Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-05
RESTS IN
CABALLER0 CASE
DEFENSE NOW ON
NEGRO WITNESS DECLARES THE DE-
PENDANT WAS THE MAN WHO
ROBBED J. O. HARVEY.
CASE MAKING RAPID PROGRESS AND
MAY GO TO JURY BY NOON
ON THURSDAY.

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concluded the taking of testimony in the
trial of Reierio Caballero, charged with
the murder of br f.. :. Mccain. The de-
fen-e hogan it, side this afternoon and
nIc~, some legal argument arises be
tween the attorneys. the ease will 90 to
the Jury hv noon Thursday.
Doe Stcrrett. negro brakeman on the
wrecked train. was the first witness called
this morning and was on the stand until
nearly III n'rlnck ~tcrrctt testified on
direct examination that when the train was
wrecked on the night of October Is. he
was IN the negro compartment "i the front
coach. and that when the air brakes were
applied and the ear commenced to lean ie
shouted ~ Conductor Koran, eve are
turning over" and started I'd run toward
the front end NJ the train. then shooting
started on the side The witness stated
that when the shooting commenced he
shouted. "Thc bandits has cot u.s.
The witness identified the defendant
Caballcro. ~ one ~ the men 10 enter the
train and ~ the man who robbed j. q.
Harvey. the news agent. The witness was
positive m his Identification and described
the clothing Caballero wore. Sterrett said
that hi purse was taken from him by one
of the men and that the purse contained
40 ~ 80 cent that hI- watch was lerked
from him bat rolled under seat and was
afterwards recovered. and that his shoes
were removed aud that when he ran to
carry the news Of the wreck he took the
shoes from the fireman, who had been in
iured The witness stated that he stopped
N two houses on hS way with the news,
that al the first house he was told they
did not have a telephone. that AT the see
ond house they did not have - telephone
and would not lct hlm have horse, and
that when h. reached pre~Slcr'~ Inn he mo-
titled sheriff Nann and the railroad offices
al kingSvillc.
On cross examination the witness said
that he was not positive as To- which end
nf the ear the defendant entered. but
thonght he came IN through the white
compartment.
The cross examination hy Attorney Sea I
bury was gruclinc and based largely on al
legged differences In statements made hy
the witness at the examining trial held
before Justice of the Peace H. j. Kirk
and statements made on the witness stand.
Deputy Sheriff Henry keene Of Lyford
testified that ~ had known the defendant
about two wears and that he had arrested
him at the Las Pinas ranch. near Lvford.
on or about the 2ith day of October and
had brought him 10 Brownsville
\ sheriff W. ri Nann testified that ~ had
visited the scene nt the wreck and murder
/ shortly after II had occurred and invc~-
tgalcd the manner in which the train had
been derailed: tina. be- found u piece oi
large wire about thirty feet long. one end
ot which No~ Fastened NJ holt holes i'll the
rail- and that the other end had been tied
around the handle ot \ shovel Tie at,
found y shovel. a large wrench with tw,
lot the pron.~ broken of. q bomb. crow
bar snd about twenty strips af rawhidc
The bomb. cruwhar. wrench and shove
were introduced ~ evidence.
Mr. Nunn stated that from tracks IN,
places where the Ngra-- and weed, ha,
been troddcn down he Judged that NOR,
than thirty men had hcca near the seen,
of the wreck. on cross examination Mr.
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