Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-04
KYLE TERRY.
No New Points Brought Out at the Preliminary
Examination Yesterday.
At Anderson gun store.


Examination Yesterday.
Special to the Gazette.
WHARTON, TEX. July 2.-Henry JEFF
freys OF Richmond, for the state, testi-
fed as follows:
Met Fitzgerald on Wednesday, June
10. two days prior to the shooting of Ed
Gibson, at about 6:45 p. M, near the
state farm, three miles from Richmond.
Fitzgerald was riding a pay horse. He
asked me how far it was to
Thatcher's, Terry's brother-in-l law,
where Terry has been residing
He asked if Terry was there.
1 replied did not know. He remarked
he had to go down to see him as he
wanted to collect some money from him,
or words to that effect. I asked him if
the horse he was riding was Terry s.
He answered emo, it is mine. - The
The last 1 saw of him he was gong to-
wards Thatcher s, about one and half
miles distant from where we parted
Don know Terry personally. / believe
that Fitzgerald has been residing at Rich
mond.
DR.. John billiard for the
state, testified as follows:
Am state physician dividing my time be-
tween Richmond and the state farm at
Cunningham s. On Wednesday, June
10, at about or o CLOCK p. M. met
Todd Fitzgerald a little beyond Walker
station. He asked me where Thatcher IS
was. We rode together as far as Cum
ningham IS, where [ gave him the neces-
sary directions, he going in that direc-
ton. Noticing his good-condltioned
dark-bay horse, I asked him
if it was not from Rich
mond. He replied no, it is
NINE. Kyle Terry had been dividing his
time between Thatcher's where I think
he lived, and his office in Richmond,
spending a good deal of his time at
Thatcher IS, who is brother-in-law of
his. Thatcher's is about eleven and a
half miles from Richmond Fitzgerald
did not mention Terry's name during
the course of our short conversation. 1
don t. know where Fitzgerald resided at
the time.
Cross examination by the
defense-I was not present when any
attempt was made by the Gibsons to
assassinate Terry. Can't say that ever
had any conversation with the Gibsons
about it. told Jim Gibson, who works
for me, that he was man enough to fight
quarrels. I met Kyle Terry, and
riding with him a while, was told
by him that he had nothing against the
boys. He was tight when he had the
former trouble or would not have done
what he did; that he had sent them an
apology. He sent them no message by
me. None of the parties were in the
habit of keeping arms in my drug store.
Don It know what arms are kept in my
dry goods department. 1 am away from
the store most of my time
have no personal knowledge Of any at
tempt to assassinate Terry by the Glib
sons. have no personal knowledge of
any fight between the Gibsons and
Terry.
CIV. Eckman, Richmond for the state
testified as follows: I saw Fitzgerald
at about 4 or p. m. Wednesday June 10,
on Railroad and Main streets in Rich
mond bound toward the county bridge,
which is on the road to Thatcher IS, but
also is the only crossing for all that
county situated in the west side running
up and down the river.
Mr.. W. F. Schultz, proprietor
of the Ford house at Wharton,
testified as follows: Fitzgerald and
family came to my hotel Tuesday, June
49, He left once Tuesday or Wednes-
day, returning one or two days later,
before train time in the morning.
1 did not see him come IN on
the train. Dom know how he
came in town He ate dinner at
the hotel, l think, but am not
sure with the Richmond party among
whom when they came to the hotel, was
Ned Gibson. After the Richmond
party came to the hotel on Friday they
went upstairs, waiting there until
about p. m, then going towards the
courtroom. The shooting occurred
shortly after their departure from
the hotel. Fitzgerald's family left my
hotel after supper on the day of
the shooting. He returned about IL or
y that night and, seeing HIM standing in
the door he asked me who was occupying
the room, etc. / told him that six from
and that his wife had moved
after supper So sa45ng he would go and
look her up, he Ieftstffe house.