The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-01-20

wounded man, one OF them stoutiy built
and light implected. not quite 50 large
n Wright, and would weigh about 100
pounds. / understand hi. name 10 be w.
+. jackson. The third VISA boy about
sixteen years OF age, small In SIZE and of
light complexion ard light hair, aud
whose name, / understand. /. Sd De Gsai-
trnreid. Iho Wounded mao h. s'iI AZ my
house and seems to De dangerously wound
ed. The wOunl was male
by charge OF birishot
from Gun. He was shot
in the breast. When the men first came
to nv house | asked them where the DIFF.
hculty occurred, and they first SAID 1t
was at place about which they were
ashamed to tell, and finally said 1t was
at be Georgia house IA Waco Texas. ]
understand from general reputation OF
the Georgia house that 1t is kept by Cora
Mcmahon. They said tuat the difficulty
was with a negro, who had been shot by
one OF them. The men were straug rs
to me, never having seen them before
The physician was Dr. j. c. j. King.
Re-eNamined-lh man, whose name
/ understand to be W. f.. Jackson, was
arrested ut about half past ten o'clock
this morning The young man, or boy,
let my house about daylight while |
was in bed. and ! was told that lac had
gone for the wounded mau's sister OF
mother, he having expressed great de.
sire for their presence. The boy was
suffering from ey re- blow Oh the nose
when he came 10 my house, which he
said had been CIV. by tn. uegrI with
whom they had had tine difficulty.
W. 4. lsh testified.
| am deputy sheriff Of McLcunan
county. Last nj lat about II o'clock |
as informed that q negro hal been
shot at Co II McMahou's, who keeps tire
Georgia no Ise IN Waco, and had de-
scnpuon OF the parties gwen me w.u
were said TO have done the shooting, AVID
had also warrant placed ia my haurs
for their arrest. | proceeded 20 search
tor the parties, and ab Mt II DEL ck tins
morning | arrested one OF the parties, v.
l. jackson. The other party, who gave
his name IA William Wright, was 20
badly wounded that | d d not arrest
him. | did not ind the third par y,
whose name learned to be Sol DE Grbl-
onreid. William Wight stated to NE
tuat the difficulty began at the dance
hall IN the Geurgln house. Statement
mp To- the flu ! difficulty 10 the yard
nearly the same ~ previously given
That when the pa ties went ont OF doors
Houston called Tor his shotgun, which
was brought to him, that Houston step
ped to the or with the guu iu his hand
and struck him lWughtJ over the head
with 1t. that he lWughU stepped huck
aud Houston came out into the yard
with the gun drawn on HIM aud ordered
HIM ont Of the yard; that HJu'-
ton ordered him "a srcOu time to
get out of the yard aud stepped hnck
aud fire at him, that when Houston
shot him he, Wright drew hIs pistol an
shot Houston, and all three Uf them LETT
the place together.
At near y six o'clock the following yer.
dict was rendered by the jury Of
inquest:
We the jury find that the deceased
came to his death in Nac0, McLeunan
county, Texas, at the place known aa the
/ GeOrsih house, from pistol shot wound
/ in his left side, on the lstu day u Jan
| uHry, 1883, about 10 o'clock p. m. That
| the pistol was fired Intentionally 10y W N.
/ Wright, with 'uteut TO kill said Houston,
| We further find hat the killing e r. ii
/ HOuNuu by said VII ht was ia self de.
| Tense and jus itable ON the part ~
said Wright, III repclliug an assault
made ON him ~ said Houston
! then and there to kill md mlrder said
| VIM Wright. We, the jury further
| find that Cora NJ Mahou il guilty of a.
assault upon SAID " m. " ight with in.
tent o kill and murder him, said VIM.
| Wright, AZ "a principal, from the fact Of
| her furnishing a ms to said Houston tn
/ enable him in the commission Of said
ullense o. ASS ult with uteut 10 kill aui
murder made by him upon the person
OF SAID VIM. W right
Signed, Ggo b RENIoK, Foreuan,
| II. ID. HALL,
CnAs, \. SToUGlI,
j, l.. Lu>sFoED,
w. A. HAMILToN,
y, 5. ADAMS,
WM. w. Evans, Coroner
Ia the testimony Of Mr.. Reufro, he
stated that while Houston was staudi K
alone IN he da ce hall. before the gun
was handed HIM, one Of the three
strangers ste ped up with a knife be
nd Houston, and that Houston turned
and lcyeled his pistol o. him, when he
went back into the yard.
DESPITE THE WEATHER,