Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-15

!. The present case ends the case I'm
4 the special term OF court called for
that purpose and the setting OF the
next case il was thought will be III
the regular term Of federal court.
When this will be was mostly a mat
ter OF conjecture.
The jury came into this court
room with the decision that the
Magazine in printing "High-Handed
and Hell-Bent' had not libelled
Creager-
Creager ExpressiOnless
The committeeman sat express
sionless pursuing his lips slightly a.
the foreman read off the verdict,
refusing him any damages. Nearby
was Owen r. White who wrote the
article. Grinning Broadly. he left
almost on the run waving q sheaf
OF kilograms telling OF the outcome
which he had to dispatch.
Charles u. Kelly, New York
chief Of counsel for the Crowell
Publisher Company and the P. F.
Collier and Son Distributing Cor
poration the actual defendants.
declared he was happy tn the
verdict and said he was ready TO
go ahead at any time on Creager's
second suit for the same amount.
which was filed because or the
publication OF a story about
patronage.
Creager Makes Statement
Creager left the court room
quickley and made the following
statement!
II. OF course. regret the verditt
but have no complaint to make Of
the court o. jury. / was never able
to obtain jurisdiction over the
publisher Of Golfers Weekly and the
two defendants who were before
the court commended that their cir
culation and distribution Of the
article In question was innocent
and without knowledge OF the
contents OF the article.
In addition the two defendants
before the court defended on the
ground that the article did not
impute or imply any connection OK
participation by myself In the alleg-
ed corrupt conditions claimed 10
exist in Hidalgo County as depicted
in the article. The editor of Col
lier's weekly testified that the ar
ticle was never intended To cast any
reflection upon my character or
integrity and that. IN his opinion.
il did not and testified further
that he had never received any in
formation that would warrant any
such imputation or inference. Like
wise. the writer Of the article.
owen p. White. testified that each
reference to myself in the article
was not intended and could not be
fairly construed 10 impute or
infer any cooperation or particl-
patton in the alleged graft in HI
dalgo County.
1T is evident that the jury
interpreted the article in the same
way as testified SO by the Editor
Of Golfers and writer OF the
article"
Harbert Davenport, one OF the
Creager attorneys. said that side
would not say now as to whether
II would appeal. pointing out that
six months was allowed for such
a procedure.
Jury Silent
The jurors. who went out with the
case at 5 p. m. yesterday. would not
say how many ballots had been
taken. We decided we wouldn't
discuss this thing at ALL" one OF
them said. They all looked some
what tagged out because IL has been
10 days since they sat down to hear
the evidence.
The magazine. defending. offered
much more testimony than the
plaintiff and the great bulk OF it
came from forIs7r mid-westerners
who had come down here to grow
grapefruit and the like. One by
one they declared they considered
Creager had deprived them OF the
right OF voting for the party their
fathers had voted with - the re-
publicans.
These witnesses were called IN
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