Brenham Daily Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 5, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 1, 1924 Page: 1 of 4
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ivlatives..
BURTON
Washington, April
and
concerning the false items charged.'and that he had not signed the war- that he did not work six days at (2
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Schmidt, t..w y
istorPitf crfM ^rtnW * y • Aprn x"
nectton with the killing of
stable
Goldberg, farmer. Burton.
Chat, Hinse, farmer. Bnrtdn. Hi- county •«
worked for defendant
Turner, stockman, Burton.
Bredt trauer, farmer, Bur-
President J. U Neu of Blinn Col-
lege is in receipt of the following
imprisonment. .
Troops and Special police kept
Burnes
it was and that he then got
~ >1 Tom Summers, (col), credited on
He also psy roll with six days at >2.50 per
broke up all gatherings of two or
more, fearful of a nationalist demon-
stration. Word that General Ludan-
dopff had been freed was received
with enthusiasm. , A
Education;
Mr. 4. L. Neu. ’
part of her long life in Washington
County. . She is survived by three
per day for Dr. Burnes; that he had
neter worked for Dr? Burnes and
. his
'work. On. cross examination witness
a number of other hands work-
?v-x*
AT BUNN WILL
\ OPHtjunt^in
amounts to Mr. Burnes, the check being en-Jor as “Frit*.*’ He testified that he
•*—.. . ... - . ... overtime pay,
I i
The warrant was but never as'much as 212 a week
for overtime, that being the amount
Miss Sophie Heine, County Tress- on the payroll credited to Theo, and
----- .—beeu’to f. Hubert, each. He testified that
A message from Chappell Hill
states that the ferry Mr now open
(or traffic and that the roads are in
passable condition. This wljl bj> good
■news to motorists.
, Adair;
Dr. 'that Mr. Adair paid him at the barn
bailment was "by borrowing1
"for hire/’ the ’ defendant thereby *W. Hubert, colored, was called as a
• not being advised of the offense witness for the State, and testified
charged against him; that the in-jthat he had never v worked for Dr.
dictment does not set out the details Burns* or for Washington county,
such as names, amounts paid for rant?nor the check, and had not au-
labor, etc.; because the indictment thbrised Mr. Burnes to
charges theft, swindling and appro- name thereto. L,
’ M,*, ,/~r 2.’..^" t . ■
Negro Killed
A strange negro giving his
Bellville High School, Primary Me-
thods and Relent®; W. A. Tates
Agricultural Expert and. Demonstra-
tion Agent, for Washington County,
Agriculture.
This normal has the endorsements
of the superintendent* of Washing-
ton and adjoining counties Those
endorsements together with the spe-
cial advantage offered by the BHan
Summer Normal should assure for
the normal a large attendance. A
bulletin setting forth those advan-
tages and the r»'** tuition and
was selected from this number, as
follows:
Wm. Dallmeyer, merchant, Bur-
ton.
R. H.
' Henry
ton.
< Henry
Rt. 1.
addition to the one mention- January; that Dr. Burnes had never
Igvaid him anything for work on the
The next witness was also named‘road, but that he drove Dr. Burn*
a colored man who testi- team and was paid hr -Mr. Adair;
winy ttt ui me regular p»n«» “k ■ ” • *>«— ■- -* Lvivr™ " .. u
. • . L , Ko worked for Dr. that Mr. Adair paid him at the barn
36 jurors were present, but a jury fled that he had worked
'Burnes, that he had worked as much near the Central depot. On cross ex-
las seven days a week, but did not amination by Mr. Mathie witness
'know if he had worked In the month|stated that b* name was B. Jon-
of February last, and did not know and not George Jones,
how much he had worked during the| Tom Summers, (col).
week ending February 9th.
Fort Worth, Texas, April 1—Ev-
ery teacher of the Burton schools,
near Brenham, is a member of the
Texas State Teachers association and
has paid duos
was rpade to ^#9^.
the ’ association by
bert Fricke of Burton.
