Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-07-19
The Testimony.
sTEPuENsoN's TESTIMONY.

The testimony was as follows:
The Testimony.
sTEPHENsoN's TESTIMONY.
Mark Stephenson, after being
sworn, testified that he lived in
Mexico and was at home about 10
o'clock that night. He had been liz
the country for a week, harvesting
and had only come home on Mon
day afternoon about 3 o'clock.
On his way to the house he met
his wife and children and Mr..
Wheeler's girl going to Mr..
Wheeler's to stay all night. His
wife told him that she was not cx-
pecting him home and intended to
stay all night. "She and the two
youngest children came home with
me-" continued the witness, land
the other went to MIR. Wheeler's.
We ate supper about dark and my
wife went to bed about 10 o'clock.
I did not go to bed at the same
time, for | am in the habit of stay
ing up late at night. After my wife
laid down she got up and wound
the clock, while ! held the lamp.
We then blew out the light and
went to bed. After being IN bed
awhile | heard some noise on the
sidewalk and supposed it WAS ne
groes coming home from church. [
got up and peered through the
Stats of the shutters and saw some
one passing, but / could not dis
tinguish who it was. [ then laid
down again. A train passed about
this time and | heard a noise on
the front porch; then someone was
heard to step on the porch; then |
heard the knob of the door turn. |
then got up from the floor, where |
was lying, and took my pistol from
under my head, where I sometimes
keep it. | heard the door open a
little bit. | could see from the
crack of the door the shadow of q
man standing on the porch. The
person then came in the house and
stood partly in the door leading to
the next room. At this time | was
standing behind the door about six
or eight feet from the person. |
thought he was trying to draw a
pistol, but now | suppose he was
feeling to get the face of the door;
he had the door in his right hand.
| think he saw me about this time
and fired the pistol and he ran
out. | followed him and fred an
other shot between the house and
gate. | then ran to the gate and
fired third. | saw him when I
shot the last time, but did not see
him fall. I went out in the direc-
ton hewent and found him lying
on the ground. went up to the
body and heard him breathe, but
did not touch him. | then went
back to the house, put on my
clothes and went to Mr.. Bruce's.
| called him from his bed. Mr..
Bruce went to the body with me.
He struck a match to see if We
could recognize the man butneither
of us identified him. We saw no
sign of life. Mr.. Bruce went up to
Mr.. Baskin's and Mr.. Baskin and
Sam Baskin came out and recog-
nized the body to be that of w. S.
Mosby. / knew Mr.. Mosby but
never had a difficulty with him o r
even a business transaction. | rent
from Mr.. Heckler. | have no idea
of the object of Mr.. Mosby's visit to
my house. | paid my rent to Mr..
Heckler OF Mr.. Ewing. | said
nothing to him when I opened the
door. All the time my wife was
awake. think my wife could see
Mr.. Mosby when he came in. As
he stepped into the door she said,
Mark He did not make any
move to go. About this time l
fired. l don't know whether she
said anything after I did the shoot
ing or not. l aimed to kill him
when | shot"
The sheet on which the corone
took the testimony was signed by
Mr.. Stephenson in a tremulous
hand. Mrs. Stephenson, the next