The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 27, Ed. 2 Tuesday, August 4, 1931 Page: 9 of 9
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Matamoros Investigator Asks Imprisonment for Dee Ham
INVESTIGATOR
FINDS VALLEY
YOUTH GUILTY
Dee Ham Weslaco youth charged
with homicide together with Amul-
fo de la Rosa Rio Rico policeman
in the fatal shooting of Miss Mina
Clark killed a few weeks ago in a
Rio Rioo cabaret faces a term In
the Tamaulipas state penitentiary
at Ciudad Victoria if the state's
attorney general Benito Jaurez
Ochoa approves penalties asked by
Special Investigator Guadalupe
Valdez of Matamoros.
Documents Reviewed
Documents in the case were re-
viewed last week by defense attor-
neys Emilio de Leon Toral and
Marvin R. Hall who represent
Ham. Special Investigator Valdez
reviewed the documents last week
and presented his opinion of the
case.
Amulfo de la Rosa. Rio Rico po-
liceman. from whose gun state al-
leges the fatal bullet was fired in
a scuffle with Dee Ham. has been
exonerated in the affair a.'cord-
ing to the opinion of Valdez. In
his review’ which has been for-
warded to the state attorney gen-
eral's office at Ciudad Victoria
Valdez asks that de la Rosa be set
free because according to Valdez'
opinion the policeman was acting
in his line of duty at the time of
the shooting and because it has
not been definitely established
who pulled the trigger that fired
the fatal bullet. In Hams case
Valdez asks that he be sentenced
for negligent homicide. This of-
fense carries a penalty in Mexico
from one month to two years in
the state penitentiary.
Killed Instantly
Miss Mina E. Clark La Feria
telegraph employe was struck and
almost instantly killed by a bullet
as she danced in a Rio Rico cab-
aret.
According to witnesses' testimony
Miss Clark was shot down as she
danced by a bullet from the gun
fired in a scuffle between Ham. the
policeman and Ham's com pan-on
Woodrow- Goun.
Goun was exnerated at a trial
In Matamoros and Ham was re-
leased on a 600 peso bond after
spending two weeks in the Mata-
moros jail.
Judge Jesus Ro'as will pronounce
sentence aecordmg to the findings
of the attorney general.
markets;
LIVESTOCK
CHICAGO. Aug. 4. iAPj—(U S. D A )
—Hogs 14 including 1000 direct
mostly 10-15 cents higher. Bulk 110-
210 lbs. 7.70-7 90; top 7 %5; 220-300 lbs.
6.40-7.80; 140-160 lbs. 7.25-7.75; pigs
6.25-7.00. Packing sows 4.65-5.50. smooth
light weight to 5 90.
Cattle 6.000 calves 2.000: all grade
yearling* and light steers and strictly
choice weighty Bullock steady; others
very slow. Bidding weak to 25 lower;
9 40 paid lor yearling. Weighty 8 90 sev-
eral loads 825-8.75. she stock market
alow about steady. Slaughter cattle and
veaiers: Steers 600-1500 lbs. 7.25-9.50.
common and medium 600-1300 lbs. 4 50-
7 50; hellers 55G-850 lbs. 7.00-925. cows
4 00-6.75; bulls (yearlings excluded i
(beef) 4 25-5 00; veaiers (milk fedt 8 50-
10 »J; medium 6 50-S 50; stocker and
feeder steers 500-1050 lbs. 3 75-5.75.
Sheep 13000; mostly steady; best
range lambs held higher; early bulk
native 7 00-7.75: latter price paid by
outsiders; choice rangers bid 7.50;
around 110 lb. yearlings 5.75; lambs 90
lbs. 5.00-5.50.
CHICAGO GRAIN
CHICAGO. Aug. 4. os*—Grain
prices sagged early today influenced
by Liverpool wheat quotations which
were lower than expected. Liverpool
reported severe pressure of wheat
offerings from southeastern Europe
and that Germany had further re-
atricted Imports. Opening unchanged
to 3-4 cents lower wheat later
shewed an all around drop. Corn
started 1-8-3-8 off and afterward
underwent an additional setback.
