The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-07
LONGVIEW.
4 Celebrated Murder Case Now on
Trial.
Eyid nee rlrcams,aaiial, but the Link,
Appear unbroken.
IN Interesting Story Of a Crime,

LosoviLw, June Especial l--TeItlmc-
ny ia iht o,tysls murder case has ended
and arguments haya negnn. District At
orn"r Hogs opening was clear aud con-
elusive.
lns case Of thu State vs.. Ei. Dean,
charged with the murder OF Charles
Steven,, VS. called IN the district court
yesterday, and ~ announced In this MORT
ing's HEsaLp, the examination OF wit
nesses was begun. The frcts OF the case
are these: Ga the 2ist OF May, 1888, Char
Icy Stevens, q farmer anu itrfy.keeper nt
Camps ferry, near Gls5ewster, was plough
ing his cotton, when some one, concealed
10 IN arbor Ia corner OF the fence,
bred a load Uf shot In to stevens back KILL
ing him instantly. All Of the evidence is
ciicums,sntial, bat by SONS most excellent
detective service done by tho then county
attorney, Judge NCCord, OF the Seventh
district, q formidable chain OF evidence was
forged and the assassins located a, the
house OF ] Ohm Bsap. Resident there we're
John Bean, Ed Bean and Amos Stevens,
the latter an uncle OF the deceased. A
quarrel had existed between Anon
Stevens and Bean ana Charley Stevens,
AZ Was rumored In the neighborhood, about
some disputed settlements aud other mat
tiers. IL WAS known that Bean had come to
Longview, With great presidency, bad pro-
cured the loan OF gan. tie went back to-
WtfuS cNht6T gu tilt trhint tuc uTSt
regular station west OF Longview, on toe
Ttxis & Pacific but instead OF getting oil
taere, he went on to Wilkins, 4 flag station
aud tnen walked back TO 0iadewater. This
was on Sunday, at noon. Monday, Charley
0tevers was dead. Anon Stevens was
tom Michigan, whence he come at the
ureings OF Charley Stevens, rs Anon
said, but IL WAS also said he
mad come because he WAS In q murder or
Assault - murder case up there. He lived
a. CHARLEY stevens who hsd quarIelled
with him about some anonymt u Letters
the Steven 3 family accused him OF sending,
be,ause he mad brought with him nom the
north his mistress, representing her a. MS
wife, and Tor other reasons. Charley Ste
vens ordered his uncle away. and probably
expelled him by force. Tnis was on the
iih OF May, 1883, aud no went 10 the resi-
dence OF M. Jonn Besn. After tho murder
the ootpr nts from the y ace Of The mui-
derer's O. ncealment lead 10 Beams house.
The report fths quarrel pointed susnlcion
10 Ed Bear ana ANON Stevens, aud saey
were indicted.
The testimony yesterday wa' vs. fnllovsi
Frank Johnson, colored testified that Is.
Bean pnsssd his house, three aud half
miles ives, vi Gladewater, golng toward
that place Oh Sunday, no thought OF tho
week before tho murder ne atopp.i
Johnson'e; loaded his gnr With buct and
squirrel shot W. 7. Violory; Bean let
W.lkin's Just after No. 3)l passed ol sun.
day, May 20 b, 1883, vita dc ols'5arre.td
shotgun ~ bis maud.
Mrs.. OhgrleY stevens detailed 'he incl
dent of the killing. fixing the time 70 IL or
little after. aud also gave the explanation
OF the quarrel iii Anon Steseu, - noted
above, and ssid she never knew OF auy
Qusrrel with Desn, bat ill.feeling existed;
her husband i1it did not Ike him.
Thx. t.af n n.s az
morning was only oonfImatory OF
Bean &c ting the quo, until Boo
Wood came on tho stand, when |
he fixed III important point Of time. When |
Wood went home to dinner ut ~ o'clock, |
certainly by three minutes after IL, Ed.
Bean ives inon coming from bis house, and
in reply to the question How did you get
SID ne got along very tlowly; that he had
been fixing up fences: knew Of no quarrel
between Ell. Bean and Charley Stevens.
James MoDg: Ed. Bean stated In Mnng's
house Charley Stevens had not treated him
well, TN from this he know OF ill.feeling
q. W. collins lived on other side
Of tho river, about quarter OF
mile from Stevens place; hesrd report
OF gun; was about ~ O'Clock; IL was about |
halt hour afterwards when he saw Mrs. Ste |
venr, who told lin o. murder; h. We It |
over there, saw body eleven steps from |
fence; found three bush screens made in |
fence corners, and footprints made by |
some one going awsy very lively, one toe |
point out the other In, (pigeon tosd In one
foot;) Bean came down, saw body, seemed |
to be- much frightened, pale, even blue Ia |
looks
Joel Smith trailed the footprints TO a
barn, about half mile or more from the |
place OF shooting: northeast direction TO
/ ne old burnt Cooper mill; that 10 the place |
where Bean lived; Beans statement was
I nat lie mad run some hogs out of the field |
and put up fenoe; Smith, with some Others,
examined the field. found no hog
track, nor sign Of fence repair
TOR n year at least. Judge McCord detailed
his proceedings in the case He ordered tho
arrest OF Geferdent, hut the same night.
Monday, nigh of MURDER 10 was discharge.
He told me he had got gun for Anon
stevens Who sad @ wanted u kill Char ~ |
Stevens. ] cot gun for hun, put II in barn.
told Anon Stevens OF II aud gave MIN ten |
buckshot TO load 1t with. After he was re.
essed from arrest, Sunday night, went
out NJ Anon Stevens request, and hid gnn |
and ammunition Ia bushes. There was
soms trouble about Identifying the gun used
In the killing.
DR.. Vernon found paper used for wsddiDg |
near body, found the same kind OF paper at
he Bean harm, where Gun was loaded.
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