The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-11-12

town; slept in the same room with
my father and mother and the smaller
children; young Tom stayed at our
house that night; uncle Bob left our
house about half hour 10y sun, came
back betW cen 8 and 8; passed by again
between 8 and 10; the last time he
passed in lope with his hat on; on
Saturday [ was at Mrs. Jane Pear
sons and Shack told me to tell my
father to come to see him that he
wanted another dCcter; up to the time
Lee Leverton was arrested l told no
one that my father was not guilty but
that l knew who was; l knew my
father was not guilty from what young
Tom said; l have said nothing
about this before, because | did not
not want to; L did not tell my faith
er's lawyer about it. because l did not
want to; about II o'clock on the night
DR.. S. was shot l heard young Tom
say his father killed DR.. S.; young
Tom left the house for a while that
night and told me he rode my fathers
blaze faced sorrel horse; young Tom
left our house about or o'clock and
returned in about an hour and hall:
my father did not leave the house that
night; my father said nothing about
our proving an alabi for him nor did
he. say anything about DR.: S.; when
Uncle Bob came by our house about
10 o'clock on the night of the killing
he went by in lope with his hat off,
he passed in thirty feet of the door
and spoke to me; know it was him:
young Tom then came in afterwards
and said his father had shot Dr. Stovall.
MRS. TOM PEARSON
testified: l am the wife of defendant;
l was at home the night DR.. S. was
shot and all day Monday; my husband
returned home late Monday evening
from Mrs. Jane Parsons; he went to
ii n Smiths afoot about dusk and
stayed about two hours; we waited
supper for him, after supper he went in
the other room, smoked his pipe and
went to bed; my daughter and Wereun
an hour Or more after he went to bed; Z
was boiling some soap and looking at
some pictures of the tn ee old brothers /,
L slept with my husband that night,
he did not leave the house; L went to
bed about 10 o'clock; the LeVerton
boys and young Tom and young
Bob were at my house that
evening; old Bob was at my house
late in the evening, about 8 o'clock
he came again and spoke of having
eaten bait of fish, stayed short
time and left, he was gone about an
hour and half and then passed by
and called to my daughter to shut up
the dogs, young Tom disappeared
about the time his father left the Sec
ond time and came back just after his
father passed the house the last time:
my husband was at Smiths when
Tom came at o'clock, and in bed
when he came by at 10; my husband
was asleep when l went to bed; my
husband said nothing about our swear
ing he had not left the house that
night, after we went to bed nothing
was said about DR.. s.; had gone to
bed when Bob passed the last time,
looked out of the window and saw him
lope by with his hat off, l was about
twenty feet from him and the light in
the house was still burning; when
Bob was at our house the first time he
told the children he had about six
pounds of fish in him; when young
Tom came in he looked badly scared
and said, "my pa has killed DR.. Sto-
Yall;" we did not ask young Tom any
questions and did not wake up my
husband, he did not know Of the shoot
Ing until he was arrested next morn
ing"