Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-02

knife. ! saw II again i'll the court house
yesterday. III the knife Mr.. Price show
ed me l. not the knife Lopez used To cut
my shoe laceS. II II Just like it,
Here the witness identified the knife,
very fine ~ti'Icto. with seven inch blade
and \ red patch on the lower part of the
hit
Il next saw Caballero at the Jail" Stcr-
rett continued. lie was not pointed ont
to me. but ! knew him. On the night ot
the robbery Cabalrro had rifle bat |
DO not know whether or not he had pis-
toI.~
On cross examination 10y Attorney Ira
Webster the witness stated in part
'.1wo other men got on the front end ot
the ear first and cot nearly inside the
When they saw the soldiers running They
apparently got excited and went ont on
the platform. The man who was with
Lopez wa~ little Mexican and looked like
negro. After Lopez shot the soldier he
ran up tx me- The soldier tell On hi~ face
with hi- feet in the negro compartment.
heard talking un the front end of the ear
When Lopez killed the soldier | was stand
inc right over him. Caballero came in he
hind Lopez. but did not see those on the
front. was crouching down between the
seats. have seen Lopez before the night
NJ the wreck. but don't know where.
either here or III Matumoro~ Lopez was
dressed IN a Jumper and pair of yellow
"a f.l. - hot f.b
also had On yellow Jumper and yellow
pants and. think. either boots or lcgginn~
The black fellow had on sandals and had
cartridge belt over hi shoulder and
around hI~ waist. | could not zee what
happened IN the white compartment. The
men IN the negro compartment went ont
through the white compartment. | unt M
my feet a~ soon ~ Lopez turned hi~ back
am positive that Lopez and Cabnlrro are
the men. They could never be- forced from
my mind"
Upon cross examintion by r. A. Kinder
the witness reiterated the statement that
the first two men turned hack when the,
saw the soldiers The witness stated that
he thought. but was not positive. that Ca
ballero took Dock WaShington'~ shoes and
grip and walked on up toward Harvey The
county attorney stated that the state did
not desire tn rcrNamine the witness and
w. II was nearly o'clock. the court ~
cc~-cd until o'clock thi~ afternoon. when
the hearing was resumed
J. q. Harvey, news agent on tie wreck
cd train, yesterday afternoon testified
positively that Lorenzo Lopez and Rcicrin
Caballero were among the bandits that
wrecked the train on the night of October
Is, and was a. positive both on direct and
cross examination, hat Lopez fired tn.
shot that took the lie Of Corporal Melee.
The description of the wreck ~ given
bv Harvey was graphic, both on direct ~
animation and on cross examination. W.
testified that when the wreck occurred hr
had just locked up his stores in the from.
end of the day coach, in the compartment
~ct aside for negroes, when he suddenly
felt the air applied and the train came NJ,
Ia sudden stop. IT. knew the train wy-
wrecked. lie testified that the first ipti-
nation that he had that the train wa~ 80
heing held mp was when shooting start. Il
on the outside Of the train. lie dropped
between the seats. lie testified that unr
NJ the first shots fired came through VI
window and that hi~ neck was cut IN flv-
\ ing glass. He said with his hand ~.
>meared the blood from the cut, ON IL,
neck over his face and that when the ban
dit asked him for money he told him ~