NEW YORK STOCKS
NEW YORK. Aug. 4 (T—Stocks
drifted lower in extremely dull trad-
ing today.
U. S. Steel and American Can
sagged a couple of points the latter
making a new low. There were
similar decline* by Atchison. East-
man. Auburn and American Woolen
preferred while Case. Pennsylvania.
New York Central. Union Pacific
Allied Chemical and American Tele-
phone were off 1 to I 1-2.
The turnover in the earlier hours
was at the lowest level In recent
years call money renewed at 1 1-2
per cent.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 4. f/D—The
cotton had a quiet but steady open-
ing. Liverpool came in about as due
to a shade better than due and first
trades here showed no change to one
point advance. The market continu-
ed to improve slightly after the
start in sympathy with New York
Oct. trading up to 8.25 and December
to 8.45 or 3 to 4 points above yes-
terday’s close. Later prices eased
off 3 points on a rather bearish pri-
vate crop report showing condition
73.8 per cent or normal Indicating
a crop of 14.150.000 bales. Trading
was vctv limited as operators were
disposed to wait for the government
repo t due Saturday.
Tile market eased off In the first
half of the morning on large pri-
vate crop estimates. The second esti-
mate appearing made the figure
14518.000 bales.
Under pressure of considerable
selling. October dropped to 8.12 and
December to 853. down 13 points
from the early highs and 9 points
under yesterday's close.
Later in the morning the market
rallied 8 to 9 points said to be due
to a report that the farm loan board
would sell % large amount of its cot-
ton to Germany on long credit
which caused shorts to cover. Some
traders however considered this re-!
port a bca ish influence.
At mid-session the market was
quiet and about steady. I
Juries of View To
Meet On Wednesday
Juries of view in both the
Brownsville and San Benito pre-
cincts will meet Wednesday morn-
ing for the purpose of clearing up
the right-of-way for the Military
highway.
The Brownsville Jury’ of view will
begin at the city limits and travel
over the highway to the end of the
precinct. All interested owmers
should be on hand to go over the
road in order to make suggestions
concerning their lands.
The San Benito Jury of view will1
begin at the east line of the pre-
cinct and travel to Hidalgo county. I
These two parties will get under
way at 9 a. m.
HIDALGO ASKS
BRIDGE CLOSE
(Special to The Herald)
EDINBURG. Aug. 4—The com-
missioners’ court here Monday aft-j
ernoon passed a resolution re-
! questing the federal government to
close international bridges at Rey- I
nosa and Rio Rico at 10 o’clock
. aach night.
The resolution was passed in the
form of a compromise after Willard
Ferguson of Mission advocated
bridge closing at 12 o’clock and
Judge E. C. Couch moved that the
government be asked to close them
at 6 o’clock each evening. E. L.
Calhoun of Pharr moved that the
resolution request closing at 10
i o’clock.
Brice Ferguson Hidalgo county
attorney was authorized by the
court to draw up the resolution and
send copies to Washington. Fer-
guson stated that the copies prob-
ably will be sent to the department
of labor and the department of in-
ternal revenue.
The resolution was adopted be-
cause of circulating rumors that
iVmbling will be reopened on bor-
der points.
Four Cases Called
Four cases were called in the
civil district court Monday with a
judgment being entered in one an-
other dismissed and two continued.
A Judgment for the plaintiff was
given in the case of G. C. Clark
et ux. vs. Herman J. Goctzke et al.
The divorce case of Mary Lovett vs.
Claude W. Lovett was dlsml-.sed at
the plaintiffs cost. The cases con-
tinued are A. C aude Sharp vs. W.
A. DeMnnge. et al foreclosure; and
Guy Morris vs. Sheriff W. F.
Brown et al. Injunction.
Youth Killed
McKINNEY. Aug. A Har-
. ^as Herron. 16. was killed last night
when the car in which he was rid-
ing with two friends collided with
a truck parked on the highway.
Funeral services were to be con-
ducted today:
One of Herron’s companions. Lynn
Scribner received a broken collar
bone.
