San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-22
MYSTERY Of
| MISSING MEN
IS UNSOLvED
sfficers Slowly Weave Net
of Circumstances in
Peddler Case.
|ODIES NOT FOUND
'xpect to File Charges
Against Two Men in
La Sale County.

Bexar and LaSalle county officers
jbnday were slowly weaving a net of
kcumstantial evidence about a man
bonn they believe is responsible for
Z disappearance of Solomon Jorge,
&rian peddler, and 14-year-old youth,
sSHnt companion Of the peddler, who
I've been missing from their home in
IN Antonio for several weeks. Bexar
blnty officials Monday declared there
snow no doubt that the man and boy
We been murdered and their bodies
Eposed Of. Developments which Will
|fd to the arrest of third man in con-
Elton with the case. and possibly q
|bfession from at least one man, Is eS-
Eted within the next 81 hours.
n Information which led to the search
n a third man in connection with the
of Jorge and the Next
IA youth, was secured by Deputy Sher-
* John Subira. who spent all day Sat
ay searching the brush and dragging
4 Frio river between Cotulla and
Easanton, in an effort to locate the
ID bodies. Although the deputy sher-
accompanied by a friend of the
HAN, ranchmen and customs officials,
|,de thorough search of the woods
/ the vicinity Of where blood-soaked
Thing belonging to the missing man
boy had ben found, they found no
ce of the bodies.
Search 12,O00-acre Pasture.
'heir search led them through a r.
acre pasture and along the banks
the Edo river for n long distance
leach direction. With the exception
one hole, Deputy Subira said. the
q is shallow and the bottom could be
n. This hole was dragged several
es, but with no results.
rbe search lasted from early Satur-
morning until late at night: the
uty sheriff returning to his home
hday morning. The underbrush near
river. he said, was very thick ara
search was q difficult task. There
/ had been a 20-foot rise in the river
% the man and boy disappeared. the
uty said. and it is possible that II
bodies had been concealed near Inc
k they may have been washed down
lam, Officers from Cotulla, i'll 1t
Q county. met Deputy Subira at the
r and aided in the search SatuT-
Deputy Subira learned from LaSalte
nty officers that man was seen
ing to the Mexican youth tcw
s-s,sbefore Jorge and his companion
seen for the last time. This was
Cotulla. Jorge later. it was stated
id directions Of n resident of Co
as TO how TO reach the FRO
Will File Charges Against Two.
aSalle county officers also told
Lutv Subira that investigation was
,g made 10 determine whether a
Ion which had been recently re.
Ned was the one formerly owned
he missing man. Reports that two
res which had belonged TO Jorge, are
pasture near Millet, also are be-
investigated.
|eputy Subira Sunday brought back
him pieces OF an old quilt, bear
what officers believe are blood
ns. which were found near the spot
re coat belonging to Jorge and
hirt belonging TO the Mexican boy
found. Pieces Of an old shirt and
very thin cloth were also found
he deputy Saturday.
mira said IaSalle county officers
rcted TO file charges against two men
time Monday, one of the men
Int being at a town close to San
onio. Officers believe that when
man is arrested the entire mystery
be cleared up.