Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-25
Witness-''Yes"
State-'Did you notice the size of the

Witness-''Yes."
State-"Did you notice the size of the
! pistol?'
Witness-''It was the largest pistol
| ever saw. The deceased never had pistol
| that l knew of The time Kitty was sick
! told The defendant not to come back any
! more and he said that he would not, and
! never saw him again until the night OF the
| killing
On cross-examination: Witness-'I an
| not married.
What is your business"
Nitness-''I'm doing nothing just now. y
Defense-''What were YOU doing about
| the 10th Of March!''
Witness-'I was renting rooms. There
were seven rooms rented
Defense-''Did you know Della Close be,
fore she came to your house,
Witness-'I did not. l knew who she
was when she rented the room. She said
she had been living, with the defendant
She said he was not her husband!''
Defense-''F'or what purpose did you
rent Della Close the rooms?n
WitnesS-''F'or money"
Defense-'Did you rent her the room for
the purpose of prostitution"
Witness-''I did not"
Defense-"Did you rent any of your
rooms for that purpose?"
Witness-''I did not
Defense-"Were the ladies on your prem
ises in the habit of receiving gentlemen
callers in their rooms?"
Witness-''I do not know"
State-''Did you see the defendant and
deceased on the day of the killing in the de-
ceaSed'S room2''
the hall and saw them sitting on the sofa.
They were not embracing each other. They
were talking in common ordinary tones
LEWIS PATTERSON.
Lewis Patterson was another important
witness. Lewis is the colored boy who
worked for the Times-Herald and made af-
fidavitS that he was discharged for wearing
a Connor badge. He was arrested for false
swearing. He testified as follows: I am
staying at the jail. Have been in jail just
before the election. Was put in jail on the
charge of false swearing. 1 know George
Martin. / saw him on Ervpy street on the
night of the killing. When l first saw him
he was standing over 4 woman with pis-
tol in his hand. | saw him through the
window. l was on Jackson street. When
the first shot was fired l stopped, and when
the second was fired l went in the direction
OF the shooting and saw man with pistol
in his hand and woman on 4 sofa The
man came out OF the back door and said
something about some one killing a woman
l left then and went over on Ervay street
and got on street car and looked
back and saw Martin walking along the
street. l heard him say in Jail that her
people were so far of that they couldn't do
anything and he could beat the case and
come clear. He said that no one saw him
kill the woman and they could not prove it.
Martin asked me how much l would charge
not to swear against him in this case''
On cross examination the witness said:
Il was put in jail for false swearing. I
never have been out of JAIL
THE DFFFSSr
The testimony introduced for the defense
has gone to prove that Martin is from a
family afflicted with lunacy. The indica-
tons are that Martin will be convicted
but probably not for murder in the first
degree.
REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
The annual report OF Chief of Police
Arnold is well under way, and to-day the
chief, through his secretary, W. A. Chris
tian, gave The GAZETTE the following: !