Jury Selected
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 4—
With exceptional speed being made
in the selection of a jury it was
indicated taking of testimony may
start late today in the trial of
David H. Clark fo-mer deputy dis-
trict attorney charged with the
Murder of Herbert F. Spencer one
time newspaper man and editor of
a •crusading'’ magazine.
Calls Hoover’s Hand
NEW BEDFORD. Mass.. Aug. 4
CP*—William Green president of
the American federation of labor
today proposed that Pres. Hoover
either call a conference of econo-
mists in an effort to remedy em-
ployment conditions or admit “the
present economic structure of the
country- is an absolute failure.”
i
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The divorce suit of Mary Lov-
■ ett vs. Claude W. Lovett was £.16-
I missed at the plaintiffs cost in the
civil district court Monday.
A Foot Clinic Will be held at
306 State National bank building
Wednesday. August 5 nine till five
o'clock. Examination /’*ee. Call Dr
Amorette Bledsoe 1171 or Dr. H.
C. Sample 1502 for appoint-
ment. Adv.
Special frr limited time—Per-
manent wave including shampoo
and wave set. only $2.45. Shampoo
and wave set only 50-. State Bank
Beauty Shop phone 474 lor ap-
pointment. —adv.
We have a few vacant cottages.
Del Mar Inc. Adv. j
A sedan driven by Jose Martinez
and a truck driven by Rosendo
Ramirez collided at 16th and Mc-
Kinley streets Monday afternoon. 1
The truck was overturned but
neither of the men was injured.
INTENTIONS FILED
Oscar Sander La Fcria and
Carolina E. Pederson Waco; Fred
Mac t tig and Dora Maettlg. La
Feria; L. M. Maugham and Mary
Sue Pinkston. Rio Gmnde C.ty;
Charles Pradiey and Mae Rine-
hart Fort Brown.
Licenses Issued: William Bovd
Ewmg and Beatrice Goad. Harlin-
gen; Harry Leslie Klotz and Dixie
P. Wright Brownsville; Ralph
Wlest Taylor and Cali.e B Halil- •
burton. Harlingen.
CITY BRIEFS
WHAT A MAN!
* Before we were married you i
used to call me your angel.”
“Yes I remember.”
“Now you call me nothing.”
“That shows my self control."—
Vart Hem. Stockholm.
Jl’ST TOO LATE
“Well dad I just looked in to
say hello.”
“Too late my boy. Your mother
looked ia to say hello and got all
my change* j
THREE BLACKS1
ARE KILLED IN
POLICE FIGHT
CHICAGO. Aug. 4. </P>—Com-
munists were blamed by police to-
day for a brief but sanguinary riot
on Chicago’s south side in which
three negroes were slain and one i
was seriously wounded. Three
policemen who helped put down
the disorder were injured. Several
score of the participants were ar-
rested. Three were said by police
to have been ringleaders.
Immediate steps were taken by
officials including Mayor Anton J.
Cermak and Counsel William H.
Sexton to prevent a repetition of
the disorder which began late yes-
terday afternoon when several
hundred negroes started a demon-
stration in protest against the
eviction of a negro family for non-
payment of rent.
Negroes Gather
A crowd of negroes estimated by-
police at 1000. gathered and shout-
ed defiance as two court bailiffs
started to move to the street the
household furnishings of Mrs.
Diana Gross from a flat at Dear-
born and 50th streets.
Frightened the bailiffs tele-
phoned for police. Cries of “put
that furniture back” and “we want
something to eat” were heard and
some of the crowd started to put
the furniture back.
A patrol wagon manned by
Policeman Fred Graham a negro.
Martin Ernst and John McFaddcn
arrived but the trio was quickly-
surrounded by the rioters many of
whom were armed with knives
clubs and pistols. Ernest suffered
a skull fracture. His companions
were cut. W'hen the reserves in-
cluding Sergeant Henry Lyons
came to their aid a negro pulled
Lyons’ pistol from his holster and
threatened to shoot. As he did so
Policeman William Jordan fired
and the negro fell dead.
