Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-11

and sit in chair and sleep. Before
he went out Mr.. Lawson called him by
the name of John and said: John
where are you going?" He told him
he'd 90 home and go to bed, and after
he went out there was stray dog
around there that had been around
there two or three days. Mr.
Lawson had takena liking to him and
he wanted to take up with him. He
asked me if would go and catch him
and get a piece of meat for him; in the
kitchen it was. L went in and got him
the meat and brought it out to him,
and he offered to pay me for it and l
wouldn't accept it. He give me a
glass of beer and he taken one. He
went to the door and he tried to get the
dog in the house aud the dog wouldn't
come in. He laid the meat on the
| counter and set down in the chair by
the stove, and went in the kitchen,
and closed up my front doors. l had
TO close the front doors on the insidei
i couldn't go out that way and came
through the saloon, and before | came
! out of the kitchen. he asked me If
had locked the front door of his sa-
loon, if had showed il to or locked it;
/ told him no, hadn't locked it, that
|
or not, and went to the door TO see If
it was locked. When it shoves to it
latches. And there was couple of
men out there trying to get a drunken
man away that had been there some
time. | suppose he was drunk from
his actions. l went back in the kitch-
en- and drank "A cup of coffee and put
out the fire, and came on through the
saloon and told him j believed I'd go
home. He made me no answer, and |
went on out the side door. The front
doors We're still closed. i came ON
around in front, and the men were still
there when i went by. And 1 Went
on down to colored woman's house,
| can't think of the place, "Hell's Half
Acre" j think. 1T is somewhere down
there. 1T was twenty minutes after
three O'Clock / think when L left the
saloon. Pm not positive, but L don't
think it was any later. 1 went
on down TO this womap's house
and Knocked on the door,
and she asked who it was; didn't
tell her who ii was; / just told her to
open the door; she told me she was
sick and did not want TO get up ana
let me in; but she did and / went to
bed and got up or half-past =
next morning, | suppose. l sent out
ana got my breakfast, and there was a
peddler came along while had sent
after my breakfast and l bought an
undershirt, socks and handkerchiefs
OF him, and | exchanged. 1 took of
my top shirt and undershirt and
threw my old undershirt and top shirt
and vest on the floor. Then | eat my
breakfast and came down to go u
work; 1t was then about half-past II
: O'Clock; | came down Houston street
: and l bought top shirt then; | hao
! on an undershirt; l went down to the
saloon; my partner wasn't there, and
u the restaurant had not been opened
a that day. Two of the police came IN
!, ana heard one OF them go up to th'
!, ola coiored man, Dan, that made
u ntes OF morning and asked MIN;
= T. qoh't know what they said to him, bu
- l heard one of them say 10 the othe
: one that he thought / was thu
man that done this crime. Tn
:, Other one said, Yes / think y
- myself. They told me they'd like t
r. see me came up 10 me, one of then
a 4'd, and told me he'd like to see me
>. got up and stepped out, and the
~ commenced to search me. / aske'
= lnem what they was doing; WIN
- right they had To search me. The
n asked me where got them ne'
a, vio.hes had on top shirt undershii
~ hnu pair of pants / told them that
~ bought them. They wanted to kno'
4 Wnere. / told them the place, but
% ! didn't know the name. They aske
IN ne where stayed that night, after
~ ielt the saloon. There were three {