The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-01-21
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The criminal court, Judge Hare, pre-
siding, took ~ the above pase yeslfl'
day aeplrding 10 appointment, at half
past Que n'plppk, The aflernnon was
speut Ia empaHuelling u jury Aller
eAhnualing the Yenlre aHd The usual
number of challenges by the district
attorney aud counsel lpr the delenfr,
tho following named gentlemen were
accepted and sworn
| 4 n. Blnwett, W, H. hrll,
| biran bpWiph, q, u, hlygni
| John iiail Iphn Laws
| i, Mrflfbt nNtli lNhlfN
| u N. himnpnH, James hmmsl
| Edward q, hmllh, b' y, FlemAn'
The jury having been sworn, the prls'
oner = 30 to his feet and listened 10 the
indictment, whl2h was read ny District
Attorney Bower Ia elear and I'M
presslye tone, Stripped Of lIs yerblage
aud legal leohnleulilies, II charged D.
T., HOrbaeh with the killing Of II, X,
Thomas, by shooting him with u pistol
Oh New Years eve, with malice aiore'
thought The prisoner In u firm voice,
plead "not guilty. aud resumed his
seat,
lie II u man Of apparently my
years Of age, dark hair, large full eyes
aqulline features aad long beard,
slightly tinged with gray on the chin
lie IN native OF WesImoreland
county, Penn6ylyaniai served during
the war In the army Of Tennessee un'
der General Bragg by occupation ho'
tel keeper, having been proprietor OF
the largest hotels In Charleston,
South Carolina aud Memphis, l'ennes'
see, both prior aud since the war, He h
quite large man, welgha upwards of
two hundred pounds, inollnlDg 10 cor
pulcncy,and bears every appearance OF
one who has tasted all the bltterS and
sweets Of life and sounded all lis
depths and shadows, lle was dressed
IN black, aud his wife and daughter,
Miss Alice llorbaGh, were seated by
his side,
"Llltc the lvy around the OAK,
Ulnglng closest Ia the slorn,"
The following witnesses were sum
m0ned for the state; II, i. Wilson,
$, Ii, Shock, j. @. Bogel, Frank Duck
worth, Il. II. Falsely, NJ. d., j. IL. Ry-
an, deputy city marhal, James r..
BOrklcy, sheriff Of Dallas county.
For the delonse-,John Norton, w.
=. Hughes, s. IL. Shock, w, &, Gallo
way, Luke Dunn, Thomas Whitaker,
W. II. Croslcr II. =. Wilson, Charles
eagle, d. IL, Fegger, w, II. Stewart; j.
i. Hogan, w. J.. Cabell
A subpoena was also issued for Gen
eral 5rngg's appearance and returned
with the following endorsement;
Received this writ January 18th, 1879,
aud l executed the same the 10th day
Of January, 1875, by reading same To
the within named witness, General
BraXton Bragg, In person, In the couil'
~ OF Galveston.
JOSEPH Atkins,
Sheriff, Galveston county, per Joseph
a. Owens, deputy.
General Bragg however, will probably
not appear at the trial The witnesses
were then sworn and cautioned by
Judge Hare not to converse with any
one as TO the case pending trial nor to
listen TO any conversation concerning
it and. were dismissed, having each Civ.
Ell their personal recognizance in the
sum of two hundred dollars to appear
this morning Mt nine o'clock, when
the trial will he resumed, The counse
for the defence are, General j. j. Coco
and u. II. Coombes, j. j. Brooks an(
| Robert Cowart. For the prosecution
j, G. Eblen, Esq, whose somewhat
, lengthy communication found place
in the columns of the HERALD day he.
fore yesterday, will assist District AT
torney Ed. Bower.
The court room was crowded almost
to sutiocation, and the deepest Interest
was manifested by the audience in tn,
selection of jury and the other pre-
liminaries to the trial, which bids fail
to become a cause cele6re. THE HER
AID will endeavor to give its reader.
an impartial account of the trial from
day to day until its conclusion.
DIR. Burke.