OZANE MATTE & DAVID BREWER ARRESTED AT MERMENTAU

Crowley Signal November 1, 1902

They were arrested Sunday, and brought to this city charged with horse stealing.  The arrest was made under an indictment by the grand jury and the name of the informant is not known.  The accused claim they did not steal the horse, but that it was a stray animal which was taken up by them, duly advertised and sold by the Justice of the Peace, and that they became the purchasers.  A peculiar feature of the case is that the accused never learned who informed against them.