Black Shot Down
A few minutes later Lyons who
had recovered his pistol paid his
debt to Jordan by killing a negro
who was firing at Jordan from a
nearby doorway.
The manner of the third man's
death could not be learned.
Mayor Cermak ordered a confer-
ence of police officials his cabinet
and leaders of the negro race at
which It was agreed that there was
no antagonism between the races
and that the trouble was due sole-
ly to communistic propaganda. The
arrest of Lovett Fortwhiteman a
negro and former student In a
i soviet school In Pussia was asked.
Meanwhile it was also agreed that
A1 Horan bailiff of the municinal
court hold up all eviction orders
for the present.
HIGHWAY WORK '
CASES CALLED
I
SAN BENITO. Aug. 4.—Warrants
have been served on a number of
residents of Valencia Park. San
Benito subdivision just outside the
city limits for refusing to work on
the roads and a concerted fight
against enforcement of this law *n
the subdivision is expected to be
made when the case comes up in
the Justice of peace court of L.
M. Valdetero Wednesday morning.
Warrants were sworn out against
J T. Hargrove R. T. Collins. W. (3.1
Mathes. S. P. and A R. Herrington
and Jack Elliott.
The warrants were made out at
the request of Pete Lawton named
overseer for the precinct in which
the subdivision is located. A number
of those charged are planning to
fight the case and have retained
attorneys for this purpose.
None of the Valencia Park streets
lead into any of the roads maintain-
ed by the precinct.
Under the law those living within
the confines of a road district must
either appear in person when called
or send a suitable substitute or pay
$5. Three day’s work a year are re-
quired.
The work done Is In the nature of a
cleanup weeds and other objects be-
ing removed from the road which
enters the Brownsville highway just
at the east city limits.
Valley Products
Usage Is Urged
(By Staff Correspondent*
SAN BENITO. Aug. 4.-P;acing
of circulars in bank statements and
other commercial statements urg-
ing the use of Valley products was
urged at a meeting of the San
Benito Chamber of Commerce di-
rectors Monday night.
These circulars would particular-
ly stress Valley potatoes and can-
ned goods. It was pointed out be-
fore the gathering that outside po-1
uvtoes are coming into the Valley
markets.
SURPRISED
A number of our sub-
scribers and readers who
read these columns today
will probably be agreeably
surprised at FINDING
their names listed here
today.
If your name is includ-
ed call at Herald for guest
ticket. Good for either of
these attractions at the
Capitol:
Tuea-Wed.: “Women Love
Once” with Paul Lukas
Thom.: Kay Frances in
"Transgression”
r ▼.v-v ▼ ▼ V'V ▼ t ▼ *
Yegg Steals Guns
Machine From Cops
DALLAS Aug. 4. —Motor-
cycle Policeman J. W. Outtinger
and C. W. Holder today found
themselves without firearms and
with only one motorcycle be-
tween them as the result of a
meeting with a suspicious-look*
ing stranger last night.
Encountering a pedestrian who
was carrying a bag the officers
stopped to question him. Holder
stood guard while Outtinger
questioned the n%\ Outtinger
then directed the stranger to
open the mysterious bag he car-
ried. The stranger complied and
extracted a pistol which he
trained on his Interrogators. He
forced the officers to surrender
their pistols punctured the tires
of one motorcycle and escaped
on the other.
AAA A A A A A
Murray Weaker
BETHANY Okla Aug. 4.
U. D. T. Murray 91 year old father
of Governor Murray who has been
critically 111 of Influenza suffered
a relapse late yesterday his physi-
cian said. Today he was reported
considerably weakened.
$16000 SUIT IS
FILED BY GIRL
EDINBURQ Aug. 4 —$16000 dam-
ages are asked by Esther Espinosa
13-year-old girl in a suit against
a Weslaco man filed Monday after-
noon in the 93rd district court. As
the girl is a minor the suit is
brought through her guardian Abel
Menchoca her stepfather.
