San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-23
MURDER CASES
sCHEDULEOFOR
TRIAL MONDAY
Real Estate Man and r. /. e.
Will Face Juries in
Killing Cases.
CALL SPECIAL VENIRE
Gambling and Other Miner
Cases Also Dccketed
for This Week.

Two murder eases of widespread in
terest are scheduled to go to trial in
Bexar county district courts Mon
day. Y. II. Buck" Taylor. member
of the detachment of Texas rangers
stationed in San Antonio, is to go
to trial in the Ninety-fourth on an
indictment charging him with the
murder of X. L. Flowers, while T. L.
Griffith, real estate man, is sched-
uled TO 80 to trial in the Thirty-sev-
enth on an indictment charging him
with the murder of George Mason.
garage man.
Indications Saturday were that
both cases will go to trial Assistant
District Attorney W. S. Anthony, in
charge of prosecutions in the Thirty
seventh, said shat the state is ready
in the Griffith case, while it is un-
derstoOd that both the state and de-
Tense are ready for trial in the Tay-
lar case. A special venire of 200
men has been summoned for the Tay-
Tor case and special has been sum-
moned in the Thirty-seventh for the
Griffith case.
Gun Fired When Flowers Hit.
Taylor was indicted following the
shooting of Flowers at his store on
Soeldad street. Testimony given BY
Capt. b. c. Baldwin, head of the
ranger detachment, at a habess corpus
hearing for Taylor was that the
ranger had been summoned to the
Flowers store to seize liquor which it
was'claimed Flowers was carrying IntD
his establishment. He testified that
Taylor had found Flowers carrying
some bottles and that Flowers had
attempted to assault the ranger.
Thereupon, he said. Taylor drew his
pistol and struck Flowers. The gun
was discharged by the blow, Captain
Baldwin said, the bullet striking
Flowers and proving fatal. Taylor,
the ranger captain said, protested that
he had not intended shooting Flow
ers.
Griffith and his brother. Will, were
indicted following the killing of Mason
in front of the Griffith home, 421
Hunstock avenue. Mason died from
injuries alleged to have been inflict-
ed with an automobile pump. T. L..
Griffith was first indicted, his brother
having been indicted later. 1t was in
dicated Saturday that the indictment
against Will Griffith will be dismissed
by the district attorney.
Gaming Cases Also Set.
The trouble which resulted in the
killing of Mason is claimed to have
arisen over a dispute about some
money. Mason when found by police.
was suffering from numerous wounds,
said to have been inflicted by the
automobile pump, and died later in a
hospital.
Other cases in the Ninety fourth
for this week are Juan Valdez. AL
fredo Castillo and Emeterio Jaime,
charged by indictment with assault
to murder; Gregorio Flores. charged
with perjury growing out of the Ar
redondo trials and Juan Garnica, muir
der. Jose Maria Guerra and Noverto
Guerra, charged with the killing of
Jose Delgado, are set for Monday,
April Z. while the i. G. Farley
branding" case is set for April IA.
j. II. McDonna, charged with viola
ton of the Dean law is set for April
l, while six gaming cases, growing
out of raids made by the state rangers
are set for the week of April IS.
Setting of the case of n. G.. Will
liams, San Antonio attorney, who,
with c. E. Miller, former prohibition
enforcement officer and state ranger,
was indicted on charge Of killing
Zaragoza De Leon. was announced for
April 4. Williams at present, it is
understood, is in Dallas. Tex. Will
llams was released on a nominal bond,
following a habeas corpus, hearing,
the evidence tending to show that al
though he was present. he had moth
ing to do with the killing of De
con