Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-04
DEMANDING DAMAGES.
Progress Of the Case of Nose Harris VS..
The oity Of Hot Springs.
The Parties to the Flynn-Doruu Tragedy
on the Stand.

IN the Uniled States court at o O'Clock
this morning, the attendance being
very large. The trains to-day also
brought in large number OF people
from Hot Springs, many OF whom are
witnesses. After the court opened
Judge Kimbell stated that the attor-
neys for Harris would stand by the
complaint, claiming damages for per
sonal property, TO character and 10
wounding of feelings. The court con.
tinued: This opens the door for evil
dence In mitigation, but the court will
reserve the right TO control the amount
OF evidence introduced. 1t is NOT
necessary TO spend many days over
this matter.h
Harris was again placed on the
stand, and admitted that certain tele.
grams published In the Little Rock
Gazette were sent by him az Associated
Press agent at Hot Springs. Hs also
admitted shooting at Watson, but said
that 1t was In self-defense, and that
Watson had shot ut hum.
VARIOUS WITNESSES FOR HARRIS.
George Townsend, who had $500
stock in Harris paper, and A. Trimble
OF Atlanta, Ga, were examined, after
which the court took recess until M.
ternoon, Townsend stated that after
Harris had been forced to leave that
he refused to turn the paper over 10
the committee or TO condemn the
course Harris had pursued, although
he had been told that unless he did so
the material would be thrown into the
Hot Springs creek.
After recess j. q. Boyd, one the iu-
rors, was excused on account OF illness
OF his wife.
Lileuehat testified that the police
judge told Harris that IL he would
leave town the prosecution would be
Withdrawn.
Williams testified that when Harris
WAS expelled the crowd numbered 400
and Ha ris was in front.
Frank Flynn testified that he pro.
tested against driving his material
witnesses away from Hot Springs, and
that he knew Harris was driven away
because his (HarrisD son ran up TO
him crying and told him so; that he
saw Davis At the head of the crowd
with gun; also saw Baxter, Daw und
others; that Little was commanding
the militia and Nichols was sheriff;
that, NJ his request, Nichols
had protested against running off
his witnesses, but Little told him he
could do nothing; that he (witness)
had been manager of the Hot Sprlngs
Electric Light company; that he had
gambled oil and on since 1866, but
that during the past year his chief
business had been hunting up wit
nesses in cases in which he had been
charged with the killing OF his brother
aud Frank Hall.
Question by Rose-What are the
names OF the witnesses you say were
run away from Hot Springs? Answer
Maggie, Berkan, bikes, Steve Gala
way and others.
Mr.. Rose--What became of Maggie?
Answer-He is in California. He Is a
gambler.
Question-What is Berkan? An
sNer-He Is a gambler.
Question--Wbat did you expect TO
prove by these witnesses? Answer
in wait to kill me.
Witness then related the story of the
deadly sffiay between himself and
brothers and the Doran gang
THE CITIZENS DEFENSE.
DIR. Jones WAS next examined, after
which Col w. j. Little, the first wit
ness for the defense, was introduced.
He stated that he was member of the
city Committee of Fourteen" and
the committee was organ
ized for the good of the town;
that at that time the people of Hot
Springs were intensely excited.
Judge Kimbell objected to introduce
ing the testimony in regard to the AS
ISOLATED Press dispatches, but the court
permitted the questions, and ruled
that any testimony In mitigation Of
the action OF the committee would be
admissible. He could not understand
| what the Dorsn-Flynn affray had TO
do with this suit, and Mr.. Terry
explained at length that
the defendants charged conspiracy
and were trying TO prove IL. Mr..
r. ,se spoke AT length and stated that
they were trying to prove Harris con-
nection with the rioting and TO show
the causes which excited the people
at HOT Springs.
Col. Little resumed and stated that
the citizens committee was organized
from the best elements OF Hot Springs
society; that officers were elected and
proceedings published; that the riot,
the course OF Harris paper and the
tone OF the dispatches he sent of
caused the organization of the com.
mittee; that he witnessl withdrew
from the committee after being ap.
pointed colonel Of the militia;
that he then advised daily with
the governor as to the con-
dition of affairs at Hot Springs;
that Harris kilograms saying that
| Watson controlled the committee, and
twenty men were driven out Of town
at the point OF the bayonet, were abso-
lutely false; that Davis had advised
the committee not TO order any one to
leave town, but 10 leave such MASTERS
TO the police court.
j. n Rockafellow testified that the
cause Leading TO the organization Of
the committee was the shooting on
( the streets that there was much
alarm st the publications Of the Horse
shoe: that the committee wanted TO
buy Harris out, but he would enter
tain no proposition; that warrant
was at last sworn out for Harris, az a
nuisance, and he was compelled TO