The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-29

Sot WI uls boisc hud Wcut uuWu W
Jerry Reagan's, cabin. Arriving
there he found old Jerry sitting in
front of5ihe fire smoking pipe; his
three children were around him, aud
lying on. the bed was Pink Davis
and cold in death "a with blood
froth oozing out of his mouth and
nose. Marshal Moore nsked old Jerry
what he had done, Jerry replied in
the most compIac mt and cool tones,
that he had KILLED a Niger" Depu-
ty Sheriff Tom Henry arrived on the
scene about this time and he and
Marshal Moore took old Jerry to the
Jail.
JERRY's STORY.
Ate o'clock al EXAMINER reporter
went to the Jail, and being admitted
by Mr.. Tom Stephens, he found old
Jerry sitting on low pine bench in
the run-arOund of the large iron
case, eating his breakfast. Jerry is
So years old, Is copper colored,
has an intelligent aud honest looking
face; short gray beard, Keen gray
eyes; has been cripple for forty-two
years, and goes about on crutches; he
was ready TO give any information,
and did not seem cognizant of the
fact that he had commit I'd murder
which, in the eyes of the law, is most
foul. In angwer to the EXAMINER re-
porter's interrogatories Jerry said;
al was born in Overton, Monroe
county, Tennessee, and came to Waco
when the Indians were still here;
was raised by Judge Reagan; have
been living in aud near Waco since
came 10 Texas; was married thirteen
years ago In Hamilton county; have
three children, two boys and one girl
l killed Pink Davis with an axe, be
cause he has been too intimate with
my wife; he came TO my house about
one month ago, and wanted to board
with me; | told him If he was gen.
tleman he could stay; Davis has been
making my house his home since
when found out that he
was doing ordered him to
leave; but he Kept coming
back; when tried to MAKE
him leave he would not go
and on Saturday night he knocked
me down and beat me in the face and
on the head; he took my wife ava,
from my home aud kept her two oil
three nights; when he came back t.
my house Tuesday night did no
want him to stay, but he said h'
woulu stay that night and leave l,
the morning; after supper Pink aske
my wife to hold the lamp for hin
! while he read the bible; | told him
would hold the lamp; my wife thel
went to bed; when the oil burned on
of the lamp he went to his bed; thi
morning, when got up, Pink awoke
and said he had dreamed dream;
asked him to tell me what 1t was; b
said no, but said he would tell m
wife what his dream was, after av lille
did not like his talk; and after h
went TO sleep again, saw the devl
In him; sent my little boy out OF tn
house after ali AK; when he came j
with IL took the weapon and struc
Pink three times on the head au
Killed him; am now sorry | di d il
CORONER EMPANRLLED.
Justice X. w. Davis, on being not
fed of the murder, empanelled jur
and they went out to the cabin
view the dead body. 1t was lying o
a bed near the door, and presented
most horrible appearance. The hea
of the corpse was lying on pillo
! near the rail, and bloody froth WI
still oozing out of the nose an
!. mouth; a great cess-pool of bloc
was under the bed. After the jul
was sworn an examination of u
/. wound was made. and II was asce
: tanned that the skull above the lie
ear was crushed, and small hole VI
discernable Just above the,ear. Thr'
witnesses, Jerry's wife, Mary Jal
Reagan, and two of the children,
nov ii years old and girl nine 8 yea
LloId. were examined; they all testiti,
in regard TO the killing about Z
same as the statement made by o
Jerry. The little girl slept in 4
he'd with Davis; the woman, as so,
;. as she heard the first blow struck
}. Jerry. Jumped out of ier bed, Al
> after he struck him twice mo-
5. she sad: "For mercy sake, j,
o nv don't kill the maj
q The woman then run ont of I
house and COMMENCED screaming. 4
Dc little boy said when his papa sc
r. him out after the axe, he did n
q. know he was going to kill the mi
and when he saw what he was gol
:, TO do, he begged him not to
y Davis. The woman also testified
u the fact that old Jerry and d wis b
a fight last Saturday night and Il
Davis had knocked him down. WI
Davis came to the house Tuesd
night he and old Jerry mi
friends, and she thought they woI
not fight again. Jerry had cur
and abused her ON Sunday, aud
Monday night he ran her away fr
home. She was afraid Jerry wo
-. Kin her, and she had to watch him
( the time.
Resides the testimony other IA
~ were cleaned, which weigh very he
50. ily against old Jerry, and II is evid
that Instead of the devil being In
Wis II was in old Jerry himself.
Z poor old cripple cannot well
ns hanged, and II he is sent to the p'
II teutiary he cannot do any work,
a. his iufirmities will not permit hin
do any hard labor.
? ~ g VERDICT OF THE CORONER.
The coroner returned the follow
verdict; We, the jury, alter view
the Remains and hearing the Il
mony of the witnesses. find that
deceased, Pinkney Davis, a COLI
man, about IS or 80 years OF az
medium size, come to his death
MdLennan county, Te1vs, on the
!. day of October, 1885, by being kn