The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-12-05
REFUSED Bali.
FULL PARTICULARS orrHE K111,ne
AT SAN ANTONIO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.
Mr. childr'ss Makes statsnent-1nuu..t
Held and Defendant Remanded to
Jail Without Bail.

The killing of a hickman :, O..
Antonio Wednesday night by Mr. r.
d. Chlldress, of this city, has excite
much comment on the streets amomo
MS many friends, all Of whom bave
I oeen exceedingly anxious to learn all
the particulars. The following from
the san Antonio Express, is a full and
interesting account Of the affair and
throws much light on the difficiiltv.
The shooting of the hackman I'm
Draper, by H. H. Childers, of Aust;n
IN front of the Menger hotel TUESDAY
night, was of course the subject ~
tax among all classes yesterday A
hundred different theories weye Cd
vanced as to the cause of the shoot.
ing, how it was done and what the re
suit would be to Childers. One man
would say it was cold-blooded bru.
tal murder, for which the shooter
should be hung. Another believed
that at the limit no verdict but. that
OF manslaughter could be found as the
shooting occurred during a Quarrel
and was not with malice aforethought
The next man would tell you that it
was clearly case of self-defense and
was perfectly justi6able, and fourth
thought 1T was case of accidental
homicide.
CHILDREss' ARREST.
The Express yesterday morning told
how Childress made his escape and
told of the arrest of a negro who had
carried a note from him to Mr.. Coch-
ran at the Menger.
The pieces of the note were taken
to police headquarters, and when they
were patched together the envelope
was found to be addressed to Frank
Cochran, Menger hotel. Inside the
mote was addressed "Dear Frank" and
asked the receiver to follow the darkey
without asking any questions, stating.
that he would there find the writer.
The note then said "if there is any
serious trouble would prefer to hear
it from you than any one else" The
note closed with request for whisky
and was signed H. HI. G.
Childress was subsequently arrested
in Madam Dukes bathing establish
ment in the rear Of the Menger hotel
where he was found asleep and his
clothes wet and muddy.
CHJDREss' STATEMENT
Yesterday afternoon representa-
tive Of the Express called at the
county jail and was given audience Of
III. H. Childress, who was found sit
ting on q cot smoking and was in
talkative mood. His manner was not
indicative of a man who had, twenty
four hours before, taken the life of
fellow being.
~ don't know just what to say to
you," he said refectively; "the &C
counts in this mornings paper are not
very accurate, and | want to correct
some of the statements"
"To begin at the beginning, my
friend, Frank Cochran, myself and two
ladies were out drivii g in hack, hired
by Cochran, and driven by Jesse Rud-
der. About $50 or 10 o'clock in the
evening we stopped at Scholz' garden,
where we had refreshments, and while
there, through some mischance Coch-
ran and myself became separated.
When l got ready to leave we-the
lady and I-entered the hack and
drove to number of places in the city
where we thought Cochran might have
gone. After search OF such places as
a man might properly take q lady, we
gave it up, and L returned to the
hotel.
"When we reached the hotel l asked
the driver to wait until Cochran came
in. as had only few cents in change,
and Cochran, too, had made the con-
tract with him. He demurred, and
followed me into the office, still I'M
portuning for payment of the fare.
"Here, to show that | had no Ill
feeling toward him, invited him 10
take a drink with me at the bar, lie
said: Ill take the drink but l want
my money now He did drink, ana
began again importuning for his pay,
until | became so exasperated that L
used some language that wasn't at all
complimentary to him.
"Up to this time l had not seen tne
deceased but on speaking as did to
Rudder, this fellow Draper, whom l
had never seen, pushed forward, call
inc me a Cd id liar, and saying
he would whip the id
"Think of man whom you had
mover zen and who might, for all you
knew. be a dangerous fellow, coming
toward you in that threatening man
ner, I felt to be acting in self-deiens {,
when | pulled my gun and shot nm m
.rWere you at all under the lnnu
ence of liquor?" questioned the re-
pa an" No I was not" replied the
nrisoner 81 had taken TWO
pr three drinks, but as 10
being under the influence OF drink
was not" -, &c ossorlt-
ing the driver with whom you ni''
quarrelledT uos mad and
hen smoke to him as | first did l
NhOA b, a .o,,IJ no resented DIV