Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-07
TESTIMONY MAY
BEGIN TODAY IN
ELECTION TRIAL
ELECTION FRAUD TRIALS AT CORPUS
ARE BEGUN IN EARNEST WITH
READING or INDICTMENT.
UNUSUAL INTEREST ATTACHED TO
FACT THAT CGkcRESsAAN JOHN
~ GARNER is ATTENDING.

CBy Associated Press)
| Corpus Christi, Texas, Sept THE
! election fraud trials started in earnest to-
day when the Jury was completed and the
sixty page indictment read. The taking Of
testimony ~ expected wv start late today.
Congressman Carer is Present.
Unusual interest has been attached to
thc presence w John ~ Garner, congress
man from the fifteenth district of Texas.
~ the court room this morning. II was in
The election under surveillance that he was
named congressman. lie came TO Corpus
Christi II TIE request w Colonel J. r. VOL
ter-. one of the coun Il for the defense.
and will he "A witness in behalf OF those
charged with frauds lIr sand this morn
inc nv expected jeff M,Leuore Of Hou-
ton. elected at the -ame time III Corpus
Chr "a tomorrow. who would likewise tes-
nfy
Defense Lawyer Says Jury is Fair.
One VT the prominent counsel for the de-
ten~e told your CORES poudent this morn
ing that the Jury -a- regarded " one "
the fair mmde-t hodc appearin IN court.
and the counsel believed they could sue
ce~ ful predict verdict of not guilty. in
accordance with the defendants pleas
When tfe special ycnrc w 80 Jurors was
called ID the court room Monday after
noon 3I of those -urmoned answered. OF
this number ten were excused, leaving m
men from which to pick the petit jury I'M
No. The mcn called were ~ ". Crahtrr"
.II W Mcvcr~. A }.. Collins. =. Z. Peel
M +. Montgomery. rav N. Dubo~e, Y
I'M Miller. John C-r.hr "A. II. Palmer. r
W. lyons WI ". n-' h-. N.Y. IN Stevenson. NJ
S We~throoE T ID. Robcrt-. r. n. Rail
man. r. J. Carlisle. " NJ Carter. y r.
Chandler. &. 4. Bntt-. Frank Peal. Ford
lvcy Robert NJ. Jenkins. Frank Johnson.
lee Adams. C AZ McCracken and T q.
IIarrcH
The questions Ken thc iurvmcn were
concerning their 'ncth of residence
this division of tLc court; whethor '
we're acquainted with the defendants
their counsel whc.her they had formed
opinions, and whether. w course. they
could give impartial trials Mart Hanson
of Bee rountv proved to be somewhat of
n stumbling block IIc said he Ind formed
an opinion WIT the o'-c from hear~ay. and
what W. had read n the newspapers. ara
he did not think hc could render IN inn
partial verdict After a great deal &C
questioning a- nm whether he Thought" or
"krtu' hr wa- nV-1-cd lie was cautioned
rvcra Times pv Jud-c Burns not 10 -ay
What h opinion was.
There ma- htle t'ircnltv IN getting TIE
tru- turird Whom the Government M
rouuccd ready. tho defense asked for
fftccu mIuutc-' consultation among the at
torncy~. whrh wa- granted. Promptly M
fifteen mnutc- past tins time. court we
oren again. aud the witnesses were hcin..
qur toned. llorca ttcr court will open
each morning at no o'clock, with q two
hour recess WY noon. viii continue each
evening until Z o'clock. judge Burns J. NJ
the opinion that the trials viii not Last
long. and the limit MI tom days ha- been
WV wv most M the attorneys IN the ca-".
.Tndrp Burns wv making H. statement. had
coca -lon to tcl the Jury they need not fear
being "hnna' on = c-i-on to Last "al ~ur'
mer" hut told them that the trials would
bc -pccdy. and with the greatest Of dis
patch
The court room IVY crowded M all ses-
sion Seating 200 persons ~ the most.
IT naturally follows that there N usually
mad rush to get INTO the court room the
hr thin. NV the opening Of court There
ha never been " ease ~ any court IN Cor
pu- Christi which has created AZ much in
tore4t a- this. and m addition TO interest.
, feeling lkcwi=e running high, for the start
WI the proceedings.