The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-07-28

HooI. lie Posiuon oi tle gun never CHA ecu
never saw him OK the gun. The Mauri
girls were employed there
Adjourned until Friday morning a, o'clock
EVIDENCE ADDUCED THIS MORNING BAIL RE
FUSED.
Ben Thompson petition was before the Dis
riot court this m 'rning. There was large
attendance of the bar and public and great in
terest was manifested in the case.
T. p. MCALL
| dep sed: | am sheriff Of Bexar county. On
i the morning of the killing between 8 and 9
| O'Clock he sent man named Mutually for me
and Capt Shardein, to say that he was at the
Menger hotel ready to surrender. He gave
himself up, and was lodged in Jail.
CHAS. HOFFMAN
deposed: live in San Antonio. and am
| hack driver. | was about the Vaudeville when
Harris was shot looked and saw the screen
| in the saloon was opened. | look ed through
and saw Mr.. Harris with shotgun. lie
was holding his gun this WY WITNESS gave
| illustration as to the way in which Harris held
his gum 1t was kind Of dark where was
standing.
CROSS-EXAMINRD
1t was not dark on the pavement but,
shaded by the gallery. Harris stood in the
light. saw Thompson; he was standing in
deposed: I am jeweler, and live At No.
| I85 Main street, San Antonio. | was ir
Harris saloon the night of the shooting. be
fore Harris was shot. l saw Jack Harri.
come in. | said. good evening, Mr.
Harris he came in at the same door
where | was lunchng. He looked
serious like, as If considering, and went to the
ticket office. He did not 60 in, but he took
something out, which was Shot gun. AT thu
time he took The shot gun every one ran out
scared. The lunch man (larris) ran in hi,
little room. At the time | went out Harri.
was standing in this WITNESS showed the posi-
| ton in which Harris held his gun
Cross-examined: On the nth of this month
| was busy. l missed my supper and thought
| | would 60 to the nearest lunch stand and ger
| some supper. Passing Sim Harris store,
saw Thompson talking to a policeman, rattle,
| loudly. l know Thompson very we'll, and
| said, Ben. you make too much noise
| Thompson turned round and said, Mr.
| Rouvant, you mind your own business and
will mind nine. am your friend. | asked
Thompson to 60 and take something with me-
| He piled, 60 ali, ad and | will come. | went
into Harris bar and waited few minutes
| When I seen he was not coming, went to the
lunch counter and told ,h~ man to fix up som.
lunch for me. All at once Thompson CANE
in and | went to the bar with him; we drank
whiskey together. and as invited him
paid for the drinks. Mr.. Thomp-
son. said something. All public
houses which will not lie, in gentlemen we
must see about. don't remember the exac,
words Thompson went out right away and
went to get my lunch. and by the tim.
| reached the counter Harris came in. said
good evening, he answered me, went round
a kind of a circle, unlocked the ticket office
door and took out something. but could moi
see what it was as it was not light enough to
see. At that time all in the bar ran out
was standing at the bar awhile, looking at
Harris. After considered something might
occur and might be taken as a witness !
went out. When saw Thompson at the cor
ner thought all was right and returned; the
] bar-keepers were in their places, except the
| lunch-keeper who l called out of his room
| Harris was then in in the same position. |
| went out and found the sidewalk blocked, so
| walked round being in hurry to get to my
store. | was at my counter when l heard
the two shots fired. Thompson, was
near Sim Harris when lett. Was near the
cigar store. did not see Mr.. Sims.
Thompson was not in front of
the door when last saw Harris.
| did not hear Thompson say that Toe Foster
was thief, and Harris lived on the products
of W. | do not remember the exact
words, but they are similar to what haye
said. l did not hear Thompson use the
words s. of a b. that night. On the pave
ment Thompson repeated the same words as
he said inside. | think so. Two or three
minutes elapsed between nv leaving and the
firing of the shots. When first saw Thomp-
son he was talking loudly. I do not remem-
her anything Thompson said while talking to
the policeman. did not hear him say he
was going to close the house. was not excited,
had nothing to be excited about what Thomp-
son said was not Of sufficient importance to
draw attention to it. | cannot say whether
the electric light was burning. do not know
where it is placed. think it WAS darker near
the ticket Office 1t would be about quarter
past seven, and it was dark in the street. did
not know of the IIIrris and Thompson diff
Guilty when we went to take the drink.
Redirect: Ny store is about 50 or 100
yards from Harris store.
GEORGE pENpRXTRR
deposed Mr.. Thompson is a man Of small
means, and believe he can give reasonable
bond. He can give a ten thousand dollar
bond.
FRANK SPARROW
depo ed; recollect Mr. Harris being
killed. was on the balcony and hearl two
shots. | came down stairs tc nee what was
the matter. | found three or four women
around him A found the gun near him. A