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!CITY MACHINElesin-TALK UNTRUEfk-RUNYON SAYSeyCity Manager Denies'n ‘Jobs For Votes'lienr BROWNSVILLE — ( itvManager Robert Runyon.ar testifying in his $50,000 libely I suit against two Valley pub-€fK*.! denied ho had sent anvbodvvr SHFlishinjr companies, Saturday I'to offer Prudencio Hinojosaa citv job.' Runyon told a jury in 103rd District Court that an affidavit signed by Hinojosa, former city watch-te man. was “untrue.” He testified hehad not sent Alex Champion, city policeman and poundmaster. to seeHinojosa, and that he had not sentanybody else.“I never prom.i-cd anybody a job for a vote in my life.’* Runyon said1nRecess Is CalledThe Brownsville city manager was sull on the stand Saturday afternoon when Judge James S. Graham called a recess at the end of the second day of the trial. At that time he had been testifying for p an hour and 23 minutes on direct I#* examination bv one of his attor-l*1neys, R A Hightower. Associated n* with Hightower in Runyon's case yare Noble G. Cofer of Brownsville and R. F Cofer of Austin. *essiRunyon will take the stand again 5* Monday morning, when trial is re- au sumed, for cross-e:;amination by liRufus Ransomc and H. L. Yates. defense counsel. 8* j The c.ty manager was the 14th witness to appear Saturday. His testimony climaxed an eventful day in the suit, outgrowth of the April, 1938. schoolboard election. Fre-atlTt'tlquent clashes between opposing ** counsel and a sudden stop in the v proceedings when a half dozen witnesses could not be immediately c r located, punctuated the otherwise s‘ 5tead procession «*f plaintiff evi- ^ v dence and testimony.1! , Damages Are ClaimedRunyon contends he was damag-ed by certain material published ° ** in the Brownsville Herald and theb,c Sunday Star-Monitor-Herald, at a the height of the schoolboard clec-x tion. The defense maintains theRG^ matter published constituted fairHiwtcpiand just comment.The Hinojosa affidavit was trac- ^ I* ed from one person to another dur-** ing the day as witnesses revivedy the exciting election campaigns of h 1937 and 1938 A number of public d officials, former officials, and ex-'t candidates for public office were in ». the courtroom. In addition to trac-slt;bitl*thSicas ing the affidavit, the plaintiffscounsel completed what was termed “establishment of true ow'ner-lt;h:p“ of the publishing companies involved in the suit. I13P.eMany Are QuestionedBesides Runyon, the witnesses who appeared Saturday were:H R. Hudson. Brownsville.J. M. Stein. Brow nsville, editor of g, the Brownsville Heraldd;ocri-stRi^ Frank Walker, Browns\*ille. n, secretary of the two publishing $%1 companies in the suit, and employe jn of H. R Hudson.Antonio Tamayo Jr.. clerk in the office of the Brownsville Independent School District. haj j J. P. Maher, secretary of the ar Brownsville Independent School Fi District inRamon Munoz, Brownsville, no- 0f tary public before whom the Hino- St josa affidavit was executed.Alex Champion. Brownsville hf citv policeman and poundmaster. ofTa f Edcouch. defeated can- mi - diriate in the 1938 school election, i laeilt;►1 Cc ge Mansur, Brownsv'lle, p* 1 secretary of the Brownsville Hous- * r^ j 'C#«!fitt«*4l #»fi fiff !, i ml tl5 ! -..............—,ticin
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Valley Sunday Star-Monitor-Herald
Brownsville, Texas, US
Sun, Oct 15, 1939
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