Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-12
MAN CONFESSES

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should be given 70 Constable Lucas,
his deputies and two U. ). border
patrol inspectors, Ramon Longoria
and r. d. Trahan.
Reed also declared that the Next
can women living in the neighbor-
hood in which the slain n had
lived also deserved credit for their
assistance to officers and aid in Sc
curing the evidence which later
prompted Cara TO make a complete
confession.
In his confession, Cara admitted
that he had taken off his clothes at
the site Of the murder and had at
tempted TO wash off all blood stains
officers said.
The chain OF details pieced
together BY Constable Joe Lucas and
other officers in the case gave indica-
tions OF making a strong case against
Cara in the Staying Of the woman
The first clue to the murder came
with reports TO officers from the
family in Harrington at whose home
a Mexican woman had stayed. The
mi had been missing since
Thursday Of last week, when
she was last seen walking off down
! an alley, in company with Ramon
Cara.
The woman met the man in re-
Spouse 20 q message delivered 70 her
by the woman at whose house she
was staying. Before she left 70 meet
Cara, Juana Paniagua expressed fear
thaS she would "neEer return 20 tell
about it" She said Cara was in
ssnely Jealous, and said she feared
him.
Clothing Described
At the time Cara was wearing
brown duck clothes, according TO the
testimony Of these people.
when officers appeared at the
house after the woman's body had
been found, they asked for a descrip-
ton of the clothing which Jusna was
wearing when she left. The people
ut the house gave a description which
exactly fit that of the murdered
woman. They said she was wearing
d cheap, plain dress, with a blue
stripe in il, that she had on black
stockings, tied with black strings,
and wore pointed shoes with no laces
in them. All these details exactly
fit the woman who was found, estab-
fishing her identity almost without
question.
Then the people produced the pass
port, with a picture on 1t, showing
that the woman's name was Juana
Paniagua. that she was 2s years old,
and lived in Matamoros. She had
crossed the Rio Grande az Browns
Vile about two months ago, but was
turned back because she had no pass
port. She later secured a passport.
applied for admission at Reynosa, and
was admitted on June 10 Of this year.
Caught in Cotton Field
The man who is being held is q
laborer. He is a Mexican citizen.
ard is said to have come across the
Rio Grande illegally. He admitted
that he was wanted at Matamoros
fer the murder there two years ago
IN March. Of q woman named Con-
eepcion Medina, officers said. At
that time Cara was only p years
old.
Furnished with q description Of
Cara, the officers started a search
for him, and late Tuesday he was To-
Gated in a field Of cotton. picking
cotton with a number of other labor
srs Lucas and Deputy Constables
rsrrando Leal and Pedro Garcia
made the arrest. They said that when
thew approached the laborers in the
field. all Of them stood up except
Cara, and that he squatted lower in
the field.
Cara was taken 10 the spot on the
Arroyo Colorado Country club
Grounds where the body was found, in
an effort to secure q confession, Of
T;cers said. When they showed him
80 spot. he turned his head and ap-
neared greatly affected. but still
maintained that he knew nothing
sbout the death of the woman.
Clothes Sought
when he was shown the passport
,ictrre Of Juana Paniagua he said
Eyes. that is my wife. but | don't
nov where she is" the officers said.
AZ the time of his arrest he was
~saring different clothes from those
-orn al the time he was last seen.
Cara is a small man, appearing
.van more youthful than his age. He
80 rather large brown eyes, thin
lips and . thin nose.