The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-23

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way notch.
The next witness was
MRS. HAAS.
She said My nalne Is Eliza Agnes Haas;
| live at DR.. Hughes place, near SCOTS
mills; have lived there some two monthsi
my house Is about mile and
half from the COURTHOUSE came
from Marshall here; am native
of Texas; ! moved out o. tne
state at one time, but moving back, have
lived in the state seven years since my re-
turn. M
was in the city Tuesday, the. 18th, to
see Mr. Gano, real estate agent l wanted
him to draft me powcr-of-attorney for the
sale of some land in Shelby. county.
| did not find him at his office, and
went to the courthouse TO look Tor him; L
went up stairs at the courthouse into n
hallway, and thence through door on the
west side into q room; | heard voices in
room ut one side, and going near the door,
looked in and saw three men, and hearing
what did, stepped back to one side; the
first words I heard distinctly and definitely
were-"I am ready now to publish al
these things, and all about the Price
affair, another voice }sPiie,d,-
here lost some OF the words, the same
voice continuing-"never live to sec the eff
feet of the publicity of it, some other
words passed which / did not catch fully
until the second voice said, This is not the
place." and the first voice replied, las good
a place as anywhere; the third person in
the room then said: III you are gong 10
fight | will get out of here
/ am satisfied the third party then left ), |
went out of the courtroom into the hall,
and | saw the third party come out OF the
courtroom door and go down the steps; l
did not know either of the parties to the at
fair, nor the third party | saw "a gentleman
pass through the hallway and go into the
court room as the third party referred to
passed out; this gentleman | recognize to-
day and am told his name is Kearby; L
never saw Mr.. Kearby before that occasion,
and did not know his name until to-day;
knew nothing whatever of the
Price affair; have read none of the papers;
thought the men in the room were quar-
reling, and fearing difficulty, got away;
heard the two men talking IN the room
use protane language; | heard pistol shot
after got down stairs, just as | was going
out of the building through the north
door.
CROSS EXAMINED.
| lived on Camp street before moving to
where / live now; | think it was the 10th
residence; / have four in family and my
self; / lived in Marshall before coming
here; / lived seven months in Marshall,
then went to Shreveport, where l lived
seven months and returning to Marshall
remained there six months aud then moved
to Dallas; my Oldest child is dead; my
Oldest child living s is . YEA; years
Texas near Hemphill; | clerked
at one time in the commissary department
of the United States army, in California
and Arizona; | am doing nothing now ex-
cept to keep house for my family; Or.
Hughes is one of my neighbors, and the
widow Martin.
Judge Barksdale and another gentleman
came to my house this morning to see me;
Idon't know the gentleman who was with
Judge Barksdale; he was rather an oldish-
looking man; had converse
ton with Judge Barksdale; II
had never seen either before | came to the
city on the 18th, at 2 o'clock p. m. !; l fin
ished dinner at half-past II O'Clock ! made
no change in my toilet; noticed the time
| left home, and it was about o'clock
p. M, possibly five minutes before or alter;
/ came on the Ervay street railway car
the end of the street railway is not more
than quarter of mile from
my residence | live the other side
of the Dallas branch, which runs
by the old ice works; when reached town
| went to Gano's office and stopped there
the courthouse; | don't know what time |
reached the courthouse; | cannot say how
much time elapsed from the time l left
home until | reached the courthouse; q
colored boy who came into the hall at
Gano's office told me he was likely to be at
the court house; saw several persons
about the courthouse; went, up
the steps alone and went into the large
room on my right hand to look for Gano;
/ saw two men in the hall; | saw Kearby
first, passing through the hall; he was alone;
he went through door into what lsupposed
was q room; went into the courtroom;
saw no one, and went to where heard
voices in another room, and went close 10
the door of that room; saw three men in
there, but did not know either OF
them; don't know how they were dressed;
fearing a difficulty l went away; went
into the courtroom on the right of the hall
when first left the hall; the men talking
were in a side room joining that room; the
first words heard plainly were: VI am
prepared TO publish all these things and the
Price affair" / was near the door; these
words were in a harsh tone and accompa-
MED with oaths; / have some defect
in hearing in one ear: the next words
heard were: you'll never live to debar =
never live to see the effect of their
publicity" and the next heard was from
third person who said, IF you are going
10 fight i will get out of here; then went
away and. before reached the steps TINS
down the steps when / left the vicinity
of the room all three of the men were in il;
when 7 turned 10 leave the courtroom 7
saw no one in it; when.I. first saw Kearby
he was in the hallway, and went into door
in front of the steps; | was in the door on
the right, and he did not go through it.
did not say, in the presence OF Mr. Rob-
orteot,. and ralnpal RnUar that / lOOkQd
into the district court room; / did not say
did not go into any room; i did not say.
heard the voices / have spoken of in
the room on the right of the hail.
| am here as a witness because l hap
pened TO tell my son what l saw
and heard; my son drives a float for Ut.
Hughes: did not see any benches in the
room on the right; don't know colored
wsman named Wariield, nor do ! know
Sam Scott; did not see four negro women
sitting in the room on tue right Of the hall;
have seen Gano but once; ! presume i
staid in the courtroom two minutes-may
be longer.
| got home about shutdown, or a little az
ter; did not notice the clock; ] nOticed IL
as | was leaving home; my clock keeps
good time; / was dressed then as now ex-
cept that | had on my cloak instead OF
having my shawl: ! can hear the town
clock at my house when the wind blows
from the north; my clock keeps time with
the town clock; ] expect IL was with the
town clock on Tuesday; ! have 10 keep II
with the town clock .or my folks 10 work
BIZ Il; ! don't want 20 repeat the profane
language I heard; I don't think il il a
Christian duty 20 do 50; l have been in
courts before and was never before re-
quested 10 repeat pr0fane language; ] have
been in court twice before, AMI there
was profane language in both cases;
I Was going out Of the door when the pistol
fired; ! met people between the door and
fence going into courthouse; / do not use
morphine or opium; don't know DR.. John
con. / have seen him once; don't Know
druggist here named Conner, ! know Nj.
Coffin. when went 20 courtroom on right,
il was sjar. say about half open; Il may