The list of teachers at Burton is’letters from per
ar ioi rows: k»6ert Fricke;-MissI
ise Heise, Miss Clemntte Durham, 'tlnn of
and Miss Corinna Rroeache. Tb> gs today were |M
school has always been one of the^ate poBtOfHce co
earliest 204 - all of its teuehing >
force active members of the nssoeia- R Puge, advisor to
tlon. v 11
President (J. O. Clough of the1
tnd H. E. Kahn, attorneys of Hous-(eheck, etc., were offered in evidence '^*~*~^^~*«*^**-«v*
• ton. In lek*1 parlance "the theory by the State. The evidence showed .Hubert who tee titled that ho
of the defense” ha* been only slight- 'that the payroll was si
as agent for-the other Coihmlsslon- valid part, that she just issued the
era *as such Commissioners,” coun-' check in accordance with the war-
eel arguing that the agency wag rant presented to her, requiring the
merely for individuals "as members defendant to endorse it;~ that W-
of the Commissioners Court”; that Hubert was not present at the time,
the charge of theft by bailee waa | The payroll signed by Mr. Burnes
defective lis the indictment because contains the name of W. 1-------
The motion to quash wps argued'another colored ryyft living in Biren-^hal^,
st length by Mr. Kahn.
^.to quash,the todto** ?-£
ruled, judge Alexander'**
that the facta and the l»w were so witness testified that he did
inseparably intermingled that it know of any c._-
’ hard to separate them, and that the the county named Wyor Waiter Hu-
tense would have an opportunity bert, in *“ “““ ““ '
urge a demurrer at the conclu- ed.
eion of the case.
Only 26 of the regular panel of W. Hubert, a
put to work for the promotion of
’ , , ' . , . ths Inspection of all
such advance* in public school edu- -
- . . ... . changed between R. B
cation as the leaders may decide not'd,
• publican national <ow
PT^° T l* » li a I Texan, George Hill, his attorney and
There is a keen interest In the ed-
ucational survyf that Is now being, lan<i ’’’’"'P*"1**-
made by the State, and the leaders' .-4
are looking to the survey commU- ln*PeLt nK •
aion for some interesting data in n ''•,|W'’0U bin family <*r C*a
few weeks. When the data is avail- - m-sag- between him
able, the leaders will launch a cam- Cro***r’ '
psign to see that all of the people' Cha1'
are acquainted with the facta, so that Mohcm ordered the me-ages P
there may be a keener Inerest In the,committee seal untd
proposals of the commission.
Felder of Fort Worth. She w« a
sister of the late Mrs. Ula Nichol-
son and B. K. felder. Her husband
passed away many years ago.
Mrs. Felder was a member of one
of the prominent old families of thia
section, and leaves numerous rela-
tives and warm friends to mourn her
death.
The summbr normal, and
nectton . with it the Blinn rammer
school, will lM>gln on June
continue until Aug. 2, to be follow-
ed by the examinations for certifi-
cates Aug. 4-7.
For the' summer normal Pr—-
Neu has secured the following ex-
perienced .and efficient faculty: Mr-
Arthur Niebuhr. Blinn Memorial
College, conductor, of the normal,
mathematloa; Mr. C. V, Schmidt,
j^llnn Memorial College. Hli
Civies; Mrs. Nettle Eat— Fischer,
Brenham JHgh and
not authorised Dr. Burn— to sign and on wages one day; that ho had
1, On cross examln- not worked six days in February. He
I he had worked
H. A. Becker, truckgrower, Bren-‘overtime for Dr. Bum" at from1 two
ham.
Edgar Matchett, auto agent, Bren-
ptf ATE VS. vZ 7: WtNMS:
Owing to H* dr**1 internet maul- court, and documents pertaining to
^‘•Asted by the public in the trial of the case, the defense interposing pu-
County Commissioner W. J. Burnes, merous objections to the t—timony
* M evidenced by the unprecedented of this witness as also to other wit-
i crowds in attendance, th® Banner- nesses who testified later. Mr. Mor-
Pres- has undertaken to give a very gan identified' the payroll promoted
I mad*n*ed report of the proceedings, by Mr. Burnes, and testified that the
The State |S represented by B. W. warrant* was tuned from his office.
Mayfteld^^-si- Atty., and by W. W. Miss Bertha Wigand, deputy county
I geawy dBbrenham; the defendant clerk, later testified that she Issued
■ be.ng represented by W. J. Embrey the warrant. The orders of the court,
of Brftiham, and by J. M. Mathis payroll, warrant, County Treasurer’*
FACTOR RRFUKEB GIFT j.
FfUkM HOODED VIHIWIIM
Jonas Inman, paster of ‘the Metho- ’
dist chureh in this' village, refused j
• mono*
night from White robed and hooded
men who entered the church while |
the minister was preaching bis fe
well sermon, in explaining his j
tlon today, he aaid be had
to accept any favors from
who went about in disgui
Mr. dear Mr. Itae:
I take pleasure in giving official
recognition to the summer normal
to be held at Blinn Memorial Col-
lege. I wish you every success In
this undertaking.'
