Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-11
paddock FOR
DANCE ASKED
Hearing Set For July Is
In Request for Injunc-
ton Proceedings

s.. describing as unlawful, obscene,
vulgar and indecent" the conduct Of
dances at Las Prietas dance hall,
three miles west Of Brownsville,
County Attorney NJ. r. Hall We'd
nesday filed a petition in district
court seeking to enjoin Pascual Del
gado, owner, from operating the
place for one year. The petition al
ieges the place is a public nuisance.
Brownsville's most recent gun
battle was enacted at the Las
Prietas hall April 20, when two
deputy constables, Frank Stanner
and R. D. Brown were shot to death
when they suddenly stepped into a
.fusillade Of bullets.
Browns body was riddled and he
died at once. but Stanner lived sew
ieral days, finally dying at the Mercy
Hospital here.
Suspect Held
The sheriff's department rushed
to the scene, picked UP Antonio and
Jose Flores, also wounded as they
came into the line Of fire, but they
later we're released. Recently, a
suspect was arrested at q dance near
La PaIoma, and he still is being held
in connection with the affair. Hall
made a special trip to Ravmondvllle
Wednesday morning to file the pc
.tition with Judge A. M. Kent OF
the 103rd judicial district. who IS
holding court there, and Judge Kent
at once signed an order directing
District Clerk Jno. P. Seaman to IS
sue notice to Delgado to appear IN
Cameron County District Court
JULY Is to show cause why the in
Junction should not be issued.
Petition
The alterations as set forth in the
petition follow:
"That upon said lots and block
there is situated a wooden structure
and other improvements, and all OF
same are being used by said defend
ant. his servants, agents ana en-
iployees, as a dance hall and dance
pavilion and place to which tne
public commonly resorts and con-
gregates for the purpose OF business
and pleasure, and where intoXlcat-
ing LIQUORS are kept, possessed, SOLD
bartered and given away, and TO
which said place and premises per
Enns resort and assemble Tor the
purpose Of drinking Intoxicating
liquors and for the purpose of
gambling and prostitution, in viola
ton Of the laws of Texas, all of
which acts and occurrences consti-
tute and are a public nuisance with
in the meaning of Article 1854, ct.
seq, Of the Revised Civil State of
Texas, 1925.
That persons who congregate at,
on, near and around said premises
and who frequent dances given on
said premises carry concealed weap-
ons, such as pistols, bowie knives,
etc; that persons who congregate
at, on, near and around said prem
Uses disturb the peace Of the persons
living near and in the immediate
vicinity of such premises and disturb
the peace of other persons on said
premises by yelling, and shrieking,
and swearing and cursing, and using
loud and vociferous and obscene,
vulgar and indecent language, and
by singing in loud voices, and by
playing musical instruments during
hours of the night when people
ordinarily want to sleep, and by
rudely displaying pistols. and by
discharging firearms; that persons
who congregate at. on, near, and
around said premises frequently get
drunk by the use Of Intoxicating
liquor and remain in a drunken con-
dition on and around said premises;
that persons who ~congregate at, IN,
near and around said premises and
attend dances given on said prem
Uses frequently engage in fights and
brawls and in cutting and shooting
affairs which have resulted in death