The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-02-18
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Court met promptly at 4 O'Clock.

Court met promptly at o'clock.
j. H. White testified: II was at the
Phillips place on the evening of the oath
of December and saw the body of Mrs.
Phillips, her head lying toward the south
east near partition fence. l noticed
two or three drops of blood on post
and mark on the top rail that l took to
be made by the thumb of person going
over the fence. l noticed no tracks that
evening, nor did l notice any near the
fence at any time. l went up the alley
the next day about daylight, and found
what l took to be Il bloody track about
thirty feet up the alley. measured it,
and as well as l could Judge it was 4 y
inches wide by 10la inches long. | also
measured the tracks on the gallery of the
house, and they measured the same as the
one in the alley. The bloodhounds were
put on the trail the afternoon of the day
after the murder. Mr.. Won Rosenberg
and the man who had the dogs in charge
and, | think. Nat Johnson was with them.
| saw them first in the alley, and fol-
lowed them to near the military academy.
| made a memorandum of the tracks
measured"
Cross examined--'I got to the Phillips
house between half past twelve and one
o'clock, and when | first saw the body it
had net been moved. ! was at the Han
cock place when l heard of the Phillips
murder, and when | reached Phillips
there were good many people there, but
| do not remember WAC they were. The
soil was sandy and grayeily in the yard
but | could distinguish the fall of the foot
=. 80. Il IN,,t IA,
one in the alley. The distance from ii to
the blood on the fence was about fifty or
sixty feet. / am not mistaken about the
measurement. l measured the track care
fully with tape line. The track on the
gallery was in blood, 10ls inches long by
p wide. The track in the alley l meas
ured with piece of paper. l found two
or three tracks in Jim Phillips ROOM
coming out and going III, and found one
near the foot of the bed and l measured
it, and it was the same size as the Others
in width. could not get the length"
w. d. Shelley, testified l went to the
house of Phillips about $3.50 o'cloch
Christmas day, and met the party with
the bloodhounds about O'Clock on Wes
avenue. Justice Won Rosenberg, Matt
Johnson, and Officer White were following
them, with others following III the rear
[ followed them about two miles west o.
the city. We found on the line of tn,
trail the dogs were following tracks which
we considered suspicious, those attracting
the most attention being found on BlancC
street. The dogs ceased to follow the
trail on the old Cook property, about two
miles west of the city. The dogs went
into the yard, and we searched negro
cabin, but found nothing supicious
When l first saw the dogs they were on
West avenue. l don't know what tracks
they were following.
Mr.. Allen testified that he was with the
dogs when they passed out the alley. They
did not seem to manifest any interest in
track. They did not go to it and smell it.
and don't know whether they looked at
it or not.
The testimony closed here.
OJudge A. s. Walker then rendered the
following
"Ex-parte James A. Phillips on habeas
corpus; February 16, 1885,"
The sheriff made returns, showing com
mitment upon charge of murder of Eula
Phillips, in Travis county, December "a
1886.
The testimony heard. The counsel re-
hearsing (by consent) the testimony taken
before Justice Won Rosenberg.
Other testimony as offered by counse
for the parties. No arguments.
Ordered: That the defendant be adj
mitted to bail in $4,000 for his appear
ance at next term of district court OF
Travis county to answer to the charge OF
murder.
Given under my hand, etc.
A. s. WALKER,
Judge or the District Court.
Mr.. James Phillips, jr., gave bond last
night.