Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-20
A LIFE IN THE BALANCE.
The Courthouse Crowded 10 Hear the
Closing Argument In the j. ~.
Harrison Murder Trlnl.
The Case To Go TO the Jury To-day "A
Painful Accident--Three LAW.
Brehkers Brought In


NNilll llOIAlN ~ llllH AlAIf was viz ItNiUl-
cnt of painful and, perhaps, fatal injuries
about seven miles from the city on the
Pennington road, about 10 O'Clock this
morning II seems that RuDman was on
his way to Sherman with u load OF house
hold goods and that the horses became
frightened and ran away. The sudden jar
threw Runmau under the rear wheels.
His head and neck were terribly bruised
and physician and ambulance were sent
out, but mp to tonight they had not re-
turned The wounds are liable TO prove
. fatal.
/ Sheriff Ryburn arrived from Paris this
! afternoon with one Pitts, charged with
selling mortgaged property In Ellis coun-
| ty. He was taken to WaXahachie by the
/ south-boind express on the Central.
( j. w. Stcadman was brought in from
Gordonyilc to-day by Constable White
aud placed in jail on charge of horse
stealing.
JAS. Mayton was brought in from Bells
to-day and placed in jail on the double
charge of perjury and forgery in default
Of bond Of $3.50 in each case.
/ Tom Coulter, the young man stabbed
al Howe, is in a critical condition.
The bridge on the Texas & Pacific dis
covered to be on fire yesterday afternoon
has been repaired
Last nl@hl Suu lo-uay nave peeii con
suhcd III TAKING testimony ia inc case Oh
the olatc vs. d. ~ uaIIlSon' charSed
/ WIN inc HluruCi Oh JNch HooVNln. lho
witnesses lor me prosecution cohiirih inc
statement OF inc case contained lI our re-
port OF Yesterday WHICH Is Suulciehtly
/ eNplclt LOT an tne purposes OF
the General puDnc' Inc circumstances
attending lhc hllIlhg were Winutely de-
talled ny Ihe negro, VINO sIood present ID
lac saloon al the tile Oh Ile hlliiIS' zee
FrosL Lee "alker, loung Cohlcyi "a
Steedman ana others corroDDofatc the
statement so lar as theS saw lhe klllng,
ana WIN inns inc state rested the case
until tue defense had introduced lheir
testimony. Several witnesses were
sworn this morning TO show the feel
ing existing between the defendant ana
the deceased, and after TINS was done
the main witness Ior inc defense, mrs.
Harrison, wife OF the defendant, was put
on the stand. She testlneu IN substance
that Goodwin had twice insulted her most
grossly and that she mad kept the lacts
from her husband until about II; 80
O'Clock OF the day OF the tragedy. Harri-
son came home at that hOur ana she tod
him how she had been treated.
He was excited at the mar
ratiye but his only exclamation
was "My God" lie then lelt her pres
ence and went upstairs at her father
house, where the interview took place, and
/ she thought he had remained in his
room until half hour later, when she
heard negro woman remark that bar
tender had been killed down town. On
, nearing this she started to the room TO
, see if her husband was there,
but Il sister told her he had
! gone out some minutes before
, shortly thereafter she learned the truth,
and within fifteen minutes Nat Guntcr,
4 Esq, one OF defendants attorneys, told
/ her not 20 tell any one what she
= knew OF the cause of the killing,
, and she had acted on this advice
and kept silent when questioned on
the subject. When asked by the states
d counsel If she had not said to other ladies
G that she knew nothing of the cause, SHIT
said she had no recollection of making
such answers.
q In making proof of the defendants
y declarations Immediately after the killing
q the testimony Of Jake W. and Ed Levy
II was admitted As to what he said when hC
d walked out OF the saloon, but the inter
view With G. Il. Wandelohr that tool
~ place at the courthouse in the presence
r. Of Constable S. Il. Wright who had him
y under arrest, was excluded. The de
n PENDANTS counsel took their bin of eX
}. captions to the ruling of the court.
!. While the facts were being elected from
is the witness the Jury was withdrawn, and
e. witness testified before the court thai
So Harrison had said to him within u few
a. minutes after the killing that he had TO dc