$11000 actual and $5000 exem-
plary damages are sought in alleged
criminal assault on the night ol
August 6. 1930 when the girl was
employed as rervant and nursemaid
The petttion also alleges that
the man threatened to kill the girl
should she cry for help and that
he forced a handkerchief into her
mouth.
The petition alleges the girl gave
birth to a child May 6.
AIR-: IVDED FAMILY
PHILADELPHIA—No one can sa\
the Frederick Kleis family of Phlla
delphia isn’t air-minded. Papa Kiel!
recently purchased an airplane and
now he two sons two daughters and
[ a brother-in-law are learning to flj
it.
San Benito School
Furniture Arrives
(By Staff Correspondent)
SAN BENITO. Aug. 4.—Furniture
has arrived for the new high school
and will be Installed In time for
opening of school Monday Sept. 7.
The furniture will be installed
under supervision of Supt. T. J. Yoe
who has been In Boulder. Colo. at
a summer session of the University
of Colorado.
The cafeteria will be used next
session for the first time as such.
Last year it was used for classrooms
while the Junior high building was
being razed and the senior high
Duilding was under construction.
State Club Re-Union
Fair Dates Are Set
fBy Staff Correspondent.)
HARLINGEN. Aug. 4.—A com-
mittee composed of Dr. J. D. Car-
roll and N. I. Koppel of Harlin-
gen and W. T. Curtis of San
Benito was named at a meeting of
state club officers last week to fix
reunion dates for various state
clubs at the Valley Mid-Winter fair
in November.
The Texas club of which Mr.
Curtis is president will be the host
organization and maintain a regis-
tration booth for all the states.
Booze Runners Flee
(By Staff Correspondent)
HARLINGE" Aug. 4— An ex-
change of pistol shots was had
when Deputy Constable Daniel
Hinojosa and special deputies ly-
ing In wait in a Mcxiquito alley
were spied by their quarry early
Sunday morning.
The pursued dropped two five-
gallon cans of mescal one of which
was hit by a bullet and a number
of pint bottles of the liquor.
Pastor Poisoned
SAN ANTONIO. Aug. 4. —(/pv_
The Rev. I. E. Gates pastor of the
First Baptist church who Is ill of
ptomaine poisoning was reported
still in a serious condition today.
He was brought from the church
encampment at Alpine yesterday
after he was stricken suddenly.
CISNEROS' DRUG STORE
BEN BERNIE
and his Orchestra
on the
Blue Ribbon
Malt Program
TONIGHT
Central
Standard Time
KRLD-KTSA
Announcing the
OPENING
OF ERNIE STEPHENS’ NEW
Legion Sports Arena
Brownsville Thursday Aug. 6th
8:30 p. M.
The Finest Sports Arena In the South!
PRESENTING
HUGH NICHOLS
World’s Light Heavyweight Champion
-VS.-
RED LYONS
Challenger
Nichols internationally recognized by the National Boxing Ass’n as the light heavyweight
champion of the world meets the leading challenger with his title at stake.
THE FIRST AUTHENTIC WORLDS CHAMPION EVER TO APPEAR IN
BROWNSVILLE
Best Two Falls Out of Three — Two Hour Time Limit
Charley
LEAHMAN
The St. Louis Dutchman
Young
STECHER
I
Vs.
Vs.
Pat
O’BRIEN
The Wild Irishman
Jack
PIERCE
nri r* i 1 ri t
- I Iltr LwlUl BUU 1
ONE OTHER FAST BOUT
All Headliners in Today’s Greatest Sport!
With the opening of the Legion Sports Arena Brownsville now has the
greatest arena of its kind in the South a structure that would do credit to a
city many times the size of this. At the grand opening Thursday night you
will see some of the outstanding mat men of today in addition to Hugh
Nichols internationally recognized as the world’s light heavyweight champ-
ion. You will get thrill after thrill in a cool comfortable arena seating
over 5000 people. Plan to come Thursday night-—you will have the time of
your life watching the sport that is the most popular in America today.
GET TICKETS FROM ANY LEGIONAIRE!
MY POLICY--“Your Money’s Worth or Your Money Back”
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