El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-29
AYSDETECT|VE PULLED HIS
HAIR AND SLAPPED HIS FACE
Navarro, at Habeas Corpus Hearing, Accuses Members
of Force Of Mistreating Him, Saying He Was Thrown
Against the Wall-Says Money He Had Was
Given to Him BY Woman.
BY SIDNEY a. COOK.

woman with whom ] used TO 1--we sent
me the money" said the witness. thtt
a trustee had brought II TO me, and ne
said il was not true and he got hold
of nv hair and struck me several times
and threw me against the WINDOW
where 1 struck my head against Inc
wall"
the detectives office stated the wit
ness. and I told them where the woman
lived who had sent me the money IL
was an address on San JacInto stree1,
where we lived last, but she sent me
a note when she sent the money saying
she was at another address
SAYS Detectives Punched Him.
The witness stated further that ne
had been punched behind the ear on
another occasion by the detectives
ON cross examination. Navarro sara
that he had received $40 from the
woman. whose name is Mariana Come.
and that he had not told the truth .
attorney W J. Bryan when he said mat
he had only SII. when the attorney
was representing him before He stated
that he did not want attorney Bryan
TO know that he had any more money
He admitted that the woman had Det'i
deported about a year ago, tnat sns
was now living in Juarez. but that she
had come across the river and was
here in FL Paso when she gave the
money to the trustee
soldier said He Was Robbed.
shall told the court of a soldier, L. h
Bass. who had been put in the same
cell with Navarro who claimed that ne
had been robbed of about $40 Navarro
had testified that he could not feIn ail-,
Der that any soldier had been placed
in the cell with him. Attorney Mar
shall stated that when the court heard
that the soldier had been robbed, and
that suspicion was toward navarro
that the order for Navarro'S release On
payment of the $50 was resclnded-
Clerk Gonzales. OF the corporation
court, testified that Navarro did not
have cent when he was sentenced
and that through a simple trick known
to many of the prisoners, Navarro had
been running around in the run way
inside the large cell which surrounds
the smaller. individual cells. and that
he had access TO the other cells IN the
jail.
To Tell Grand Jury.
After hearing the testimony Judge
Howe said. I am not passing on the
question Of violence alleged to have
been committed against this person,
but want to say that 1 have heard
number of complaints of the treatment
given the prisoners in the city jail by
the police, and 1 am going 10 call the
attention Of the grand jury to these
complaints with the hope of an inves-
tigation-
I am not accusing the police OF
rough OF harsh treatment on the evil
QGnce winch 1 nave nearQ TINS morn
ing. but when such complaints come 10
my ears, il is the duty Of this court 10
look into them
I want you 10 understand that al
though remanded in the city Jail a
prisoner is still under the Jurisdiction
Of this court. and I want II understood
that this man is not to be roughly
used for the testimony he has given
here this morning.
Must see Counsel
Il have heard further complaints
about the police not allowing prison
ers 10 see their counsel That Is
against the law and severe punishment
can be melted out TO anyone guilty Of
such an offence
4 shall remand the prisoner 70 the
custody Of the police. and 1 want you
turning TO clerk Gonzales OF the cor
poratiOn court. TO look after charge
OF theft from the person 10 be brought
against this man Navarro"
After hearing the words of the judge
at the end OF the hearing Capt Lee
Hall, of the police. told the Judge THAI
rule had been made at the city jafl
that no prisoner could see his counsel
inside the cells. but that he had to be
brought out by his custodians. and
that il was another rule established
there that whenever any lawyer wished
to see his client, that he had first to
get permission from the office. Judge
Howe admitted that these were very
reasonable precautions