El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-13

r-zpTTF, tedious cross eXamlna-
t,ons. great progress is being
- had in the trial Of Felix R.
.ysnes. charged with murder in con-
nection with the alleged killing OF
Thomas p. Lyons. Of Silver City, here
Nav Il. 1917. When court adjourned
wednesday for the noon recess, the
state had examined witnesses giving
a long account Of the appearance IN
rhe silver City section OF a man
caIIsd Brown" several days previous
10 ne alleged killing, and Mr. Lyons
coming 10 Ell Paso Nay II in response
10 a telephone call from M Brown
and subsequent events Leading 10 the
finding Of the body in a raVine mere
- 4 Complete description of the con-
dft5on thereof and an alleged weapon
rrIenhore Girls, witnesses.
Miss Marie Weaver, telephone oper-
ator. took the stand when court re
convened Wednesday morning tesu-
fying that a memorandum slip snow y u
her related to a long distance can
nv MI. Brown at 1904 o'clock the
evening Of Nay l6 TO Silver City 70
~ LYONS. There was no cross
e,-ar1ina ION Of this witness.
sass Lucille Mccormick, long as
lance operator, then took the stahu
and told Of a dispute with Mr.. Brown
about 80 cent enarge loI o. o. $3.50 80
in talking with Mr. Lyons IN cross
exarinatfon. she said she had been an
o-erstor over a year She rememDereo
+Le Rrown-I.vons call independently
~ fhe records. LAS rule, Wnen d
nan disputes a charge, we maven I
GOOD opinion Of him. she SAID, at;
Flrov-n's voice was rather rough ana
iov--nifohed." she added When Nj
F5rov-n finally agreed to pay the extra
-harpe his voice didn't indicate to VII
,,,ss-S ne had become pleased and satls-
fed- witness didn't know II she
would recognize the voice again.
would you say that 4 woman man :
voice is low and mans voice Hisil
Yes. Yes generally; but some men have
a high clear voice.
surresf1 Another Conversation
5udre Dase, Of the defence, then re-
frrested witness to have converse
Ton sfth defendant during the next
-a~ess state counsel to be invited 70
y. -,-eeent. Judge Howe thought this
.,,~regtion was an improper one 70
be made before the jury, and judge
Da1a said he had not intended II as
5-1nroner. Witness was then eNcused
and told BY the court TO wait IN the
district attorneys office:
Allison Says Net ~BroWn.
The next witness was Max Atllsoli,
Who lives about 10 miles from siifeI
C,st~- He said he knew Thomas y oii =
Wines recalled seeing defendant II.
+1a silver City neighborhood last
arev. defendant then going by name
of Brown. Witness was going 70 sl-e
pitt ranch Tor a roundup Wnen oe-
rerdant. riding a horse, caught up
win him on the road, defendant say
ing he was going 10 huy cattle WIZ
80 had 10 doubt defendant Is the
Ia whom he met by the name OF
an crossexamination. witness could
NOT =av that Brown was considerably
faId on TOP Of the head. had brown
hair and gray temples. witness moi
having seen Brown with his nat OIL
lrr. Allison said he didn't think ne
could be mistaken as to Brown
witness came to testify at request
sf III. IL. Ed Foster, soninlaW OF de-
ceased. he said
Does that man there look any
thing like Mr. Brown asked Juege
Dale pointing 10 J. B. Jones' protilef
Of the defendant The court ruieo
the question out as improper
Identify Hotel Register.
L o. Schultz, manager Of the Palace
ro-af silver City. then took the
sand. He was shown his hotel regis
Ter and recognized place IN the
register where a name had been cut
out (This clipping had been pre-
viousIy shown in court as containing
the name R. II Brown on date May
Il 1870