The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-07-12

! hao taken drink; DO not know where Mr..
homps on was then; then saw Mr.. Harms;
he was hear the upper door; told Mr.. Harris
Thompson was on the inside; Thompson was
then on the inside; Mr. Harris went to the
screen to look through, and then went to the
ticket Office on the east side Of the house; he
went into the ticket Office and got his gun,
which, think was inside the ticket Cthce; l
saw the gun in his hand; 1t was double
barreled shotgun; he took his position on the
rail Of the walnscoating; Thompson was on
the sidewalk outside, at The |. wer door, near
Harris store; was then at the rear OF the bar;
could see both Mr.. Tn mpson and Mr.. dar-
RI; was noticing both: thompson was talk
in to Sims at one time; cannot say VINO ne
was talking to then; l cannot say what he
said, but il was something about shotgun,
and Harris replied as l have stated; Harms
was facing the screen with the gun hanging
down; did not see him do anything with the
gun, bu, he was shaking; then the firing took
place; saw MIR. Thompson when he fired;
had just taken my eyes off Mr.. Harris.
w. II. Sims: do not know anything OF
the shooting; came down to the theatre yes
terday evening; met Ben ! thompson coming
going to close these d.
tO.HlYut liz Silu JUG AoStSi was - SAN>'S
and ack Harris lived on the whores.
reasoned with him, but as l saw he had been
drinking and could do nothing with him, SO
went UP stairs; heard two shots fired in
rapid succession; some one came up and said
lack Harris was shot That is all know.
Cross examined by Mr.. B. |. Boone: Five, or
probably ten minutes elapsed between his
statement and the firing of the shots. LETT
Thompson at the lower door. told him not
to get into trouble, as it was unnecessary. He
said, Billy, it's no use talking, these s. OF
b. have mistreated me and am going to
close them up.
Cross examined by Col. Green: He did
not say he did not want any trouble with any
body, but he did did not want to be run Oft.
Ben. said, l am your friend; and | said yes,
for Christ's sake don't get into trouble. | left
him, think, with Terry O'Neil
Barney Mitchell sworn: l was on watch be-
mind the bar of the saloon, Thompson came
in, called for drink and wanted to know where
those d. S. of b. with the shotgun
were. You tell them l was here, the d
S. of b.; tell them they are S. of
b., living on the products of the W
He then walked out. About fifteen minutes
he came in again. He called for drinl S; he
wanted to know if the d. s. Of b.
with the shotgun had come in, and told me
to say he was going to close the W house.
He went out one door and Jack
Harris stepped in the other; Jack Harris went
10 the ticket Office; when he came out he had
his shotgun; he stood there with the gun
stock under his arm and the barrel pointing
downwardS; Thompson was outside talking to
some people; after Harris had been standing
there FIVE or ten minutes Thompson said,
"What are you doing with that shotgun, you
d. Of b--?" Jack said, "You
NY, you s. of b." A minute
after two shots were fred.
Examined by Mr.. B. l. Borne-I cannot
say who fired those shots; saw Jack Harris
dodge back, was standing behind the bar,
ten or fifteen steps from him; he went up
stairs; did not see any more Of him till he
was brought down; this occurred in the county
of Bexar, in the state of Texas.
Jacob Reps: did not see anything of the
occurrence; met MIR. Thompson at a quarter
before seven.
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