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*SI AVERS OF*EHIDALGO MANCIVEN DEATHCanuto Sylva and Gua-jado Zamora Convicted in Meyer RedmanCase at EdinburgIe* in! to The Herald lI ElilKJlU Rc;# Tcaas, Apt it anuto jhylv; i end Gltnjaio chargedwith robberv h% firearms of Meyer Red iman, traveling salesman, in Hidm****eoiinty la it August, were found trulby the jury w hich returned it s verdictrlate M*ukU|, jifjri the penalty fix*wdeath.IThis is on** of the few death sc*utcn«»*s ever handl'd lt;»u^ in the courts of II dalgo . county. Notice of a open I has been give*, j by the defense counsel.Trial of the ease staiteJ Mondaymorning, and was concluded MondavLafternoon, the jury being out onl a' short tune, before it brought in a ver-1dietTestimony introduced in court inrlud■ ed the confessions of the two men, seft 1 cured .»«*on after the death of Ucdman.- It ve an rcvrahH that Meyer Krlman was•'a traveling salesman, er peddler, andlthat Zamora was his interpreter and driver* Zamora arid Sylva met and later carried out the art tor which they werej tfwtaii^. Redman kiifcd, and j! wired to the w heel of the ear, which w as I1 I then dliven into the l! o (iranrfr. whereJit wus found the following September# ‘ | Zamora nod Sylva signed confessionswhen arrested.| Henry Redman, of Houston, brotherof the slain man, was active in workingOH the case from the time of his brother's disappearance until ih** conclusionof the frin! in Edinburg. He test fiedj for the state* along with Alfred Baker, Jim Jetton, George Jinnett, Sergeant j Eight Town see. t of the ranger force, andMry Meyer Redman, wife of the slainI man. 1Thomas If. Sanders, young liousto* attorney, was special prosecution in the j cure, being employed t*y the brother of* I the deceased. Vt. J. Minter, Edinburg| attorney* defended the two men*The trial attracted much attentioni here and if? other parts of Hldnlgo conn-| ty. After the disappearance of Redman,^ | on Augu** 1*1 of last year, a continuedsearch failed to reveal hi* whereabouts.Zamora, who was known to be his in* j terpreter, mtd who traveled with him,was arrested, and luted a confessioni • secured, the automobile being found in► ; the river some time later. The bodyST* s.was never found.
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Brownsville Evening Herald
Brownsville, Texas, US
Wed, Apr 15, 1925
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