San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-24
Glue MAY LEAD
To ARRESTS IN
MYSTERY CASE
Murder Charges May Be
Filed Against One
Man Held.
BRING SUSPECT HERE
Forgery Charges in Connec-
y ton With Jorge
Check Filed.

Positive Identification Of a man ar
rested at Sinton Tuesday as the one
who cashed check for $50 belong
ing to Solomon Jorge, Syrian peddler,
who has been missing for several weeks,
leads Bexar county officers to believe
that they are on the verge Of solving
tn mystery surrounding the peddler's
disappearance. Chief Deputy Alphonse
Newton Wednesday expressed the be-
lief that within a few days the body
of Jorge and that Of the 14-year-old
Mexican youth who was with him when
he was last seen, will be found. The
grueSOme find, he believes, will be made
in the vicinity of the FriO river, where
bloOd-soatked clothing belonging to the
man and boy was discovered last
week,
Deputy Sheriff John Subira, who.
with n. Namin, friend of Jorge, has
been investigating the case, left for Sin
ton Tuesday night to bring the pris-
Oner back to San Antonio. He took
with him a man arrested at PleaSantOn
who has been held in the BeXar county
Jail in connection with the case. Still
another man is being held at Cotulla.
May File Murder Charges.
Deputy Subira telephOned Chief
Deputy Newton Wednesday morning
that the man who accompanied him
TO Sinton had positively identified the
prisoner there as the man who had
caShed the check belonging to Jorge,
The man had come 10 him Mt Cotulla,
he said, and asked him TO identify him
at the bank. The bank, refusing TO
cash the check. the two had gons TO a
merchant and attersaying that be would
stand sponsor for the amount, the check
was cashcd. This check is the one
which Jorge was supposed TO have re-
ceiYed from a merchant ac PleaSanton
for bill of goods.
THAT'S the man who cashed the
check Deputy Sheriff Subira said
the man he took with him exclaimed as
soon as he saw the prisoner at Sinton.
Now i am saved
Deputy Subira is expected to return
from SintOn Wednesday night with his
two prisoners. 1t is probable that the
man who has been held in custody here
will be released. as officers believe the
only part he took in the transaction
was to identify the man who Cashed
! the check. He was innocent of any
wrOng-dOing they believe. Charges Of
| forgery. however, have been filed in
LaSalle county against two men and 1t
is expected that charges Of murder will
be filed against the man arrested &C
Sinton. Chief Deputy Newton said
Wednesday that he fully expects such
charges to be filed.
Search for Bodies Difficult.
The chief deputy Wednesday express
ell confidence that close questioning OF
the man being brought here from Sim
ton will clear IN JOrge's disappearance.
When confronted with the clothing
found near the Frio river. and the
chain of circumstances leading up TO
his arrest. the chef deputy believes that
the man will tell all he knows about
the case.
Difficulty, however, is expected to be
encountered in the search for the
bodies of the missing Syrian and the
is very thick and an all-day search by
Deputy Sheriff Subira and a party last
Saturday failed to reveal any traces OF
the two. 1t is also possible, Chief
Deputy Newton said, that the bodies
mya have been thrown in the river. aud
since the river has ben out Of its
banks since the men are believed 10
have been murdered. the bodies may
have been carried far downstream. IL
is barely possible, however, the chief
deputy said, that the man under ar
rest may furnish information which
may lead to the discovery Of the bodies
without further trouble