San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-29
DRAPER'S KILLING.
The Defendant Comes Before
Judge King for Habeas
COrnuR

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Wednesday afternoon the inquest
on the death of James Draper was
concluded by Justice McAllister, and
H. H. Childress, his slayer, was COM
mitted 10 Jail without bail, to await
the action of the grand jury. Yester-
day afternoon, the attorneys for
Childress, Col. n. o. Green and Mr..
WIN. Aubrey, applied to Judge w.
w. King, of the 45th district court,
for release of Childress from Jail on
writ Of habeas corpus. The court
room was crowded and the testimony
of the hackman Jesse Rudder was
taken. He told the story of the kill
ing and the circumstances that pre-
coded the killing, in the following
language:
knew Draper from the time he
died from a pistol shot. 1 don't know
but it was night before last he was
killed. 1t was in San Antonio, Bexar
county, state of Texas. 1t was a
pistol shot that killed him. The pis-
toll was held by this man right here.
/ have heard that his name is Chill
ders. L had seen him before that
night, first at about or $50. After
ward saw him in my carriage about
$50. He got into the carriage i'm
front of the MeDger, just below the
barrOom. There was another gentle
man with him, named Mr.. Cochran.
They were with me from 7:30 till ILLS.
There were couple of ladies also in
the hack part of the time. Mr.. Coch-
ran left us at Scholz garden. That
was about three-quarters of an hour
or an hour before l took this party
home. One lady went with Mr.. Coch-
ran. Mr.. Cochran's instructions to
me were to take this party and the
lady home. I started to take them
home and got little beyond
the ice factory when the defen-
dant stopped me and asked what
my instructions were. told him Mr..
Cochran had told me to take him home
and that he would pay me the next
day. He said, Now listen to further
Instructions He then told me to
take them back to Scholz' garden.
There was lady in the hack with
him all. this time. From Scholz' 1
drove to Lang's. At Lang's the lady
herself ordered me to 60 to Harnisch
& Baer's. From Harnisch & Baer's I
drove to Mrs. Sappington's, at the
corner of Avenue d and Houston
street. 1 was next ordered to drive
to the side door of the Menger. Then
l was ordered to take them home to
l,An Of 80
did that and when 1 stopped there,
there was gentleman almost ready
to open the door before / stopped.
He opened the door and called the
lady by name and told her to get out
of the carriage. He then turned to
this party, and that was the first time
that had heard his name. The lady
got out of the carriage and the man
turned to him and called him Child
ers. He said: My name is - and
1 am authorized by Mr.. --, who
will explain to you tomorrow morn
ing L then drove him to the
Menger hotel bar, and Mr.. Childers
got out and said: Come in and take
a drink went in with him to get
the drink, and after he got his, before
I got mine, he set his glass down ON
the counter and said to me: Come
and get your money tomorrow 1
said: NO, sir; | want it tonight
He paid for his drink and turned to
the Darkeeper and said: Il amt pay
ing for that drink That was the
drink he called me TO take. told
him wanted my money, and under
all the circumstances that had turned
up / must have my money. We had
some words and then we went out on
the sidewalk. L was in front of him
on leaving the bar room. AS we left
the room may have said something
about the hack bill. I told him that
I wanted it and had to have it, and
he made some pretty rough remark. !
While we were in the barroom
Mr.. Russell, the barkeeper, was
there and Albert Richardson be- |
hind the bar. When we went out on |
the sidewalk, went out first.
He was not more than two or three I!
feet behind me. On the side |
walk we stopped to talk and then
MIR. Cochran came up. Mr.. Cochran
and 1 were going to settle it all right !
away without any further words,
when the question was asked, 1 don't |
know by whom, What time did we
get your L said Half past seven,'
and as soon as l said that Mr.. Chill
ders said, You are - lying ---.'
Jim Draper, who was standing be-
hind me leaning against a tree-box,
just as he said that, left the box and
said, THAT'S too much for cripple to
take, and grabbed his coat lapels to
pull it off. This man, Childers, start
ed to run backward and pulled his