San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-04-17


when he returned. ,.,
Miss Nellie Lockhart testified. Resides with
her mother on SOledad street New MI
Newton He come 10 my mothers in January.
He WAS at supper AprilS. stayed IN the parloT
ten or q tt6 en- minutes after supper. when
left the parlor he was sitting on tne s0ta
Saw him some time after that in the parlor.
Supper later than usual that hight be-
cause we had received sorrowtul message
that evening. | know II was eight. DuI
whether il was later, | do not know. On
cross examination said do NOT know de-
PENDANTS handwriting. ltaE Mrs; Conway
there that night. went TO a Wedding wed
nrsday night Mr.. and Mrs. Newton went
They stopped at the milk shake stand coming
home. l did not. Looked at no time piece
that night.
With the testimony of this witness, the eX-
animation closed for the day.
The large airy court room of the federal
district court was again filled at an early hour
this morning by waiting crowd OF spectators
whose interest in the trial continues unaba-
ed. The appearance of the defendant was
that OF WEAKNESS; after an hours waiting the
audience were brought to attention by the
sharp question, who's your Witness!
Mr.. Shardien: l am the city maj.
shall of San Antonio. | was ca led to the resi-
dence or Banker Lockwood on the evening OF
April 9th 1889. | was called about five min
utes after $3.50. | can tell within II few MN
utes. | telephoned to head quarters where
the mounted policemen were. l then called
for a hack; at the time that was called
was partially undressed, after teleph0nln.
for hack | dressed myself and started for
the office and met the hack half way and dis
charged it; engaged another and arrived al
LockwOOd's about ten o CLOCK; uon I KNOW
what time it was when l left the house as
was slow dressing. Met the mounted police
on the way and talked to them on the way.
on arriving at the house Mr.. Lockwood gave
me a description of the man. ! ga hered
description from Mr.. Lockwood, Mrs.
Lockwood and the lady that was
in the house. The party described is five feet
nine inches tall, slender built, pale face rather
rely small
well dressed in a dark cut-away coat wearing
striped pants, that is pants having very mar.
row stripe, fixed his age between % and % and
Mrs. Lockwood between % aud IS. MIR: Lock
y God told me he believed he wore DERBY nat
After coming outside met John DelsiGht al
the house, who had driven up, while was IN
side he was at the gate. Nothing was said in
Delsites description about boots or shoes.
Question: Did Mr.. Lockwood tell you any
timing about what The man said?' He did
Objected to; sustained. stayed there hVe or
ten minutes, was in a hurry. MIR. Lockwood
never described that mans feet TO me. CUES
ton: Captain, did you not show telegram
in the Express, by circulating it about the
audience yesterday" | made no secret
of my telegram, several asked me to let
them see it, rested him without warrant.
| invited him TO my office, he went with me,
if he had nOtthave done so | would have AXE
him any gay; it was about the northeast
corner of Soledad street and Houston
street, near IL o'clock. invited another man,
a young man of the description given by
Craig. The Young man was made to stand up
by the defendant. Did not examine the
grounds or examine for tracks or blood on
that night or next morning, until two or three
days afterwards. Mrs. LOckhart lives at "a
Soledad street, from there to Mr.. LockwoodS
is about mile and a half. Out of doors It
was moonlight.
Cross examined: did not arrest the young
man No. on what Lockwood said. but on
what Mr.. Craig said; detective appointed
from Kansas City. | don't know that the
W arrested a detective
or not. | don't know what has become OF the
detective. He is not police OF the city; he ls
an amateur detective. He showed me certlfi-
cate. know of no fact that entities Kansas
arrangement to ferret out criminals in this
city. The defendant had long satchel in his
hand when / arrested him. invited him TO go
around to police headquarters. The defend
ant was gOiug north on SOledad street.
did not take from him his satchel, he hand
ed it to a cOiored boy.
Mrs Newton My father il dead. My
mother lives in HollinsdaIe, Mississippi
was born in Mississippi, near EicksburR,
about fifty or 70 miles. | became the wife OF
Mr.. Newton two years ago last February
Since marriage with Mr.. Newton, my home
has been near Vicksburg with Mr.. Newton.
came to Texas in January, by rail, passing
through Vicksburg, Redwood, thence TO San
Antonio Have negro boy servant. stop
ped in Vicksburg day. think it was the
first Saturday in January, 1889 We stopped
at the Menger, and remained until Monday
afternoon, and then moved to Mrs. Lockharts
boarding house. Have since remained in that
boarding house. When left Mississippi my
health was poor. 1t is now improved Have
spent my time at Mrs. Lockharts boarding
house. My husband has spent his time there.
On the evening Of April Sth 1882 was at Mrs.
LOckhart's. My husband had been out in the
afternoon before supper. ate supper with
my husband that evening. Ihey nave supper
about o'clock. Nearly all the bOarders ate
supper with me. AS many as twenty ate sup
per there. My husband was there before sup
per. When we got through supper we went
cofn fhnn q 10 mir a
ter Mr.. Duncan came in we went into
the parlor to look at some pictures
We were in there some time. | don't
exactly know how long. think he was at
Mrs Duncans table. When he left, my nus
band and were out on the porch. We went
in our room after this. We sat in there some
time Idon't remember how long, and came
on the porch again. Mrs. Gregory came out
took my watch out and looked at 1t. and told
him it was $780, if he was going out tonight 1t
was time for him to CO. We walked to the
porch and he kissed me goodbye when he got
to the gate. told him not to stay late. We
went into our room, Mrs. Gregory and myself,
and sat there Don't know what time we sat
there. We went to her ROOM and sat there
few minutes and came back in the parlOr
That night my husband had OH a brown sack
coat and pair of striped pants, black and
gray. Ny husband has got a cut-awaN coat
] have seen that cut away coat. / think he
got the cut away coat in New Orleans; the
coat was like the pants; the stripes on the
pants don't run down them. The officer got
the coat off OF my bed. The bed was In view
OF the officer: there was another cut away
coat The officer did not seem to want the
black cut away coat he looked at It: he did not
want 1t; the officer got pistol and photo;
the pistol and photo we've my husbands: the
pistol usually staid on the bureau in my room.
Miss Vanderbene handed the pistol to the
officer off the bureau. The photograph was
taken six months before we were married
| The photo is now two and half years old.
| NY hus band had on mustache Monday Sth,