Sincerely yours,
8. M. N. Marrs, .
State Superintendent.
in con-
not on payroll >12, testified he worked
other colored man in three days on tt|o road, but could not
remember whether in February or
I sign his
Upbn cross examine- 'received as much as |1S. for
ey; that there Is no allegation in the'any part of the claim was not valid; |WM sometimes called 'Buckshot."
indictment that Bumes was acting that she did not consent to the In- (Th« payroll credits "Buckshot" with
|12. The w.tribss testified that he
had never worked on the- public road
or anywhere els® for Dr. Burnes;
that he had not worked at ail for
Dr. Burnes during the week ending
February Sth; that he did not know
Hubert, anybody else by his name. On cross
it fails to state the essential ele- showing that he worked seven days examination witnesssaid ue had
meats of 4he offense, whether the fOr the week ending February 9th worked for Heber Slone while Heber
or 1924, at |2.50 per day, total $ 17.60. tStone was workikng for Dr. Burnes.
Robert Armstead, (col.) credited
on payroll six days work tp/Feb. 9th,
|12, testified that he had worked on
the public road one day last month;
R. A. Fuchs, farmer. Burton.
Monroe Eckermann. farmer. Bur- his name thereto
ton, Rt. 2. latlon be testified
I________rw 1
Ito four bits an
priatioh of money all In one count, tion it was developed that there waa
' __ . I . ...__x nw>n- Said
The motion ham named W. Hubert, and that he ed the road,, ho could not give all
j^gjg^prttedri^*- qg
^rkfng afiOw^hn-a^ »•*
of the defense” h»* been only slight^ that th* payroll was slgad by Mr. also called Frit* Hubert. He teaU-
'ly dteclosed by tho proceedings, thus Burnes, and »that the waraunt and tied that he had worked on the road
far. jTreasurer’s check were issued in the'for Dr. Burnes In February, but
Ths taking of testimony began name of W. Hubert, et al. The 'could not remember if it wag for the
| Monday evening at 4:00 o’clock. W. check for the total amount of the week ending February 9th, as shown
J. Burnes, County Commissioner, is payroll, >214.15, was paid by Eugene by the payroll. He testified that he
charged by indictment with conver- Tiemann, the teller for the First did not get double pay, and said he
r »lon of county funds by false pre- National Bank, which is the depost-'did not know whether he collected
text, in submitting pay-rollv for la- tory for county funds, and y/as paid his pay in the name of "Theodore"
bor, etc., in excess of the »*-•---•>-- -v—». v_, I— — ».»
actually paid by him to various par-'dorsed on the back "W . Hubert,” 'sometimes received
’ ties, and in collecting the sum total/ W. J.-Burnes.” '
of the warrant issued by the coun* also similarly endorsed.
E' I
The State announced ready for uerer, testified that she had ( . . ,
V.aj /when court opened in the County Treasurer.«ince 1918; that he had never at any time drawn >12
morning. AU of the forenoon, how- 'on the'flth February 1924 a warrant jin both names for any one week .Qn
' swr, was consumed by counsel formas presented to her. Witness id. n- erttes exam inatien the witness-tettP
the State la conference with State tiffed the warrant and said ft had tied that numerous other hands
witnessed. After tlHt-a——- nra»«»uted to her by defendant, (Worked on the road and that- Dr.
defen o submitted^and argued a mb- not by W. Hubert; that she required (Burnes would pay the hands with-,
tlon to quash th« indictment, on th* defendant to endorse the warrant on out taking receipts; that sometimes
grounds that the Jury Commission- the back just as it is endorsed, "Wjhe received as much |5 a week for
era had not property certified the 'Hubert.” W. J. Burnes.” Witnert (overtime; that Dr. Burnes looked af-
Grandjury list, and that the funds' testified she than gave ’a check to Ter the men and work vqry regular-
Charged'to have been mtaapproprla-'defendant for 2214.15 payable to wltnera said that he cam
ted by defendant did not come into ^Hubert. Kt Al. drawn on the First ^fter his pay he told Mr.
poaseesion by virtue ot bis off ice' National Bank; that what ft and that h«
er the law; that he was not au- teen cashed by th®
t. She tea.p*«> money.
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Robertson, Ruby. Brenham Daily Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 5, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 1, 1924, newspaper, April 1, 1924; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1180623/m1/1/: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library.