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

about what occurred in q meeting witt
him in the city council. No word
passed between them after they cam
out of the editorial room. Nalle
Odom, Platt, Peacock, witness anC
i perhaps Col. Swisher went down stairs
Markley remaining behind.
j. H. Peacock testified that Re was il
the far end of the STATESMAN offict
when Markley and Radkey came in
be did not see them come in, but saw
Mafkley two or three minutes after
wards; soon after Naile, Swisher
Odom, Piatt and Gilleland came in
they all went into the editors room
except Gilleland; after they had beer
in there perhaps five minutes, witnes:
went to the door and looked in, and
saw Cardwell sitting at his desk, with
Male on his right and Marley to his
left; Platt, 0dom and the rest of tho
crowd were over in the other corner
talking to DuPre; Markley, Nalle and
Car1well were talking together; Mark
ley said something about blocking g
little game at q council meeting in re.
gard to the market house; witness
does not remember what Male said,
but it was some such words as
81 do not care anything about
the $4,000, 1 could take the
$1,000 and build a market house N.Y.
self if l wanted TO-" Markley said
something about Males power in the
city council being broken and hit on the
desk with his hand; Markley said some
thing about it being a put up job on
the part of Male and DeGress to get it
Msrkley and Nslle seemed excited at
that time; thinks that Male repeated
Markley's words and said: 'tIf you say
that you are liar, you are damned
liar;" they all three rose to their feet
and Markley said, "You are a damned
liar, too;" Cardwell put his hands out
towards Nslle and Markley and asked
them to keep quiet; Nalle then threw
an inkstand at Markley, also a pair of
scissors; just about that time
Platt jumped up and said, "Hit
HIM, damn him, knock him
down." Cardwelf then turned to
Platt and said to him ''to STOP"
Male then had his hands on the back
of his char. About that time 1 left
and went after policeman. When
left several had hold of Plat; l saw
no more of it. When 1 got back Mark
ley was sitting in the editors room
where he was when the fuss begun;
do not remember whether Nalle was sit
ting down, but he was in the room.
Platt was sitting down and some one
putting a plaster on his nose. Card :
well and Nalle then came out of the
room and went into the nor; Invest end
of the printing Office, at the job depart
ment. In few minutes they all came
out of the editors room and went
down stairs. The parties all left in
as good humor apparently as when they
came in-some of them laughing; did
not see Markley make any attempt to
injure Male nor throw anything at
him, nor to Injure Plat; when Plat
rushed at him he squared himself as ie
he was preparing to defend himself.
Cross e.rdnlineI-Went to the corner
of Pecan street and the Avenue for a
policeman, a distance of six blocks
there and back, and the several streets
intervening, about seven hundred yards
in all. l ran fast going, but not so
fast returning. met the policeman
standing on the north side of the street
below the STATESMAN Office and walk
Ing towards the Avenue and had Just
turned around, when / went down to
tell him he need not come up
stairs. Markley did not go down with
Male, Swisher, myself and others.
They were laughing and talking about
what good joke it would have been
on them if 1 had had them arrested;
they were in very good humor. Mr..
notion to have him arrested anyhow.
He told me not to say anything about
the matter. When Markley had used
the words l have repeated Male then
repeated them over to Markley and
said eff you say that then you are a
liar, you are damned lar" l think
Mr.. Nalle was in the editorial room
when 1 returned after going for the po-
liceman. He and Mr.. Cardwell were
standing near the door; possibly l may
be mistaken, but / don't think so.
When got back Markley was sitting
as described, and so was Plat. Card
we'll land Nalle were either just inside
the door or coming out; this is my rec
objection. Cardwell and Male went
right to the table in Hughes's depart
ment in the northwest corner of the
main building. Nalle was writing;
could not hear what was said if they
talked. The width of the table be-
tween Male and Markley was about
three feet.
John CardaceU testified that some
time after IL NJ. on Wednesday Mark
ley came into the editorial room. Wit
ness was sitting ut his desk in the east
of the room. Markley took his seat at
the left of the desk. In fifteen or TWEEN
ty minutes Male, Platt, .Odom, Swish
er and Gilleland came into the room.
DuPre was in the room before they
came in, at his desk in the west of the
room. Male took a chair at the west
end of witnesses desk and opposite
Markley; Platt and Swisher sat down
near DuPre. did not notice the pre-
else position of Odom and others.
Nalle began to converse with witness.
Males first remark was, 81 endorse
the course of the STATESMAN of this
morning in regard to free markets."
Witness and Nalle talked upon this
point. Finally Male spoke of the de-
sire of the people of his ward and
even in other parts of the city as
to the market house appropriation
Markley differed with him and
insisted that the people wanted
no such thing; Nalle replied that he
knew what the people wanted, and
that they wanted this market house;
Markley then pronounced the matter
as a DEGREES job, and that Male was
operating with him in it; Nalle said
"you are damned liar" Markley re-
torted In similar words, when Male
rose and dashed an inkstand at him
then pairyof shears; witness pushed
Male back, asking him to desist.
While in this condition. Plat moved
on Markley with ''knock the damn dog
IN the head" or something very SINH
lar; witness saw Platt strike or grab at
face, ard Markley was de-
tending himself in the same style
witness placed himself in front of
Plat, and while there saw Nalle max
ing at Markley with chair; witness
caught Male and pushed him
back into a window, some ten
feet from Markley; Male became
quiet then and a conversation again
Markley and Platt had
both taken their seats again between
three and five minutes elapsed after the
fuss when witness invited Male to go
into the composing room where they
could pursue conversation more in |
quiet; remained there fifteen or twenty
minutes talking of the market house |
and during this time used |