The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-14


but believe that Is is, Exhibit "Q''
was then shown him aud he believed
that 1t was In Bells handwriting
Another paper was then shown
which he Thought respmbled BELLS AZ
much as either Of The others State oh
jeoted TO Introduction OF any OF the
letters at this time, which was sustain
ed. Defendants counsel here presented
another letter TO Witness and asked
him IL this was Bell's handwriting IN
blue ink. Witness said that he could
not say that he had he had not seen
any OF Bell's writing for so long that
he could not say, but believed II to be
Bells.
by State-I never saw Bell form any
letters. He would write in the jail and
| stood on the outside. ! never was
very close 10 him. never noticed
particularly the formation Ofany letter
made by him. objection to introduce
ton of this note also sustained.
Charles Jenkins, introduced as an
expert in writing by defendant-I am
no expert in writing, Estate counsel
agrees that he may give his opinion
about the letters. On comparing the
two letters and asample Of Bells writ.
ing, executed in court, witness stated
that he believed the handwriting the
same. Counsel for defendant called
witness attention to several words and
witness stated that the orthography
and penmanihip--
State--Witness compared the DIS IN
the notes TO the DIS in DIPS hand
writing and pronounced them not to
be written by the same person, but
that it could be done and there was
great similarity between them. Think
two Of Dips signatures and the letter
were written 10y three different per-
sons. Handwriting Of Rice's was
here shown witness and compared to
letterpurporting TO be from Bell to Dill
and pronounced by witness TO be
similar That it was written by two
parties that they could copy the hand
Of the other.
Mrs. Rice--l know Il. II. Rice. He's
my huband. On 9th December, 1874,
on Sunday | was at home. Mr.. and
Mrs. Dill, Texas Rice ana Mrs. Cham.
bers were there. Dills came there in
the morning. Came there at II O'Clock.
Went away about an hour by sun.
They were at my house all the time.
My husband was mt home the
whole time and was not
away from home and did not
leave until after dark. Came home at
10 o'clock. Came home and was drunk.
Very drunk and did not know what he
was doing. | was in bed when he
came home. All were in bed when he
came. All gotup when he came. There
was no cause to get up except there
was some talking. Deit2 came about
S O'clock. Am positive that Rice did
not leave between Il O'clock and dusk
He said he was going to buy corn from
II corn wagon down in the bottom.
That wagon had been broken down
and he could get corn for fifty cents per
bushel.
BY State-We had u clock. 1t was
exactly 10 o'clock when he returned.
| had never seen my husband drunk
before. He seemed to he all right next
morning, Never saw him act that way
before. Have known him six years.
Married to him four years. He did not
bring any corn with him. Did not
hear him say anything about Mrs.
Harris. ! thought he was deranged
that night. don't remember wheth-
er he stayed at home the next day.
Thomas Rice--I am cousin of de-
PENDANT Rice. Have known him since
1866. Became acquainted with him in
Kansas. He worked for me about two
years. dc married and lived around
there | let him have paints, When
| spoke to him harshly he became very
eXcitable. | saw him drunk one time,
and he was crazy. About four or five
months before he was married he
travelled from my house up to Dono-
hos, his brother-in-law, backwards
ana forwards and didn't say anything
to anybody. l considered him nearly
insane. | consider him of weak mind
Don't consider him of ordinary reason.
DON'T consider him of sound mind. He
worked with me in 1870 and 1879.
had a conversation with defendant
'iNS ooOtu SoilN lOlSSS ttuu " wagon.
He had traded off three horses and
wagon for $40, and | told him that he
was fool. He stated that he didn't
know what to do and that the proper
ty had TO go. He said, | can make
some more as | am going to Texas.
The property was worth about 800. /
saw him for the first time the day he
came to go on some ones bond A
man by the name of Barber and one
by the name of Dill was with him. He
was in low spirits when he was with
me for about ayear. He sometimes
got out of bed and seemed to have the
nightmare. Do not know of any out
ages by deceased towards Rice's sister.
don't know of any communication
If any outrage upon hice's sister by de-
ceased being made to defendant Rice.
know nothing about the matter ex-