The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-03-10
THE MURDER CASE.
several Witnesses TcsIiaed Yesterday
Ia che hawpe' niiier Tragedy Tho
Cis,hss 90 she Murdered Man EXHIBIT.
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several witnesses T-sIined Yesterday
In che htawpe' niiier Tragedy The
Cieihes 90 she Murdered man Exhibit.
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The evidence In the Hawpe cas-,
commenced yesterday morning. There
Ia the utmost interest felt In the result
OF the trial by the public, aud when
the doors were opened, the court room
was soon lllled by u crowd ofeageI
spectators anxious TO hear every wore
ofthe testimony. During the day, The
mother ~ the deceased was placed
upon the witness stand. She IN In very
feeble health, aud II was with somC
ilillculty that her voice could be heard,
even by the jury. She said the last
time SHE saw her son alive WAS the
Sunday morning ho left home fof
church. The Defendants counsel asked
her II her son was not la the habit OF
carrying arms, aud II no did not on
that morning wish 10 carry revolver
with him 10 church, from which she
persuaded him. She said no; that she
never knew OF him carrying concealed
weapons, aud that the only ilrearm Ia
her house, was "A revolver belonging to
her son.in'law, Ed Daniels, which she
kept In her bureau drawer, aud that
her son did not know that IL WIS In
her possession. she was told that her
son had been shot and killed she went
TO where he was, and found him dead
his body was lying about u quarter Of II
mile from her house there was no
weapons ON him OF any kind. His
clothing, u coat, shirt and vest, was
shown TO her, and identified by her M
those her son had on the day he was
killed, and which were taken from hls
dead body. The holes In his clothing
showed that the bullet passed entirely
through his body.
BY t. q, Bower--Did not your hus>
band own n revolver ut the time OF his
death, and II 10, will you please state
to the jury Ia whose possession II
now is2
"No, he did not own any weapon at
the time OF his death. There never
was, to my knowledge, any weapon in
my house, except the ono above
stated"
J. w. Daniels was also on the wit
ness stand, and although 1t was very
solemn occasion, the spectators were
occasionally amused beyond deoorum
by his peculiar use OF words. lie said
he was not present when A. q. Miller
was shot, but arrived Immediately
afterward. He had fallen from Lis
horse, aud was lying by the road, near
the fence, dead. He went in u gallop
to Inform bis mother and his brother,
Ed. Daniels, OF his death. He returned
In Il quarter OF IN hour, and, assisted
by his brother and the Tanner boys,
placed the body In wagon and went
with II to his mothers house.
Judge Barksdale asked the witness
"if Alb. Miller was not In the habit OF
carrying concealed weapons"
The witness said he could not recol.
lect OF ever having seen him with any,
though he might have carried them
without his knowledge, He had seen
navy six at Mrs. Miller's house,
which belonged to Abe's father, and
he believed II was now the property Of
Jan es Miller, the deceased's brother.
He was on intimate terms with the
deceased during his life, as also with
the prisoner.
Several other witnesses were exam
ined on behalf of the state. The rest
OF the case will be resumed to.mor
row.
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