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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1925
Page
2
The trial recounts a confrontation near the poll where Culpepper and Lubbock exchanged blows and Culpepper was shot. Witnesses describe Lubbock's advance, the gunfire, and Livingston's actions to seize the weapon. Defense prosecutors clash with cross examination as testimony continues and more witnesses are sworn.
Deputies guard the Sith district court as crowds fill the room for the murder trial of Jim Lubbock in the case against J. L. Culpepner. Judge Ben Fisk sits behind the defendant, hand on his shoulder, amid repeated sessions that draw historic interest and guard against disturbances.
Witnesses describe a confrontation at a polling place where Lubbock was allegedly struck and beaten while on the ground. defense says he did not fire until after being assaulted. Thurman Barrett, a leading figure in the election, testified Lubbock cursed and struck, and a bystander said Lubbock fired after being kicked. Oscar Ink recounted Knight’s curses and the sequence, while defense sought to impeach witnesses at trial’s close.
In Florence on May 14 a band of twenty robbers associated with Searcelli and Nenchin faced trial in the Assize court. Leader Oscar Searcelli fled during procedures after a clash with carabinieri in Certaldo and lost a thumb in the fight. The gang, long active in Tuscany, carried out kidnappings and murders including the alleged killing of Fascist leader Filippi of San Vivaldo. Their capture followed a large police mobilization.
In New Orleans on May 14 a sword once belonging to a Union officer will be returned to the North by the Grand Army of the Republic delegation. The plan includes returning the battle flag of the Tenth Louisiana Infantry. Colonel Edward Colburn, who captured the sword, is long dead and surviving 1892 soldiers are not known to the South.
Boston March 14 Beck Hall one of Harvard's historic dormitories will not be torn down as planned. The two sons of New York financier Charles C. Stillman will graduate before demolition, with both set to occupy the same suite their father used when he was a student.
Lady Smith Wisconsin May 14 surveyor Thomas Leth and his wife Gerda Pearson were severely injured when a partridge slammed into their windshield. The bird, blinded by headlights, shattered the car’s glass and caused the wreck.
Spectators tighten around the thirty-seventh district court as the Jim Lubbock trial continues. Family ties and memory of a past tragedy loom over jurors and spectators, with Culpepper’s grief and Lubbock’s focused silence shaping a tense courtroom drama.
A judge famed for composure and fairness oversees the Jim Lubbock trial in the Thirty-seventh District Court. Judge W. S. Anderson maintains order with a calm, humorous restraint as lawyers argue, weighing points to ensure impartial rulings and ultimate verdicts.
Federal court jurors heard a light moment as Frank Smith, charged with liquor law violations, refused Judge DuVal West’s offer of legal counsel and chose to defend himself. He was later sentenced to a year and a day in Leavenworth. Smith also questioned jurors about birth, nativity, and Ku Klux Klan ties, and was arrested amid a still and liquor seizure in the city. During the trial a detective was shot in the heel while guarding the cache.
May Martin of East Orange files for divorce in chancery court Newark citing a dispute over sharing a bathtub during the honeymoon costs. William J. Martin of Ridgewood denies the accusation of desertion while both sides accuse the other of fault. A separate note announces George Kegat, a druggist for sixteen years at 126-128 Military Plaza, has moved across the street to the corner of Southphere and Military Plaza with the same phones and service.
Applications for the border patrol inspector post along the Mexican border are open until June 13. Ex service men may apply and must meet minimum experience in law enforcement or military police roles, with several specific experience options listed. Examinations will be held soon after June 13.
Mrs. B. F. Morris, local chairman of the Better Homes campaign, asks San Antonio women to tour homes opened by real estate agents. Several houses feature luxurious furnishings valued up to $10,000 and invite visitors to study textures, colors, draping, and room layouts.
The Bible Discussion Class at the Y.M.C.A. meets Friday night at 6730 o'clock with Rev. J. Stuart Pearce of Beacon Hill Presbyterian Church teaching. About 24 young men, many dorm residents, attend the weekly session to discuss how Christians should resemble Christ.
Andrea Ciscernos entered a guilty plea in equity criminal court to theft and was fined five dollars and sentenced to ten days in jail on Thursday. He was charged with stealing an automobile tire tube and rim from F. Malone.
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