San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-01-22
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JANU AIRY p, 1890.
A BROTHERS. REVENGE

a Galveston Court 1ouSe--
Kyle Terry ShotDead by
a Brother Of the MUIR
dered Gibson.
The third bloody chapter i'll
the history of Fort Bend pol
itics was written yesterday in
letters of blood at Galveston.
The (Jayb faction of the democrat
ic party who murdered some of the
democratic (WO0dpecker) Office hold
ers of Fort Bend county last summer
and drove them by force of arms from
the offices to which they had been
elected, had secured change of
venue from Fort Bend to Galveston
county. The trial was set for yester-
day, but on the very threshold of the
courtroom and within it's walls the
bloody drama reOpened and Kyle
Terry was shot dead by NOlney Glib
son, brother of Edward Gibson,
whom Terry shot dead in the streets
of Richmond.
Both factions had come to Calves
ton in face to attend the trial of Terry
and eX-Judge Parker. a special ser
vice of citizens had been summoned
and as the hour for trial approached
NOlney Gibson, j. Il. Mitchell, VIM.
Little, VIM. Andrews, Cal BIakeley,
VIM. Mcfarland and Daniel Rags
dale attached witnesses accompanied
by the Fort Bend sheriff, y ton, ell
tered the court house and went into
the sheriff's office. Gibson feared
trouble and asked the protection OF
Chief Deputy Tiernan, VINO promised
to keep the parties separate and
avoid any collision. AS Tiernan
stepped TO the door, to take the
witnesses into the room assigned
them, he was called away by Camp
bell to indOrse a paper for filing and
left Gibson and his party for mo-
ment. Just then Terry, Parker, Yves
ton, Loveioy and others entered the
courthouse and started up stairs.
Terry had reached the third step
when Gibson drew his revolver and
fired, striking his victim under the
right arm, the shot passing through
his heart and causing almost instant
| death. Terry tried TO draw his
weapon but was dead before he could
get it from his pocket. After the first
shot a regular fusilade began and the
courthouse hall was filled with smoke,
but no one was hurt save Terry and
DR.. Weston, of Fort Bend county, who
was hit in the arm.
AS soon as Herman heard the first
shot he rushed into the hall and
! seized Gibson who had his revolver
in his hand, but Gibson broke away
and ran down the hall and into the
arms of officer Cahill, who with Tur-
man disarmed him of his revolver
and an Italian dagger. The Gibson
party were still in the sheriffs office
where they were disarmed, after
which Gibson was taken to
jail. The statement of wit
nesses, Judge Wheeler, Dr.
Weston, Dave Terry, Lovejoy and
others agree in the main with the
| facts presented above.
Mitchell denies having shot Wes-
ton as charged and says he did not
! fire "a shot. Gibson did not come to
Galveston with the crowd evidently
fearing the fate of his brother, but
remained over night at Houston.
The condemnation expressed
against the officers of the crowd Tor
| permitting these hostile factions tC
enter the court house armed to the
teeth is very general, particularly as
they had:repeated warning of impend
ing trouble.
Judge Wheeler states most positive,
ly that with the county attorney he
went to district attorney Oliver and
urged precautlon but was not met
with ordinary courtesy.
Such is the news that comes over
the wires in the first heat of the ex,
element. How far it may be modi.
| fed by later statements cannot Of
necessity De known.