The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-03-21

| maize was not tWe yards from Marley
witness was still in the. doorway
Markley said something to Male
he did not know whether b.
spoke angrily or not; his hant
was a little elevated, but tn
hand was not closed: they met al
most at the door and closed; that i
Markley placed his hand on Nalle'
shoulder; be thinks his left hand wa
on Males shoulder; they may have ha'
hold of each others coat; Male at ono
drew dagger and stabbed Msrkley
sn1 Matkley ran at once into the 50
loon door and fell from the time tina
Markley came into the presence o
Male until he,fell it was not over IF
teen seconds; he does not think Their
was a scufie; witness demonstrated
that Markley placed his open hands Oh
Males shoulders, and Immediately
while in this position, he was stabbet
by Male; he DOES not know where tn,
knife came from.
". 7. Leader testified that. he wa
going up the street, in front of The
Avenue Hotel, when Male anC
Markley met; he saw men standing il
front of the Palace Saloon, and wht 1
he got TO the upper corner of the ho-
tel he saw one man s:agger into the
| door; when he reached the saloon hi
thinks GIlleland stood at the door
Nalle was standing near the outside oil
the pavement looking into the saloon,
and putting a knife into his pocket.
Witness came up the street very rapid
ly; he thinks the knife blade was
about five inches long. Witness went
into the saloon and BIarkley was gasp
ing; he saw NJ weapon of any kind
about Markley; when I looked Out
Nalle was gone.
T. " Collins testified that he wa.
going down the street with Cohen
when the stsbbing took place. When
they were in front of Tilmann's store,
saw Male and OdCm coming up the
street; Just as they got in front of the
saloon, he saw Markley come out OF
the saloon door, and Nalle and Odom
stopped, and Male faced Mark.
ley. They clinched about the
same time; I saw no lIcks pass.
Male seemed to have his left
arm around Markley, and in a moment
he saw three thrusts with a knife in
the right hand of Male. Markley then
took about one step into the door OF
the saloon, said "Oh" and fell. While
this was gong on witness stood in
front of SEEMS store. Witness went
into STEMS store and left Nalle
standing on the sidewalk with the
knife in his hand; he was in the store
little while, and when he came out
Male was putting the knife under his
vest; witness passed him while the
knife was still in view, and he thought
it bowie knife with blade five or six
inches long; no effort was made to sepa-
rateNalle and Msrkley that witness saw
witness thought Male was on the in
side as he and Odom came up the
street. When Markley stepped out of
the door he was very close to Male /;
he could not tell where the knife was
drawn from; at the time the knife was
used, -Markley was on the far side
from witness. and he could not tell the
position of his arms; he supposed
Markley, coming out of the door,
caused Male to halt; he did not no.
tice Markley halt when he came out
of the door; as soon as Male stopped
witness saw them clinch they clinched
very near where Male stopped. Wit
ness heard no words from AIarkley,
and none from Male; the blade of the
knife looked to De one inch
wide; Markley went into the saloon
face front, or sideways; witness did
not know Markley personally; he was
in STEMS store only few seconds; he
went IN there, IL possible, to avoid be-
ing a. witness in the case; the scuffle
lasted only very few seconds and
covered very small space; all was
over SO quickly that could not under
stand whether the alteration was an
angry one or not; Markley stepped out
of the door quickly; there was quite
difference in the size of the men;
Msrkley was the larger; witness could
not see that either one had any advan-
tage over the other in the scuffle; he
saw no weapon IN Msrkley's hand.
L. j. DuPre, sworn, states that
Markley came to the STATESMAN office
first and alone; in fifteen or twenty
minutes after, Male, Odom, Plat,
Swisher and Gilleland camein; Platt
sat down near him and so did Swisher;
he did not know what was said in the
other portion of the room, where Nalle
and Markley were sitting at opposite
ends of the same desk, with Cardwell'
between them; his attention was called
to them on hearing Nalle call Marley
a ''damned lie;" Markley replied in
about the same language, and they both
arose and Male threw an inkstand and
a pair of shears at Markley; Markley
stood still and never moved he was
at hum, and noticed him;
Male then seized chair and attempted
to get to Markley, when Cardwell pre-
vented him, and showed Nalle back
into the window; / saw Nalle make no
more demonstration; Cardwen and he
then went out of the room together.
There was no abatement in the in
terest taken Monday. Mr.. L. j. Du-
Pre-, who was on the witness stand
Saturday, was the first called to give
evidence. He stated that he and
Alderman Platt were talking together
about the market business at the time
the difficulty began. Just after the
fight began, Platt jumped up and
walked across to where Markley was,
and they struck at each other. Col.
Swisher and Gilleland Inteffered and
stopped them. After the fight was
over, Cardwell and Male went out of
the room and he saw no more of Male.
Markley and, Platt made friends be-
fore they left the Office. Mark
ley had not said or done any
thing to Platt up to the time that Plat
rushed at him; he heard Marley say
about renewing the difficulty
nor saying anything to Male about re-
newing it, or seeing him again, His
attention was directed to Marley and
he did not hear anything said during
thelfight nor afterwards. There was
considerable noise in the room and it
might have been said without witness
hearing it. Witness described the
shears that Male threw at Markley;
they were heavy iron shears five inches
long. Narkiey made no attempt to get
at Male or to impure him; when witness
left the STATESMAN office, at lao or
1 20 o'clock, Markedly remained, talk
ing to Csrdwell; the killing occurred
about half an hour after the throwing
of the shears; witness heard Platt say
Skill the. id rascal or SON of
bitch,n when he rushed at Markley;
Plat put his hand in his pocket when
he started to Markley. Being cross.
he said that be saw
and Plat make friends and
shake hands, and that before this
Nalle had left the room.
W. D. Patton testified that he was at
his desk at the head of the stairs, in