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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1909
Page
18
United Press reports in Fainburgh that the Stirling divorce hearing remains unfinished after a prolonged session with closing arguments adjourned. Counsel for Lord Northland contends there is no reliable evidence of misconduct, with proceedings likely to conclude by noon Monday.
The jury in the John Jogeps murder case against Lucian White head at Liberty Hill could not reach a verdict and was discharged. The report notes the case proceeding to trial, with the date February 13 recorded by The Light of Georgetown Texas.
A forthcoming Light series will publish statements by one who knows about Texas convict farms. The first article, dated February 17, will recount brutal guards, mid night chases, and misery in coal mines and farms, detailing life under harsh conditions and the penal system. The author, a former inmate, promises vivid, Hugo Balzac worthy passages about fourteen years of suffering.
A biographical sketch profiles Judge Edward Dwyer born in the old Dwyer homestead near the San Antonio courthouse. Since 1904 he has presided over the Thirty seventh district court, and he is praised for his criminal law expertise and fondness for horses.
New Orleans reports Governor Noel condemns mob actions and calls for military resistance to uphold the law after the lynching of Rot Baskin in Houston, Mississippi. He praises the Cohimmons verdict on C. R. Smith for E. A. Laurent's murder and notes racial population tensions in the county.
A fragment quotes a speaker arguing that wealth power and status bias jurors against convicting Smith. The text cites confidence in jurymen yet questions perceived fate and the jury's verdicts. The fragment ends with the name Frank W. Charch and an address at 112 West Commerce.
Patrick O Hara posted placards in City Hall after orders from the chief executive to curb spitting and wall defacement. Careless visitors littered floors and walls with excremental poetry, prompting painting to restore the building’s appearance and warning passersby.
Four indictments were returned by the grand jury and four individuals were taken into custody. Wilbert Vochell is charged with bigamy, John Free and Allan John Frigell with attempted criminal assault, Lloyd Dorsey with burglary, and Peter Tdeb with fraudulent disposal of mortgaged property. The list covers most of the 14 indictments. others remain unreturned. Z WL. Jones of Monterey, Mexico, is staying at the Southern hotel.
Pieetion officers for the year were appointed by the commissioners’ court in Bexar County after an attorney general’s ruling. The list names presiding judges and members for numerous precincts in San Antonio, detailing assignments from Precinct 1 through 42 with multiple officials per precinct.
An advertisement touts a fat reduction product promising one pound lost per day. It lists pricing and trial offers, with distributors and addresses in Rengo Illinois Detroit San Antonio and Houston stating mail order and local availability from various sellers.
The record notes burial permits for Robert King Keahey age 35 who died February 13 in Santa Rosa and Petra Martines age 26 who died February 127 in San Fernando, with interment at Kainna Texas and San Fernando cemetery. W Robinson age 16 died February 12 of tuberculosis at 812 North Colorado, with interment details provided.
Special to The Light. Tackhart Texas February 18 Richard Miller a negro aged 40 was killed here this afternoon by a white man. The negro was struck on the head with a wagon spoke and died almost instantly. Toward W Peck of Fort Worth was in the city yesterday. A T Burnett & Go undertakers.
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