Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-13

Corpus Christi Texas. Sept. l3-Af
ter Hearing the bclatrd testimony Of
Matt II. Dunn. which Was closed Satur-
day that a lcsal point might be- looket
up. the government rested it, ease ia
the SuralIcd election frauds in which
Judge Imuu and hrty others are fac
ing trial in the fcdarl court.
Dunn> testimony Was the feature of
the morning. He openly. ia court dur
ing trial i'm the federal court.
beer nf the defendants. declaring ii in
possible I'll live in Nnrrcs County and
oppose this ring Tie DECLARED that H.
sought federal aid in eliminating
crooked politicians from elections
When defense called witnesses. IL
sought to prove an llibi that VIII Pet
zcl. former policeman was at home nn
his farm. south Of thwn on elcr-
tion day Three witnesses were used in
an attempt to prove This The defense
sought also TO prove that one man was
an election iudgr nn the day and was
MT seen on the hill" M former witness
testified The end of the case il now IL
sight II viii possibly 80 to the jury
"Wednesday M Thursday
Some Names UnmentiOneG
Much interest attaches to the fact thar
during fhr evidence submitted hy thr GOV
crnment iu thr election eases. the uame~ ~
several defendant have not been mention
rd ai aH. uHd .l. general public w won
deriug what charge the government ha~
against them rh, names Nd I Nj Bmntlrr.
r,vutv tJN ruII,c.r ANA William ID
HIur1tcr. hi- trr'hcr. owner of one of
th at-' -t rnrh Inn this county. both Mi
whom were Given $1,000 bonds. have nur
appeared once, which b. the same ease with
uumhrr o. minor defendants. including
tVo ci-v policemen A- thc government
rested n ,hc trial today. aud nothing vr-
mentioned which would incriminatr these
defendants. thc public W at loss to know
ihe reason for ihc Indictment charges.
Character Witnesses
Wiuc~~c~ for the defense. il i stated
win hc mostly M The number NJ character
Witnesses There have been about sixty
Witnesses summoned by the defense. which
will commence placing these person. M.
thr stand this afternoon judy, Burn wy
of the opinion that the evidence ~ the ca~r
will bc finished bv Tuesday afternoon or
Wednesday. aud that me case can wv ",
thc Jury about Thursday morning
Ii ha- been Stated many times ivy tuinN-
Christi since the court recessed SATURDAY..
after thc government was ready ~ rest
that when thc evidence was finished arI
the case ready IL ballot on. those who~r
names had not been mentioned would ln
dismissed from thr charges. while thr oth
er- would face trial on the previous count.
Speculation on Outcome
VI With thc end w the trial near. Corpus
Christi iS Specializing on the outcome
Betting on THE final result IN general. The
most out~poken belief from those who have
heard the evidence in court D. that there
IviIl bc Y hung Jury. and that change ot
Itcrup win ~ ~ order. Others believe IN
verdict ot guilty for certain number.
while ~ul others hold out for complete
vIndicaion.
The charge i'll the indictment IN the g,
ernmcnt which has been borne ont the most
number of times IN that alleging that Mex
Iiran aliens who had never become natural
izcd citizens. or had never declared their
Intentions were voted. Ia one day Lat
week nut of CLEVER Mexican Witnesses ap-
nearing ou the stand. two sand they wrtc
horn i'm Texas. nine were born IN MoXlT
one had dcrIap-d' hi- intentions. hut
never taken ont final papers. while tht
manning eight had never even ronei
Ilr Oue Mexican expressed NJ, tA.r