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

time last January, at Mr.. Trogdeh 81
we we're both called On to attend SICK
person in the family; DR.. Stoval! did
not reach there until late, and CAV
an excuse, that he was lost on
road; that his eyesight was beconF4
and he had lost his way.R:
a pasture with which he was famil
be also said that he did not like I'd
out at night, IS he could not see W
it is my opinion that DR.. s. eXaggef4
ated the defect in his eyesight in Or
der to excuse himself Tor not COM
ing to see the sick persons on tRe
night before"
j. L. JONES
testified: 81 live on Onion creek; I
was at Wade Smiths store on tho
evening DR.. S. was shot; saw Tom
Pearson there, and talked with him;
as l was leaving, defendant was on
:;:e gallery, in front of the store; sid
noL he&- hin mention DR.. Stoyal's
name in any connection"
MRS. NANCY JANE ROSE
testified: "Bob Pearson married my
S ster; DR.. SSoYall treated child Of
my brother, Mr.. Davis, last January :
he visited the child daily for eight or
ten days; DR.. Stovall used specs
tacles at my house, during the sick
ness of the child; he used my hus-
bands spectacles; he used them =, IL
looking as the fever tester to see how
much fever the child had, the tester
had marks on it and Dr.. S. used the
spectacles to examine the marks, sew
him use them as many as three
times, he used them IN the day tin1e,
he would hold the tester between him
and the light when he was examining
it. 1 heard of DR.. Stovall's being SHOT
on the evening after it occurred; IA
the 10Th of March, my husbatH p
caught a very large fish, l sent son e
of it over to my sister, Bob Pearson
wife, sent it about 5 o'clock in the
evening of the 10Th, by Clark Jones
[ am 81 years old, my husband is 81:
We both use the same spectacle
CLARK JONES
testified: 81 was driving a milk cart
last March; [ brought the milk TO
Austin from a place beyond PeaCE;
sons; on March 10Th, I carried SOME
fish to Bob Pearson's house, from
Roses house; delivered the fish TO
Mamie Pearson, a daughter Of Bob 7;
I remember the date because DR.. =.
was shot the same day; l did not
any of the fish on the road"
BILL DAVIS
sestified: @Bob Pearson married NJ
sister; on the Same day before DR.. J.
was shot, l was at Mrs. Jane Pear
sons; sat up with the sick ehildran
Saturday night and left Sunday morn
ing about II o'clock; Tom Pearson
came to Mrs. Jane Pearson's about s
o'clock Sunday morning; he inquired
about the sick and then went out on
the porch; Mrs. Pearson then cama
to the door and said Shack
wanted to see him; Tom and I went
in, and Shack told Tom he wanted
another doctor; Tom said he would
get one IN town, either Morris, Taylor
or Cummings; Mrs. Pearson suggested
DR.. Bennett; [ said mo, get s0g2e 9th
er one" Mrs. Pearson did not SSy any;
thing more; Tom1 then rod4 offsso
Austin; I married daughter Of Mrs.
Jane Pearson; one Of my children was
sick at Mrs, Roses last spring, and
while the child was sick he asked for
spectaclts to examine his fever tester:
l saw him once at the window with
the spectacles on; the tester was q
glass thing with marks on it; knew
DR.. Stovall eight or nine years; never
saw him wear spectacles except on
that occasion; the spectac es belonged
to Rost Il expressed surprise at his
using spectacles, and he answered
that he rarely did So
ROBERT TRODDGEN.
Testified: "Last winter DR.. S. came
to see sick child OF mine; he came
late, and excused himself by saying
he got lost in a pasture above my
house; he said he went to sleep on
the road and so got lost; said his eye
sight was not so good as it had been;
he used no glasses at my house; never
saw him use glasses in performing OPP
erations.
WI HART
Testified: 81 am assistant postmaster
at Bluff Springs; saw Tom P. at the
postofice on the 10Th of March; heard
him say nothing about DR.. S.; saw
him talking with several there but
did not hear what they said.
YOUNG TOM PEARSON
Testified: 81 am a son of Mrs, Jane
Pearson and a nephew of Tom and
Bob; was at home on the night DR.
Stovall was shot; had been at Austin
that day and got home late in the
eV ening; had been away from home
several days; saw Tom and Bob
Pearson in Austin or the ave,
nue.: [ was told by Tom Pearson
to hurry home, as my brother
Shack was very sick: then went 30
the bank and they went down the
avenue; saw them again in town,
but did not speak to them; l went
home on a wagon and reached there
about half an hour by sun: heard
shooting that night, several shots in
the direction of Doggy bridge; heard
horses running Immediately after, as
many as two crossed the bridge, and
two came in the direction of our house,
but stopped near George Roses place,
there is gate opening into George
Roses pasture near where the horses
stopped"
CHARLES GOODEN
testified: 81 heard of the shooting
the morning after it occurred; l was
not out doors on the night of the 18th :;
Clark Jones was driving my milk
wagon at that time"
AL. GOODEN
tesUifed: 81 heard of DR.. Stovall be-
ing shot on the morning after it oc-
Cured; I was out on the night of the
10Th OF March, it was foggy, dark
night; I was out Of doors until 8
O'Clock talking to friend; it was too
dark to distinguish his features; we
were in hollow; don't know whether
1t was foggy on the hills or not"
JACK HUGHES
testified; az live on the Lcckhart
road; was out in the open air the
night of the shooting between 8 and 8
o'clock; it was dark night, saw very
few stars"
LEFT ROSE
testified; last January DR.. Stoyall
was attending q sick child at my
house; while treating the child
he used my spectacles to
examine the fever tester"