The Daily Herald. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 173, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 2, 1913 Page: 1 of 4
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Washington,A ug. 2.—Secretary ot
State Bryan today vigorously asserted
that there was ho ground whatever
for thjfrprinted predictions that his re-
quest yesterday for $100,000 appropri-
ation to get destitute Americans out'
Of Mexico had any connection with
possible intervention.
COMMITTEE ASKS BRVAJf TO
OFFER NjflV TREATY.
By Associated press
Washington, Aug. 2.—The proposed
protocol in the Nicarauguan treaty,
for a protectorate by the United
States, as suggested by Secretary
Bryan, will he abandoned because of
adverse action in tbe Benate foreign
relations commiittee. The committee
today ask^d Bryan to offer , a .new
Nicaraguan treaty' limited strict# to
purposes of the canal route and naval
base concessions in that country.
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FORMER MEXICAN GOVER-
NOR IS ARRESTED.
J. D. ROBINSON SAYS NO ONE CON-
NECTED WITH OFFICE KILL-
ED MISS BROWN.
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By Associated Prese
New Orleans, La., Aug. 2.—Emanuel
” “ Castillo Brito, former governor ot the
e o c a s,^ for’erunner Qf state of Campeche, Mexico, was arrest-
8 It is accepted as ed today by ,ederal authoritleB char«-
ed with murder and robbery. The
charges were made by the Mexican
federal government. Brito admitted
he killed two Huerta soldiers during
the Madero overthrow. . He said they
tried to arest him and slapped him
Bryan's request
non-intervention,
the one Btep in administration plans
for dealing with Mexico.
It understood that President
Wilson believes the United States’
chief aim should be'the .protection of
lives and property of Americans in wjth their swords, whereupon ho1 shot
Mexico. The $100,000 will go far to- them
ward bringing out destitute Ameri-1 - ._ ^
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Imperiled. Mft NING INJURES THREE.
ARRESTED CHARGED WITH
BEING HUERTA SPY.
By Associated Press
Brownsville, Texas, Aug. 2.—R.
By Associated Press
Waco, Texas, Aug. 2.—The rainfall
near Mt. Calm, Texas, last night, wah
nearly five Inches. Wind did much
damage. Two sons of Mrs. Sam Nel-
Capt. Bill McDonald Ylsits Brown-
wood and Sherman—Writer of
Letter Unable to Give Aid.
Dallas, Texas, Aug. 2.—Excitement
was at white heat here at noon Fri-
day following the statement of Jeff
D. Robinson, uncle of Florence Brown,
that the man believed to be guilty of
her mysterious murder Monday will
be arrested almost any moment now.
Robinson, who has been in constant
conference with the police since his
return from a Colorado vacation,
Thursday morning made this state-
ment officially to the newspapers. The'
statement waa carefully censored by
Chief of sPolice Ryan and Chief of
Detectives Tanner before It was re-
leased.
Robinson declared that his theory
on the first meager Information that
the crime was committed coincides
with the police evidence in hand. He
says he is positive he knows the mo-
tive for the Bavage murder and he
says that no one in the office of Rob-
inson & Styron, real estate dealers at
110 Field street, where the murder
was committed, is connected with the
crime in any way. ’
Robinson’s Statement.
Robinson said in. part:
“I feel certain''that I know the mo-
tive of the crime. I had my own the-
ory as to who had killed^ Florence be-
fore I arrived in Dallas. I find that
most all of the evidence gathered by
the police coincides with my views.
We have established several good
clues and I feel absolutely certain
that an arrest will be made yitbln a
very shoit time. I wish to state'em-
phatically that I do^not believe that
anyone in the Robinson & Styron of-
fice had any connection with the mur-
der. Florence was surrounded by a
congenial office force who would have
died to protect her.
’‘The killing could not Ijave had
anything to do with the business of
the office. .The affairs of the concern
are in excellent shape.
“The grand Jury investigation has
proved that there is nothing to the
robbery theory. There was nothing
of any special value in the vault and
no evidence to show that it had been
tampered with.
