont by Mr.
Kent are: Santiago >antiliano Florcz.
Luciano Chapa. Guadalupe Ramos. Flo
rrntino Perez. Martin Ca~tcrcna. Rcfuein
Dominique. Rcicrio Caha'cro. Quirino
Gna iardo. Sabo> Cortcz. Juan Moreno
Julian Salduna, Lorenzo Lopez and
E>mcrcildo Cruz.
NJ. Barron of san Bruitn wa~ the first
witness examined M this attcrnoon'~ Sos
sion. Mr.. Barron testified that he reached
the scene 81 the shooting about one hour
after il wa- over and that hc accompanied
Joe Tavlor whcu ~ entered the kitchen
of the ranch house and found the defend
ant living under quilt. The witness stated
that the defendant did not try 10 resist
hut hc,itated and ~puirmcd around q mn-
ute or more before getting up after Mr.
Taylor had discovered HIM.
Mr.. Barron said that few minutes
after they had found Piano he found 2
loaded pistol. cartridge belt and holster
living in q small box near the place wher,
the defendant was lying when discovered
The witnes. sand that it might have beer
possible for the defendant to have remove,
the pistol in the minute or 20 before h,
rot TO his feet. but that he hardly thought
il probable. that it could have been don,
without his seeing him. He stated thai
he did not examine the pistol to <,
whether or not it had been recently fire,
and that when he found il the chamber
were filled with unexploded cartridges.