The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07

in my saloon until shutdown. The clothes
he has on now, think, are the same he
had on Monday evening"" .u
THO. A. SUBLETT,,
sworn, said: 1 am a deputy sheriff of
Travis county, and arrested defendant
Tuesday evening. at Tany's store, in
town road. lew miles from town
He was standing in the store door.
and called him out and read
the warrant for his arrest. On
being searched he objected to my
searching his right-hand coat pocket, in
which found a red handkerchief. having
several spots on the border. which was
white. Three corners of the handkerchief
were tied together and in the center was Il
few zigzag holes. i found two dollars in
silver, and two new nails. he did not
object 10 my searching pockets containg
money, and there was nothing in pocket
containing handkerchief, which was old
and dirty. He came out to me without
hesitation. but appeared somewhat eX-
cited when told himhe was prisoner"
SUSAN STEINER
testified rs follows: II live on Dir. Han
| cocks place and know Isaac Morrow. i
saw him Tuesday morning after Mr..
Black Davis was found dead, sitting on
the steps of Mr.. Hancock's gin. 1 saw
but supposed his nose had been bleed
! Ing and that the blood had been caused
from that. At this time had not heard
| that MIR. Davis had been killed, nor did L
hear of IL until about an hour afterwards.
| Ills nose was not bleeding Mt the time L
saw him on the gin steps. ! dld not mo-
4 tice which leg OF his pants the blood was
on, nor do know that his nose was in the
habit of bleeding" ..-
j. +. VAN OsDALL
/ testified as follows 81 live in the city of
/ Austin and have a saloon. l saw Morrow
on last Monday evening about or
/ O'Clock at MetZ's saloon in the first ward,
| and took two glasses of beer with him.
was acquainted with him and he walked
| with me around TO my saloon and there
| we took another glass OF beer
| and left HIM At the counter.
l saw him again at my saloon between
aud o'clock, before lighting up. He
| came into the saloon and asked me to
\ loan him a dime. and did so and he left,
and I-pever saw anything more of him
until Yesterday In the court room. When
with me, he did not talk like drunken
man. L did not notice the color of his
hat. I had not seen him until Monday,
| for about six months. He has always
| been very. quiet since L have known
him. Did not see him have any money on
Monday, except that he paid Tor beer"
DOUGLASS READER.
who let Morrow have Il hat TUESDAY
morning, and who testified on Wednes-
day. On being sworn, he testified as fol-
lows: Defendant (MOrrOw) told me ut
the time OF borrowing my hat to hunt
his, not TO say anything about his loosing
his, and said, in general way, that some
one might think he had been drunk.
did not notice signs of drunkenness on
him at the time aud he did not say how
he had lost his hat. He bled at the nose
a, a lima
had white handkerchief. l noticed nc
blood on his clothes at that time"
PETER ST MARTIN
being sworn, depOsed as follows: II have
known defendant about two months. On
last Monday night MIR. krOn and myself
went home, leaving end of street car
track, about 8 O'Clock, aud when near the
McGary place we stopped few minutes
aud / sat down. While there we saw.
Two men pass in the middle
of the street. They made some remark,
and on seeing me one of them
They were going in the same direction
(north) that we were, and passed aud
went on ahead. MIR. KrOhn and went as
far rs Tony's saloon, but the two me II
kept on. 1t was dark and l only noticed
that the two men were white. but thought
the voice OF one was familiar, and told
Mr.. KFohn,.l believed it was defendant
who / thought was working at the Asy-
lum. The two men appeared TO be intoXt-
Gated, and told Mr.. Krohn they worked
Mt the Asylum. He believed they were
negroes, but l am satisfied they were
white men and that Morrow is
the man whose voice l recognized.
Have no idea who the other man was. The
last we saw OF them was about u mile
from where Mr.. Davis's body was found,
and il was about 8 O'Clock Mt night, and
they were going in the direction OF where
the body was found. l did not notice
whether they-had on hats or not, they APP
peared intoxicated from the way they
talked, but walked ut good gait without
trouble, so far as know"
ga ..- - P.TORNCY ..
being sworn, testified: 81 sell beer and |
groceries atmy place ofbusiness, between
town and the Hancock lane where Mr..
Davis's body was found, aud there Is a
lane almost the entire way from my |
place to where IL was found. About
8 O'Clock, on Tuesday evening, the |
day Mr.. Davis was found, the defendant |
Morrow) came to my store, riding gray |
animal. He came down the lane from the |
direction of Judge Hancock's, and down
the lane in which. the body had been |
found. L asked him If he had heard of |
the murder of Mr.. Davis up there In the |
lane. and he said, No, that he had been |
up to Jollyville hunting horses for Judge |
Hancock, and had just got back He |
asked no question about the murder or /
Mr.. Davis. Pretty soon MIR. Dick Young |
came up, and he and l talked about the |
Davis killing, while the defendapt sat on |
a bench, but did not participate in the |
conversation or ask any questions, nor did |
he exhibit any curiosity about IL. He |
was ut my place about three-quarters of |
an hour before Mr.. Sublett arrested him.
The night before closed up, little be-
fore O'clock, and had not seen,M Davis
or the defendant that day, but was told |
the latter had been there during the |
forenoon. My house is right on the road |
from Dayis's house to Austin, and was |
there on Monday from shutdown until
closed.up and did not see Mr.. Davis pass, |
though he could have done so In the dark |
without my seeing him. He general
ly stopped when passing. have |
known Mr.. Morrow about year and |
he is a man who has very little to say |
and his not asking questions, when Young |
and / were talking about MIR. Davis's MUIR |
der did not arouse any suspicion in my |
mind. have known him as quiet, |
Woodworking man, who pays his debts
and attends to his own business"
ERNEST KROHN |
being sworn, testified about as Mr. |
st. Martin.
CHARLES CUNRY
testified: "That he kept bar down in
the first ward, and saw Morrow about s |
o'clock at night. He was drinking at the
time. but could walk, He had no hat
and had no conversation with him."
" JAMES W. HANCOCK
being sworn. testified: "Have known
Morrow two or three years, and the most
of the time he. has-be working for me;
did not see him ON last Monday. He
came to my house about O'Clock Tues
day morning and, sent him up the
Georgetown road to look for horses. He
took gray pony and left about half-past
7 O'Clock and possibly 8 o'clock. had
not then heard of the Davis murder. He
has always been avery quiet, steady, hard
working man when about my place.
know nothing of his nose bleeding lately,
but when first hired him IL bled fire.
quently. l did not notice his clothing
Tuesday morning and saw no blood on
them. l saw him Sunday and L think he
had on the same clothes he has on now.
When he left to hunt horses, Tuesday
morning, Igave him % in silver to pay
his expenses"
MRS. FANNY SIMPSON
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