“The girl’s personal affairs as. far
as’ finances are concerned are abso-
lutely all right I found her bank
book showing her savlngs*deposit un-
touched in her desk.
tate firm of Robinson & Styron, and
G. W. Swor, rental agent of the firm,
who discovered her murdered body.
- S. B. Cuthbertson, sales agent cf the
real estate firm, who drove Miss
Brown to the office in an automobile
the morning of her murder, complain-
ed tp the police Friday that private
detectives, working for the big re-
ward offered for Miss Brown’s slayer,
and without official authority, have
hpen annoying him. These detectives,
he said, were visiting his house day
and night and loitering in the neigh-
borhood. Cuthbertson was advised to
ask thq private detectives what they
wanted and to drive them away if
they could not explain their presence
at his house. He was told to disre-
gard any offensive questions they
might ask him.
Cuthbertson’s original statement to
the police has been followed up by h’s
volnutary offers to help the police in
any way possible.
BROTHER OF DEFENDANT SPEAKS
IN HIS BEHALF—FINDS NO
ERROR IN TRIAL.
Grove, a German citizen, who is a' son, at Delia, were knocked uncon-
traveling salesman out ot' Houston, iscious by lightning. A negro on the
was arrested in Matamoras charged Nelson place was knocked through
yith being a Huerta spy. la screen by lightning.
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One of the touching scenes experi-
enced in Judge Seay’s court was seen
when H. Baker, convicted Thursday
for killing his brother-in-law, R. R.
Pickering, on July 5, accepted his
sentence of twenty-five years. Attor-
ney J. S. Baker, brother of the defend-
ant, made a touching appeal to the
court in behalf of his brother. Tears
stained the eyes of representatives of
the county attorney’s office, of Judge
Seay and court attaches.
Baker’s statement to the court in
asking that his brother be sentenced
was gs follows:
“In behalf of my brother I want to
say this to. the court, that I believe
that my past record before this bar
has been that of a tireless worker in
behalf of my clients. I have nevfer
failed to do all that could be done
for those whom I represented. In do-
ing thiB 1 am not doing it because I
do not desire to put forth every effort
in behalf of my brother, but 1 am do-
ing it because, after consulting with
my co-council in the case we have de-
cided that this has been an errorless
trial; that there has been no material
error committed by this court hi the
trial of this case; that the court has
tried him fairly, honestly and consci-
entiously and showed to the attorneys
who represented him every courtesy
within bis power as a judge, so far as
tie did not do an injustice to tbe state
of Texas alike to that of the defend-
ant.
“The conviction in this case was
upon the testimony in the case. The
^Bhe never car- J court, of course, cannot Interfere with
hru- the verdict of the Jury as to the tes-
timony introduced at the trial. Tbe
jury bfis seen fit to believe the testi-
mony Introduced by the state In this
case, and upon such testimony has
found hifli guilty. We, of course, dc
not tfelieve him guilty. But we do be-
W8Hjlieve that the court of appeals would
■ reverse this case on the testimony
ried enough money to 'warrant a
tal murder and robbery.’’
Capt. Bill McDonald, United States
marshal, whp has-been working on
the case two days, visited Brown wood
and Sjierpian. tn Brownwood he
found the author of the love letters
turned over to the police by
Browp’s-. relatives.
This man, he reported to the police ■ alone after a Jury had decided upon
here, knows nothing that helps the
police in their investigation. He was 1
In Brownwood when informed of tb<-
murder atukdoes not know who could
nave murdered his friend.
Members of the ^rand jury made a
thorough inspection of the real estate
office where Miss Brown’s murdered
hody was found- They were aecoq*
panted by Chiefs Ryan and Tannef-
and by Robinson:
Arrest to be kept Secret.
It is practically admitted by the po-
lice tbat-the arrest of the suppose.!
murderer will b^kept secret as ton?"
as possible. Chief Ryan Friday dom-
ing was in communication with Chief
Montgomery of Fort Worth, but noth-
ing has been made public that indi-
cates the murderer Is in oostody in
Fort Worth or will be arrested there.
