Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-09-06
SMUGGLING is.
CHARGED AS A.
RESULT DEATH.
CASES ARE 0UTGR0WTH or KILLING
OF OFFICER FRED TATE LAST
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SEIZ-
URE OF NINE CANS LARD
STATEMENTS ARE MADE


urday night of Customs Officer Fred
Tate and the subsequent seizure Of nine
cans of lard. found in the wagon Tate
was searching at the time he was shot
three cases Of alleged conspiracy to
smuggle have been filed before L. :.
Commissioner f. X. Goodrich
The defendants in the first ease are
Ramon Munoz, Mike Werbi~ki, Erne~to
Werb~ki, Emelia T. Vida de- Garate and
FauStmo Nillaflients. They are charged
with conspiracy Ia smussle four cans of
lard. second charge has been made
against Francisco Garcia and the same
eo-defendants alleging conspiracy to
smuggle one can OF lard and third
against Juan Bous and me same co de-
PENDANTS charging conspiracy To ~muggle
five cans.
AIunoz and hiS co-defcndant~ were Civ
en a preliminary hearing Wednesday and
were placed under a $4,000 bond Munoz
was admitted to bond signed by Y. L..
Crixell and Juan VI. Perez. and the other
defendants, with the exception OF Mike
NerbiSki. not yet arrested. were remand
ed To JAIL
AT the preliminary hearing Munoz made
the following statement:
Il am 4 merchant doing business al the
corner of llth and Madison in the city
of Brownsville, Texas. On Monday or
Tuesday this woman. (referring to the
dett. Emilia T. Nda. De Carate) of last
week came 10 my place of business and
ordered four cans of lard for Mike Wer-
biski. believed ii was on Tuesday of
last week when she came, she paid me
500, that was the price for the four
cans of lard. On Wednesday of last week
Mike Werbiski personally came and got
two cans of lard-it was in the evening
little before dark. lie came again on
Saturday Of last week and got the re-
mainder two cans of lard between 3 and
biski. came To my place for the lard as
stated before had been paid 10 me by
Emilia II. Nda dc Caratc and was for
Nike Werblski, who came personally to
get the lard and did get il on the DAYS
have mentioned. Both times Mike Verbs
alone and drove the wagon-I knew that
Mike Nerbi~ki was a bad man and he had
that reputation. | knew he had no store
and that he was liable 20 smuggle this
lard across the river-the wagon in which
Nike NcrbI~ki came to get The lard was
a -ather large wagon with large side
boards. Ny business had run very ipw
A n 40 A A
in the purchase Of lard in question.
would have not sold it, but H. stated
have done a little of late and made chance
10 make little proii-tEiS j. the first
and only time that ! have sold ! cans of
lard ! have sold, small quantities Of lard
but no large cans .. lard"
Emilia II. Garate. alleged To have been
driving the wagon at the time Mr.. Tate
was killed testified:
.'On Monday or Tuesday of last week
went 10 the store Of Ramon Munoz and
paid 500 for four cans OF lard. was
alone. | went on foot. On Wednesday
late in the evening | went 10 the same
store in buggy with Mike Werbi~ki; we
got one can of lard and returned later
for another can of lard These two cans
of lard were taken To my home on Sat
urday night. | went in a wagon with Err
neSto WerbiSki to the store of the deft
Ramon Munoz.. Erne>to was with me IN
in the wagon and Mike Werbiski was in
front of us in his buggy. We loaded the
two cans of lard in the wagon and ther
went to the store Of Juan Bouis where
five cans of lard onto the wagon. ] paiG
Juan Bouis 800 for the five cans of lar(
J | had all the money, $4,000 which ha,
been given me by Mike Werbski ant
and would have paid all of the money {,
Juan Bouis, but great many peopl
kept coming into the store and he said