Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-16
STATE VS.. DALLAS LOGAN.
The Testimony all in and the arg"
mcnts Half Finished
MT Much Interest Manifested by th'
Public In Ibis Old Murder Case.

| test slony was bTiei ana 10 Tue pun
counsel Tor both sides seemed anxious
to have the witnesses tell all tney
knew about the case in as few words
as possible. The prosecution INTRO
duced the dying statement OF fele'
Smith, as heard by several witnesses,
and the testimony of an eyewitness
who witnessed the shooting. The de-
fense introduced two eye-witnesses
who witnessed the shooting, and
number of witnesses who testified az
| to The general bad reputation oil smith
i'm the neighborhood where he resided
at the time of his death, but the prose
outlon also produced number OF Wit
nesses who testified as to Smiths good
character.
The first witness introduced by the
prosecution was William Law. lie tes-
| lifted as follows:
"rIiE KILLING OCCURRED
on Little Prairie about two miles and
A half this side of Mansfield, where
Logan was herding a bunch of cattle.
Father nnd | were working in field
over a quarter ola mile from where
the killing occurred. We heard shoot
ing and some hallooing as though
some one was begging; heard six piss
toll shots: father remarked that some
body is being killed up there; we went
to point where we heard the shooting;
when we got there we found a hat and
| paper scattered about on the ground;
we saw blood on the grass. A trail led
| of toward John Grimsley's house;
about two hundred yards from there
we overlook old man Logan and an
! In
John Grimsley's; then left and went
to Mansfield for doctor"
J. II. LAW
testified in corroboration of his son
and the testimony was identical as far
as the boys testimony went. He fur
ther testified: "In the hallooing re
membered hearing some one say oh
lordy or come here. DR.. Noodle came
and told Smith he could not live, aud
turned him over to me. am min
lister and Smith expressed himself as
satisfied with his future. Smith said
that he and Logan got into n dispute
about some cattle which Logan had
taken OF his; that they had had set
| Element few days before and agreed
that Logan should have SO many cat
tie, but Logan took more than he WA.
entitled to. He and Logan had gon,
to LOgan's herd together the day tn,
shooting occurred. Logan began I,
shoot ut him, and that he asked LogaI
not to shoot him as he was unarmed
Logan continued TO sho}t. Smith
died that evening""
DIR. S. o. NOODLE
next took the stand and testified tina
he was called TO see Smith and foun,
him suffering from five bullet wounds
two wounds in the chest, one in tn
right arm, which was shattered heloy
the elbow, and two wounds in tn
back ; saw that he could not live an'
told him so. Smith told him that n
had put his hands in his pocket IL
some papers just before Logan she
, him.
AARON GIBSON
! testified In confederation of the o he
witnesses and said Smith had state
. in his dying declaration that i
(Smith) had turned his pockets wron
side out to show he was unarmed, an
begged Logan not to shoot him.
q JOHN GRIMsLEY. JR.,
] testified; my father lived about
' quarter Of n mile from where IL
= killing occurred. was out some di
II lance from the house playing wi
" some children. l heard some shoC
1t ing aud heard somebody hallooing
,e though they were begging. L,
shots were fired before / looked
wards where they came from. look
in the direction and SAW Dallas Log
shooting at Smith and Smith runni
with Logan after him. Smith I
ye about thirty or forty steps and (,
lie Logan ran up close TO him and 81
IN him in the back while he WAS lying
en- his face on the ground. Logan I'll
y, got on his horse and ran oil in
n eastern course, whipping his no
tn with his hat
iis The cross-examination failed
10 weaken this witness testimC
which was very strong and delive
In truthful manner. The prose
ton here rested and the defense cal
it their first witness.
he L.. HART,5
de an eyewitness of the shooting, L
or the stand and testified that he and
igs Mr.. William Logan were with
ow herd OF cattle when Smith and Da
,ur Logan came together To where Il
.pt were. "They got into dispute
fth which Smith cursed Logan and ca
him II g. of a b. and other ms,
ing names, and when Logan fired
first shot Smith had his hand in
"a pocket as though he were going
ltz- draw some weapon. My horse
OF scary and my attention was partly
por cupied with IL during the shoot
did not remember any haliooing I
was done.n
ise- In the cross-examination he ad
way ted that some hallooing WAS none
.y's tho cattle which had stampeded W
1 to the shooting commenced.
OF WILLIAM LOGAN,
W. W. father OF the defendant, was next In
, .n duced and testified in corroboratio
ana the witness Hart; said he hear,
.nSa halloolng; that Smith had violeI
,ns' abused his son and had put his h
a,'S In his pocket before shooting was d.
.,aa Cross-examined: He stated he
Nv standing about eight or ten feet (
Of the men; that after the shooting
!, ~, son got on horse and rode of; thu
hua went TO New Mexico and stayed I
,,n or four years. Witness said he ,
~" up to Smith after he WAS shot an
the best of his recollection both
ara dead mans pants pockets were tut
tho wrong aide out.
MN Witnesses were then introduce