Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-03-03
rIIRDER WILL OUT.
,rl,es Black Of Lamar County
ana By a Hireling Of Har-
ris and Crook.
i !, Which Middleton. the Assas-
Va in turn to have been Put
= Forever Out Of the Way.


bpcClhis
TEX, March County
,diourned until 1870 to-day,
,he examining trial OF Crook
u,rris was proceeded with.
isthaway, at his own instance,
n order excluding reporters
sI,hln The bar taking notes for
'2Ieation Of the evidence In this
.son the ground that evidence so
sssd would disaualify the citi-
n Lamar county from being
anon the case. The dtfendants'
u staied that they did not make
mauest in the matter.
" Holman was put upon the
s,hls afternoon to testify agsinst
and Harris, the case against
III having been dismissed by the
"a the ground of there not being
IVA sufficient to convict him OF
sity in the murder of Black
..timony of Holman occupied
,.ole of the afternoon, and was
n 10 with almost breathless in
,M the large audience that had
"a, His evidence WAS given
sad unhesitatingly, and II not
a IN bis cross examination 1t will
N damaging to at least one OF the
risDls, Newt Harris.
4 man testified 10 havizg had a
Lration with Harris in which
" said that II Black fooled with
I h would get Middleton to kill
| In conversation with Middle
4tlhe Jail, Middleton said that he
n do anything for Harris, who
ESsn 3 friend to him He further.
seated that he saw Middleton at
I'M the night after the killing of
Y. and that Middleton described
I'M the manner in which he
N Black that after the
(rs OF Black he went
y distance west and then north,
Eiudiug himself Loaf he 20. off his
|ssnd tied him to q tree and hid Ia
|Kods all night, that at one time
ID Nelson and some one else pass.
Mere he was and he cooked his gun
! the intention of killing Nelson,
BE- was afraid he might not be able
ktsway. Holman also stated that
|nCrook returned from Hot Springs
bet him and had a short converse
! with him, and that Crook said L:
d must do something In order
nske the people think that we are
king for the guilty parties"
he witness stated that two letters
re written by Mrs, Harris in No
mber, both addressed to John How
!, onsoithe names by which Mil.
Ton vas known, and that these let
we're written in his presence.
nj told the witness that he had
Middleton $50 and had sent him
l0fe, but that the letter rntaining
Eoney came back. The witness
'iaied that Crook expressed his re-
y being In this trouble, and said
he never would have been ,
|ht into 1t but for Harris
Bis wife. Nearly two weeks
sccordIng to the witnes state
Crook sent for him, and when
ne to town, Crook and himself
conversation and Crook said
hey would have to do something
out Of this trouble and that he |
ettiag very uneasy and was ex-
* to be arrested every moment. |
wards Crook and Harris and
III had y conversation in Morgan
70 room and it was arranged for
o go to Wsmego, Kss., and de-
Middleton away and kill him or
30 that Harris could kill him
I he could not get him
OF the way then to give
VI the money he had and tell him
We, For this purpose they fur
q him with Sll0, and promised to
lis expenses. Ii was while upon
ZIP that he was ares ed by Dep
'urris and Detective Duncan.
cross examination OF the witness
cIumence tomorrow morning at
o'cIock. Further developments
zpected by quite q number OF
who seem to know something Of
natter. Certainly nothing in the
. Of our people during I he past
y.five years has 20 completely
. them up. There prevails q
seriousness and solemnity be-
! the charge brought against one
. ex sherlffs Of the county to
} many Of our best families are
d by blood and social ties.