The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-12-03


Yesterday mornings $50 east-bound
Texas n Pacific train came snoriing
and pulling into tho downtown depot
abont ON time. Sheriff Smith and CITY
Marshal Arnold alishtei on tho plat
form accompanied By a man OF slender
build, about . fos. 10 inches tall, dark
hair and mustashe aud dark gray eyes.
This was James ssott, the slayer OF
"Big Mack" tho hickman on the even
ing OF tho lIIh insta nj. seoIt
As has already been published
in TIM HHkALp, WAS captured In nj
Paso last Thursday evening.
Scott was immediately conveyed 10
the county jail, where no was visited
by quite a nua sor OF HIS friends dur
ing the day. Lato in the evening n
HERALD representative called 10 see
him anu was readily granted an aud
ience IN tho jailer's apartment, into
which Mr.. Scott WAS brought. The
general appearance of the prisoner
showed that his trouble bore heavily
upon him. He readily consented TO
give his version ot the facts and cir
cumstsnces of the shooting whom 40
requested, and told hio story In an
open, frank way.
The following Is tho substance OF
what he said: "On the Sunday before
the shooting took my wife and two
little children and went out Ia the
country q short distance pecan hnut-
ing. took sy pistol along, thinking,
perhaps, might see squirrel or some,
hing like that. Whom we returned
had 10 go TO the jail ON some business.
and my wife took the pecsns and the
pistol and went to "Big Mack's' house
TO see her mother. When she went
home she forgot the pistol and left IL
there. and that is how my pistol came
here.
."Monday I went az usual
guard the county conviots.
who were a, work on tne roads.
came back to town as usual that even
ing and lett the convic.s at the Jail.
On my way homo met a couple Of
friends and we wentinto saloon near
the square and lad several drinks. l
staid there quite q little while. and
every time / started to 70 they both
insisted that Should stay little
lonser. :.
"When 1 got homo 1 fsund my wife
mad because had not come In time
for supper, and sha refused to give me
anything to eat. / went to bed with |
out supper and said nothing more |
about 1t. On the following morning, |
which was Tuesday, my wife was
still mad, and at arst refused to COOK
breakfast. finally persuaded her to
get me something to eat, but she would
not fix me up snack Tor dinner, rs
she had bsen in the habit of doing; 30
went Off without 1t. While we were |
eating breakfast that morning my wife
kept making threats to me, being still
in very ugly humor."
"What do you mean by making
threats" interrogatsd THE HERALD
man.
WShe threatened that j would be
killed, and that 'Bis Mack would do
1t; that would be hauled out just IS
big Mack had hauled that man back |
of Schneider's house. She kept
up this kind OF talk until l started |
toward her, W hen she went out OF the |
door and LETT the house, going to big
Mack's,' suppose.
went to my work, leaving my little |
four-yesr-old boy playing with Mr..
Shuperts little boy, in whose yard L
live, between Camp street and Patter-
son avenue.
al came back with tho eonviots that |
evening, and got TO the Jail about
O'Clock. Mr.. Rhodes, the jailer, asked |
ms-aiter ! had put the conviots in
fuss of any kind, as Mr.. Petty's
son had told him that big Mack and
my wife had been TO the court house
and made a complaint against me.
told him / had had no fuss with any
body that would warrant complaint
beirg made against me-"
81 then put my gun across my
shoulder and started out of the door.
Mr.. Rhodes asked me what was going
to do with Tue gun, that l had better
leave it at the Jail. l told him that
had gotten IL wet several times, and
that was going to take Is home with
mo and oil 1t up, this being the gun
used In guarding eonyicts"
"After / left the jail went by big
Msck's' homo to get my pistol, which
had been LETT there on the Sunday be-
fore by my wife.
GAS 1 cams up Jackson street
towards the house l saw Mrs. 'MacK'
standing in her back door. / asked
her II Matte, meaning my wife, was
there. and she called 'Big Mack He
came OUT and ikeG him II my wife
was there, that wanted to see her.
He went back into the house, told her
ard followed her out.
az said to her: Come on Matte, go
nome with me and Iel's have no more 1
OF this foolishness."
"sNo, I'll net go; don't intend to
Ii va with you any longer, she said.
81 prevailed and kept persuad,ng
her to return nome, when big
Mack Clipped in and wanted to know
what the trouble was"
81 said: tMy wife has threatened my
life with you and that 1 would yet be
hauled out behind Schneider's house
dead.'"
"'I understand that you say that if
Matte comes to my house, you will
burn it,"
81 said this was mistake, that /
had never said il. l then asked who
told him this, and he said my wife
had"
"sBig Mack then said: Tomorrow
when this Gaze against you is over,
am going to make your wife go up and
make complaint against you OF threat
ening to burn my house,"
81 TOLD him he would do wrong II he
did that, as had never made any
such threat. then asked where my
little boy WIS, he having always been
fonder OF me than of his mother. My
wife replied that he was in the house."
"sBig Mack then said: Yes, by
Cd, and he Ia going to stay there"
al will ses about that l replied"
"sYou are an officer, amt you,'
asked big Mack addressing me-"
officer, but Mr.. Smith, the sheriff, has
given ms tae right to carry gun, as l
guard the convicts.'"
"sYOu have two guns on now,
havsn't your ask ed big Mack"
Il told him / had, as my wife
nad brought my pistol out and handed
+ to me when she came ont of the
honse."
nsYou CD DIN s--n of BIB, will
make you eat them too replied big
Mack,' at the same time throwing hi.
right band on his hip pocket, and adj
vanced.
ISL made step back and threw up
my gun as he advanced upon me, as
hal my gun with the stock resting on
the ground beside me when he first
made the movement. AS threw up
- y -, !, an ack, " hirlad on hia heala