Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-18
BRADY Hale
DESPITE HIS
JAIL SERVICE
Former Judge Faces
Murder Trial On
Monday

the OOuIt U GIllIl1lldl AppSdAS, NdS
IN good physical &C iition TO-DAY
as the line neared for him to face
a jury charged With the murder
of Miss Lehiia Highsm n, stem
ographer for the commission of ap-
peals Of the State Supreme Court,
Next Monday when Brady is LED
through the court yard from the
ancient Ira Is county jail TO the
43-year-oli courtho~ sc it will be
the first time his feet have touch
ed the ground since he was placed
in a cell after the frail young blonde
woman was stabbed to death in
front Of the house where she ROOM
ed.
List Given
" Delivery to the defendant Of the
! list OF 250 men from Who'll. an eff
Mort will be made TO empanel a jury
of IL mer was set for today, the
first revolution OF the wheels OF
justice In his case. The law requires
the sheriff to furnish the defen-
dant In a criminal { : with q list
OF the veniremen served b.. him
within 48 hours Of the start Of the
case.
No effort was made to free the
former JUICE on bond after his
arrest, attorneys for the former
member OF the Court &c Civil APP
peals. cx-assistant attorney gen.
eral and one-time counsel for the
State banking department. being
content to let i'm stay in jail.
State Startled
State official. and friends of
widely separ--cd places were star
tied on the Sunday morning after
the great Baylor-U Univ Y OF Tex
as football game of last fsI to
learn that he had been accused Of
the murder Of a slip OF a girl. They
were even more horr. .ified and
perplexed when told that the you're
woman's life had be snuffed GU.
with the blade OF a knife that
penetrated TO her heart. When TAX
en- TO jail on the night Of the
homicide Br-dy was highly ner-
vous a condition agra lated the
next day when he VS. advised he
was held on a murder charge.
He told officers he had no recol-
lection of the incidt Of the night
before 9th than - having par
ticipated with some friends in q
drinking party { r the football
game and later having some
trouble with r@me I pie"
Worked in Capitol
Miss Highsmith had = en-
ployed in several departments o.
the State government in the capt.
tol. Brady had spent much OF hi;
time there also in pursuance Of
his practice a. an attorney. as vel
As in , official capacity while
assistant attorney general and spe-
cial count = tie bank. G de-
partment. He had known Miss
Highsmith over a considerable
period.
One OF the tense attorneys 1!
Dayton Moses OF Fort Worth, re.
cognized as one Of thu smartest
attorneys in Texas. - his l~ az
filiation with the Texas and South
western Cat RaiSerS' Association
as attorney he has had as varied
experiences in JurthouSes IS any
pleader at the bar and before jurie:
as " man Texas. He has par
ticipated both as prosecutor and
defender in some Of the States
most outstanding murder trials
Oet-lw- - - nuEArfn4 Nhnf
side Of the table 18th Nc. vii
include E. A. Ber-y OF Houston
former judge Of the com mission o,
appeals Of the Cert Of Crir1ina.
Appeals: Lon Curtis u Bolton;
Jewel ,. Lightfoot. former Texas
attorney general; l.. B. 5ertson
former assistant attorney general;
John L. Peeler Austin. former
state s-natol and Julius Doren-
ield Of 7 2rillo.
Attorney Young
On the other side will be District
Attorney II. II. Brooks. "a. anc
Hardy Ho,iers. assistant county at
torney Of Travis county. Brooks
srurned assi5tar :. nc advised John
M. Mathis Of Houston and Harris
and Harris OF Austin. employed Il
help present the &c for the State
that he believed 1t hest that they
not participate.
The trial i be before Judge j
ID. Moore. former district attorney
who has been n the bench two
years. He presided al trs trial
Congressman ugu~.Is McCloSscy
of San Antonio. who V. acquitted
of a charge Of altering election re-
turns, the outgrowth OF a bitter
campaign for the of-ira with ~on-
gresSma Larry I. Wurzta oil
Seguin. for several terms the only
Texas Republican in Congr- S. AlsC
Judge Moore presid. : at the sanity
hearing gl-en Harry j. ny o.
Mathis later electro L , for thu
murder OF ". ]. A. T lsyo.
Quarters Cramped
Cramped quarters II, the ole
FOR a " but lin. H. be taxed
since hundreds o. spectators are
expected to witness the trial. There
will be unusual newspaper coyerage
with special wires into the court
house.
District Attorney S. A. Philquist
has been busy several weeks max
ing arrangements to car for rep
resentatives OF the newspapers.
IS Brady Witnesses
Sixty three witnesses sumEo-ec
~ Tt,Trn E-afy Include frO E1ir.