A mixture of saddened friends and
purely morbid sightseers, crowded the
McKinney Avenue Baptist church
Thursday afternoon during the' fun-
eral of the murdered girl. The unus-
ual spectacle of uniformed policemen
and a scattering of detectives through
out the crowd met sightseers’-eyes.
Miss Bfown sketched the plans err
the building and the recent remodel-
ing of ths church of which she was a
conspicuous member.
Among the pallbearers were W. J.
ot the real es-
the weight of the testimony and th<
credibility to be given to the witness
es. We can only hope, may it please
the court, that time will reveal the
truth in this case and that an Unseen
hand will prove that which we confi-
dently believe and which the defend-
ant knows, and that he will not hav<
to suffer unjustly for something f i
which be is not in fact guilty.
“It is painful indeed to me to have
to perform this duty this morning and
to 'see him go to the penitentiary and
be branded as a felon; but main
things comp up in our lives which we
cannot help.
“I now ask the court, in his behalf
that he be sentenced; and in bebal'
of him 1 desire to say that he thank:
the court for the consideration giver
him iiK,tbIs case and the rairness with
which this case has been conducted
by the court.
"And I want to state further, that
the defendant in this case believes
that bis conviction was based upon a
combination of circumstances which
the jury believed- But in charging
this be does not mean to charge to
the county attorney's office or to any-
one connected therewith anything
other than that of a fair and honest
prosecution. _
“And 1 want to say further, that
though he go to the penitentiary, that
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I am still his friend and that I shall
always believe that he went there in
the discharge of a duty that every
honst man owes to his home and to
his family.”
Reply of Defendant.
H. Baker, the defendant, said: “I
went to say to the court that I shall
take my sentence like a man and try
to conduct myself in the penitentiary
as I have conducted myself in the past
among my friends that know me.”
Judge Sesy’s Expression.
Judge Seay had the following to
say: “I would be less than human If
I did not appreciate, and appreciate
highly, the remarks made by counsel.
I do know that eo far, as I was able
to do it, I did try the defendant fairly
and honestly. I certainly thank you,
Mr. Baker, for the kind words used in
regard to the court under the circum-
stances, and I will again say, as on
yesterday, that ? am delighted with
the way the attorneys for the defend-
ant have conducted themselves in this
case and likewise the attorneys for the
state. They have been gentleman#
and courteous to each other and have
given the court no trouble whatever.
We are to be congratulated when the
attorneys In a case of this kind, where
so much feeling exists, have treater
each other and the court courteously
veloped hereafter. This is rather at
touching matter to me, and I don’t be-
lieve I will risk myBelf to say any-
thing else at this moment,”
AMBASSADOR WILSON HAS
HIS POCKET PICKED.
By Associated Press
New York, Aug. 2.—Ambassador'
Wilson had his pocket picked of bis
purse containing $128 in the Penn-
sylvania railroad station here but:
night. He was escorting two women
friends to the train and his puchcL
was picked in the jam at the gates.
Wilson does not believe It was file
work of any one searching him foe-
possible important papers.
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PRESIDENT WITHDRAWS
NOMINATION OF NEGRO.
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 2.—-President
Wilson today withdraw the nomina-
tion of Adam E. Patterson, the Okla-
homa negro, to be registrar of the
treasury, and nominated instead Gaty
E. Parker, a Choctaw Indian of Okla-
homa.
and gentlemanly throughout; ami J
will say to you, the defendant, thai
your brother has stated that the test!
>nony upon which the conviction for
murder was based he believes to b*
untrue, and you know it to be untrue
1 will say this. If it is untrue the court
certainly hopes this fact may be de
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GLASS-OWEN BILL WILL
GIVE BANKS A GAIN.
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 2.—Chairman Ow-
en of the Seaate Banking committee,
in a statement given to country bank-
ers today, said that the Glass-Ower*
currency ijill will give the average-
$100,000 bank a gain of about $3,00<k
per year over the present system.
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