The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-05-29

anu Ten nClOCh, he dutl WliIltN
we're to meet ut noon by appointment
tlev met near the Bank Excl angG
went inside. sat down at a table al
called for beer; while seated at tn
table witness noticed pool of blOO
on the floor, and that the clothe
! of deceased were saturated at tn
waist. He asked him what was thu
matter. Edwards replied: MY wount
has broken out afresh, go for a doc
tor" Witness went and returned will
DR.. Rogers; deceased was still sitting
in his chair, but was partly undresSet
and stream of blood was squirting
out of the lowest one of the wounds
there was another wound just abovt
this one, but only one was bleeding
AS soon as the blood was staunched
Edwards was conveyed to the hotel
Next morning, the 10th, the wound
broke out afresh, and AGAR
on Saturday morning. AT first Ed
wards would not consent to the tieing
up of the arteries, but finally consen
ted and the operation was performed
Saturday afternoon. The post NOR.
tenn exination held at noon Monday
May 10, revealed the fact that the
lowest wound-the one that had
opened extended through the hollow
The blade of the knife had struck
what is known as the lower eleventh
rib and glanced making the cash from
two to three inches. The wound
above this had penetrated the left
lung slightly. Edwards never left his
bed from the time of the re-opening of
his wound on Thursday until his
death. Witness, Mrs. Edwards, DIR.
Rogers and aservant were present at
his death.
CROSS-EXANTINED.
Knew of Edwards drinking in
Austin on Tuesday before his depart
ure for Galveston; think he
drank whisky; he had more
than one drink. but cannot
say positively how many, nor of what
they consisted. He had flask of
whisky when he got in the sleeping
Car on Tuesday evening. He handed
the bottle to porter, but after get
ting in bed called for drink. That
was the only one knew him to take
that night; think the porter put the
bottle In the berth above Edwards.
Saw Edwards take one drink from it
next morning. After getting to Gal
weston saw Edwards drink cocktail;
On reaching the Beach hotel, Nat.
@. Henderson, who WAS along, in
vited all to take a drink
with him; this was such surprise
that all accepted; this was 10 o'clock;
don't remember seeing Edwards take
any more drinks that day; early next
morning Thursday he ordered a
drink from the porter; this was the
last witness saw him take on Thurs
day until beer was ordered at the
Bank Exchange, as above mentioned;
was with Edwards two-thirdS of the
time after arrival, on Wednesday;
didn't think l was out of his presence
more than two hours.
Owing to pressing business witness
was excused for the evening, and the
court adjourned to 8 o'clock this
morning.
Court met at o'clock.
II. S. MELVEN.
Cross examination resumed: After
breakfast on the 18th, Edwards, Mad
den and witness went from the Beach
hotel on a street car. On arriving at
Galvesto on the morning of
the 18th, Capt. Edwards and wit
ness walked from the railroad de-
pot to the Two Brothers saloon,
a distance of two or three blocks, and
went from there in bus to the hotel,
where we were assigned rooms on the
third floor of the building, reaching
our rooms by elevator; don't re-
member of Edwards going up or
down the stairway. After breakfast
Edwards, Maddox, and witness went
from the hotel on the street car toward
the Strand and got off at Market
street, and Edwards and witness
walked from Market street to Clai-
borne's office, distance Of about
block and a half; and from
ClaiborneS office we went
to the corner of the first street toward
the Strand, and then witness left Ed
wards; witness going to Truehart's;
Edwards saying he was going to see
Blum and several other parties. They
parted at about IL o'clock a. m. Wit
ness next saw him at about IL or /
o'clock, on Market street, when he
met him. Witness left him at that
point and went to the hotel to get
some papers, and again met him at
about or o'clock that evening near
the same place Cd Market street. Wit
ness was with him most OF the time
from that hour for the remainder of
the day. Witness went to hotel about
or o'clock that evening, and Ed
wards came up about half an hour at
forwards. Witness found Edwards
several times with other gentlemen
he (witness) did not hRow; and also
in company that day with q. N.
Lauve, who was a member, or ap-
peared to be, of the club at Galveston,
who invited Edwards and witness to
the club room. Witness went with
them and spent little while there
looking around; witness and Edwards
were invited to drink; wit
ness drank; didn't see Ed
wards drink, but thought he did.
They then went to the club room by
the steps, not by the elevator. Onthe
morning of the 18th they went down
to Market street from the hotel, on
street car, and from there walked
again to Claiborne's Office, and from
there walked back to Market street
where they separated. witness going
again to Truehart's office. He and
Edwards were to meet again at that
point at about IL o'clock, and witness
going to that point met Edwards at
the Bank Exchange, 1t was very
warm on the 14th and 18th of May.
Witness knew he perspired very
freely. Could not say the length of
the wound out of which the blood
was pouring at the Bank Exchange.
The stream of blood seemed to be
about the Isle of small pin; when
witness saw the wound exposed at the
Bank Exchange, it had strip of adj
heSive plaster across it; saw the oper-
alton performed when the artery was
taken up and tied on the 18th of May;
the doctors had to make an incision of
about one and half inches on each
side of the opening, from which the
blood flowed; the opening by the doc
tors was made large enough to get
their instruments and fingers into it
to take up the artery; Edwards made
complaint on the cars on the morning
of the 14th, after he got up, that
his side was feeling stiff and
little sore; and, on the morning
of the 18th, after he got up, he COM
planned about in the same way. He
made no other complaint up to the
time of the bleeding of the wound at
the Bank Exchange. Witness saw
the post norton. Drs. Rogers and
Ely pointed out to witness a point on
the lung which looked like it had been
touched with something which he
would not have noticed had it not
been pointed out to him. Witness
could not say that there had been any
bleeding on the inside of the cavity.