The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-01-23

vito died about three years since, leave
ing two children; the children Rfe Sill
in johnson county llH came ~ Ma
yAiTp county a liuleO two years ago
aud AZ times followed his trade ~ u
carpenter and had q job AZ the water
tank AZ the time lac committed The
murder, A few weeks before the not,
a Mexican sold horse 10 Thompson,
which was stolen, and Thompson no.
Gused White Of The theft which he re-
secuted, aud told Thompson II lac accps-
pd him again he would slap hls jaw,
The accusation WIS repeated aud lulYi
good ~ his word, slapped Thompson
Jaws
Tom then said le would Kill me n !
was the last Niger In the world, Nh
Helburne told Tom 10 20 away ana let
me alone, then Went of myself, J
did not meet Tom again Ill Que nlpNt
about dark, with his Two little boys,
near The railroad where | Afterwards
shot him, ! walked on ~ him ten
steps and no called me, but ! would
not slop, lie kept calling ne ill |
stopped and asked him what lac
Npni'h iHNh "" W",N'" w " NV
win u ilsh bar ~ llls mana asked
him what he whs going 70 90 WIN " ,
lie SAID no was gong 70 uursl NY heau
open with II. ! told him all right a
woman coming up told Tom 10 lot ne
alone, turned round aud walked OIL
aud left him there curslng me,
In about u week from this time ]
Was digging "A well AT the water tank
ono llllt SCUM oI IorslGhha w heh :
qult WORK came 10 INC house hlu
rtoou mere hWl'lIp hnu "t Wv ho'iv
cleaner clo,hes' saSe w n'leolh ~
nelieNe ~ 80 uP ~ luWn ! uVn
TOM WIN tiiinN iln Wr'iu ~ hlnli
sure enough fhys W Luulsl 'u"'lVl
80 UP ~ town WIN me- speps ! ~
huye lVhsnhu whh' you lol uW''hvar,
ana illslehu ol lou" hpl'llR h7 u WV
hess, ne lerheu 'thles eVloeiep' oolhB
young ana sohry n a..
We came up the railroad TO me
transfer slaole, lheh we lell lhe r"'l'
rohd ana CROSSED over W th' llets,
where snol rom LOUIS sal GOWN ny
y lree ana ! was h'ahulhg up ny w.
Aiter WINE u uray ohhlo hlohs, a'lu
happened not 70 ne rom urhy' sun
! slaid lhere ana ~ u leW minutes
mere came rom ana Wlu i'oulh tlere
no was ana sprct ! would nave = Iuss
WIN MN LoliH jumped VI ahd SUD
"Rll rlghli lesSsh0ot NM ! says, al
rlghti dOhl Woht 20 XIII llinli w
Just shoot MN IN the legs 10 let MN
Know am not nlrnlu OF hlh'
! then shot NJ ms legs nut lhty say
my pullels went III pace 10 KIN hlM'
lheh turned round anu went nome,
LOUIS Went one way ana another. l
never heurd any more ABOUT II TN Mr.
Morse came down to the tank ana ar
rested me, lie TOOK me 10 the court
house ana turned me over TO Sherlll
Johnson lie put me III tlie olu JAN
stayed there week, then went
TO the Houston jail then
came BACK 10 my trlah J. never
had iair TRIAL. When received my
sentence never thought III be hung,
but now j Know WIZ be- J thmk II
Is mighty nara mat nave 10 be put
to denth because was persuaded by
other men, they SAID they had white
men To back me, but sun they
would not say who Ihese
men were, but ! can say three OF the
men that told me 10 10 me shooting,
& omit the names. Now they are gone
ANA am III jail To be hung. lps hard
that should Oe punished FOR what these
men persuaded mo to do, ANA they be
let alone. When asked to tell VINO
persuaded him to DO the deed he shed
bitter tears and his countenence eX-
presseds an anguish and pam that Is
understandable. 1T Is said ny some per-
sons that criminal intimacy had eX-
listed between Riley and Thompson's
wile, ana IL Is thought tllaV tnefe was
an UNDERSTANDING petween hlley ah9
lnis Wohlail, that u hei husoahu
was ou Nv VI .he way sue n',sI' marry
MN nv, ihere Is no uouot thaI he coy
etea lnoLhpsouS Wlie, ana Inat ms
lusl anu uepraVeu lHeiinaIlohS leu MN
10 commit lhe aet' ,,
L"sV hIei'e ne henru one " tie Color
eu oVys oul III lhe jan yaru, anu peg
re" MN 10 orlns MN ali axe said ne
Wouiu soon oreak lhe OARS WIN IT. Inc
noy lolu MN ne couid not 40 IL. Az
this refusal ne cursed ana raVeu ut
tle' rms morning by SUNRISE although
IL was very coiu, humoers Oh persons
w nri e i ,o "n' VI MA wv rod n"nti
uod ~ ,m ~ ro mil oho"t t twn,ua
o, ,J VIVIAN tho town " saeunad wiz" aIive
Min b hnn "o ho ,v ndinn "'r =
" oiro,s dau ~ n sSII,,s ,' 7 mauas J,,U ",
lifo s UuS 10y soh !" aonnr,oeS ~ v,it,a nS
da ae 90" nwe dis 80 W "'n o, 4"
no"o 10 w"S ",af"stu ~ tne p.wane
az ios, woe uonn, VIC. vuI,e 49,
a. ~ ie"S, n ',,.e ',''u n pe,So"s ~ ii"ii
, ,,o .ouu'y S;ldna S'va, . 'A'"y neS,o WV
1".n ""'' 'i''''''n wy ',''i.o'o'''
Az one O'Clock Tue sherlit went To
the cell with handcu1is. Inc con
aemned oegsed hafd ior Tue shefiii NOT
W pay" W. men on nt' p". ''e sie ,na
WV. .H'u MN " u,'sv w. uone. ho Mas