The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-26

John Lyons.
Witnesses Disappear, Testimony Varies,
Bribery is Talked of, and Officers
are Fined for Fighting.
At IL o'clock last night the lawyers conclud-
ed their argument in the John Lyons murder
case, and the jury retired to agree on a verdict
They were still in consultation at noon to-day.
On account of the absence of Dolly Durand
and Pablo Cara, who, the prosecuting officers
case of the defendants indicted with Lyons was
continued generally, on motion of District At
torney Fred Cooke. The testimony o Tom
Scott, mentioned in the LIGHT yesterday, was
to the effect that Dolly Durand was bribed to
run away by Buck Lyons, Joe Mcmahon, John
Butler, George Gleason, Alfred Alec and Joe
Gleason" said Scott, asked if Oglesby had
not promised to pay him for swearing every
day against John Lyons, and if Oglesby had
then told Durand they would give him a horse
next morning George met Dolly and gave him
the $50, and :! have not seen him since.
Gleason wanted to talk to Dolly, and said he
would pay me, He told me if gave the thing
away ne would fix me. He said the crowd
would make it all right with me- George told
time. We did nothing on Friday. On Thurs
day Gleason reappeared to me and Dolly.
Then he called Dolly off and talked to him
awhile. luen nc CtlLc W ulc dllu Hlc uc
would drop it and have nothing more to do
with Dolly ,Durand; that he was an officer, and
it did not pay him to get into it. George Glea-
son and and Dolly were sitting in dark
place. Dolly showed me $50 gold piece
which he said Gleason gave him. Joe Tumlin-
son promised Dolly Durand some money to
leave last Saturday. This was at the Alazan
creek, on the other side of the International
depot. Joe told Dolly that he would give him
500 to leave and bring horse for him to leave
on Monday: Dolly then said if you will have
otherwise | will give myself up to Captain
Ogesby. Dolly Duland first sent me to Tum-
linsOn to borrow $25 to get out OF town, but |
did not GO, They wanted him to come up and
say that John Lyons was not at the murder.
George Gleason told me that he would give
money if he Dolly would come up and swear
that John Lyons was not the murderer. Dolly
said he could not swear to this because he had
told Capt. Oglesby that John Lyons was there.
was running backwards and forwards taking
messages. ! have not seen Pablo Lopez. i do
not know that he has left. They wanted him
to leave and go to Mexico, and he refused to
go. Joe Tumlinson gave Pablo some nickels.
Joe Mcmahon gave Pablo 81 one night to dance
with. Dolly told them he was unarmed and
had to answer questions. Pablo Lopez said he
had told nothing but the truth in this case and
refused to leave his state, but wanted to re-
main in it. 1t was Monday that Dolly asked
me to go to Joe TumlinSOn for S25. He said
the arrangements FOR him to leave for Mexico
had been made out in AtascOsa before this
court commenced. 1t was a verk dark place
on one Of the streets of this city where Gleason
met u.s.
Joe TumlinsOn testified that he knew moth
ing of the alleged talk with Scott. Said he:
"On Friday evening last went out on business
and George Gleason. We went out of town
and had "a talk with Dolly Durand. We asked
Durand to make a clean statement of why he
testified for the state i'm this case. He said that
Capt. Ogesby and Joe Sheely promised him to
keep him from trouble in this case If he would
testify for the state; Durand then said he
would not turn states evidence till Gleason
would promise to reward him. Durand said
further that he now wanted to leave; that he
wanted Mr.. Joe Mcmahon to help him to leave.
Mcmahon told him he could not assist him;
that he wanted him to go back and make a fair
statement. ! never heard any reward offered.
| never paid Durand any money nor saw any
money paid to him by any one. rever heard
any conversation with Tom Scott"
Buck Lyons. Alfred Alec and Joe Mcmahon
cOrrObOrated TumlinsOn's story, and Lyons
and Mcmahon swore that Dolly Durand told
them CAPT. hm o month to
A large crowd was about the federal court
building, in which the district court is sitting,
all morning. The troubles which arose yester-
isfaction of the persons concerned. and other
rencOntres, may occur The report of them i'm
the LIGHT last evening was incOrrectin several
particulars as a result of misnfOrmatiOn Mr.
w.. S. Hall was not on the witness stand, as
stated, and had no controversy with Joe She
ly. The gentleman who did have was Alfred
Alec, witness i9 the case. Appended is
Myself and Mr.. Joe Tumlinson, sheriff of
Dimmitt county, walked upstairs together, in
to the hall. Sam Newton and Joe Shelly were
a certain man at COtulla that for the sum of
5000 he would furnish evidence to convict all
of these boys indicted in the laSalle murder
case. He said it was lie: told hi inn respons-
lie, and gave him the lie. During this talk
Sergt. Charley Mckinney drew his pistol partly
out of the scabbard, supposedly on me, and
then Major Teel called me off down
stairs. While Major Teel and were talking |
heard that Capt. Oglesby and Sergt. Mckinney
had hold of TumlinsOn. | came back up stairs
to TumlinsOn with my pistol. Capt. Mccall,
while was talking to came out
No one had asked me for my pistol before that.
state this because heard this morning that a
report was in circulation to the effect that l
ject in asking Sheely this question was he had
been helping the state in the case, and if he
would acknowledge this / thought it would be
of benefit to the defense"
carrying a revolver, and was fined SIS by
Justice Anton Adam. 1t is said that Mr.. Alec
had authority to carry the weapon, but
Joe Tumiinson and Sergeant Mckinney sI,
too, were fined to-day. by Recorder
Anderson, each in the sum of S.. Tumlinson
was charged with using insulting language, to
which he pleaded not guilty, and Mckinney
with striking TumlinsOn.
At half-past O'Clock this afternoon the jury
had not announced a verdict.
LATER-We learn just as going to press
that the jury has returned verdict of mot
guilty."
Lady Florence Dixie is doing more than
merely talk and write in behalf of the poverty
stricken inhabitants of the west coast of Ire
land Che iS colicif,nu contributions for IN cir