Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-24
BY BROOKS

CO4AAN 4NDN.s &o-JOuu W. Bra
DIV did not stab Lehlia Highsmith:
she died Of injury otherwise sus-
tained-this rumor. most dramatic
Of the murk Of rumors that has
enveloped the notable case, coming
as the outcropping of the sensa-
ti0nal surprise" promised by the
judges defense battery, startled
Austin as 1t swept faster than Wild
fire in a whispered undertone across
the capital city. 1t met enigmatic
smiles OF defense lawyers. their
refusal to adopt it as a promised
line OF testimony, and their reiter-
ated nothing TO say as TO the de-
tense"
It came fast upon the heels Of
a purported assertion by a we'll
known legal parsonage not direct
ly connected with the case, John
Brady will be free in five days af-
ter his trial starts"
I'VE accuse no one; we implicate
no one, we will reveal nothing of
the defense except that the people
OF Austin will be surprised when
the facts are developed" was the
GAt[A4t VI 0AACNGA ~ lAAG RAAE IA ~
battery OF foremost Texas lawyers,
O. whom. one, Will Brady, Is q
brother OF the accused former ap-
pellate justice.
This rumor had its sway just as
Travis county grand jury found a
bill Of indictment against the S.
year-old former judge, which said
that he did. on Nov. 9, voluntarily
and with malice aforethought kill
Lehlia Highsmith by cutting her
with a knife"
VIII Tell OF Cuts
1t had its sweeping day of hear
say. though officers and prosecu-
tors and lawyers will say that a
witness who has been before the
grand jury, disarmed Judge Brady.
as he stood near the wounded
girl, OF a knife, and that .--dge
Brady'S hand was severely and
freshly cut: that there was some
scuffling in or near the house about
the time OF the alIegedly fatal en-
counter 1t echoed along with Bra
dys' Own avowal to officers and
lawyers that he remembered or the
fatal night only that there had
been some sort OF encounter with
several people among whom he did
not recall the tiny supreme court
Stenographer.
ASK the people to withhold
Judgment until all the facts are
developed" This message was the
first that Judge Brady sent out of
his cell Sunday, Nov. 10. a few
hours after he woke up from a
dazed unnerved stupor and admit
ted i~ntoxication, to learn Of the
girls death.
A similar request was made by
Will Brady. his brother. who hur-
RED here from Ventura, Cal, to
help In his defense.
We have only to say that the
people OF Austin vail be surprised
when all the facts are developed"
was the cryptic utterance of Judge
E. A. Berry, former criminal APP
peals court commission justice,
when he assumed leadership Of the
defense forces.
In the face OF the various rum
ors and counter-rumors, these cir
cumstances have been pieced to-
gether in the statements and n
Swers, assertions and admissions,
OF various people, none Of them
under oath. in connestion with n
OF the most astonishing Of Texas
murder charges. Judge Brady, Sc
cond former appellate justice TO
face a charge Of murder within
two months, win 60 to trial in the
same courtroom where DR.. j. Frank
Norris. noted Fort Worth minis
ter. who acquitted on a charge OF
shooting to death Dexter Z. Chips
ia the pastors church study.
Had Been Drinking
Judge Brady went to the Texas
Baylor football game which was
on Texas-Exes' homecoming day
Nov. Q. at the University OF Tex
as. He was a Texas university grad
uate OF 1896.
He was drinkir-. After the game.
he drank some more with friends.
He got In q taxicab at the court
house corner, 18th and Congress.
about $50 Saturday night, and
rode to his home. 1901 Pearl street.
He told the taxi driver to wait.
Mrs. Brady sent the driver away.
Judge Brady lay down across his
bed, fully dressed. for a brief nap.
He got up about II o'clock, and
apparently walked tn the High
sraith girls rooming house. 30 T..
10th street. a block from the state
capitol grounds He inquired FOR
the girl, and was told she was
away from home. He waited. In
the meantime, he had some sort
of an encounter with q San Anto-
MO man who was staying at the