Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-26

| two hours before that. l was with him an
hour or an hour and half He acted a
little strange. l did not know
He didn't appear to be drunk. He said he
| was i'll trouble and cried. l tried to get rid
of him. I went to Mrs. Covington's and
was sitting there talking and directly some
one said George Martin is here. l Went
into the room where George was There
were two girls in there. He was sitting by
| one of them. | did not know either of the
| girls. George was sitting with his arm in
the girls lap and was crying. He was tell
| ing her he loved her and said he loved her
better than he did his own soul. l said to
him for us to go to town and he replied that
| he would go directly. Mrs. Covington
came in and said to George that she had
| told him not to come there any more.
| George said he did not come for any harm.
| George and the girl got up and went into
| another room. ! followed and tried to get
| him TO come out He said in minute.
went out and waited awhile and then went
back to the door George and the girl We're
in, opened it, and told him to come on. He
got up and acted as if he was going after a
gun, and L left. About two hours after
ward heard that Della Close had been shot
and killed.
r. B. BLEDsoE.
~ live at Mckinney. 1 lived
[ am bartender. I am acquainted with
George Martin. I was with him five or six
days prior TO the killing
Defense-"Did you notice anything pecu-
liar in his actions2''
Witness-"On Thursday before the kill
ing l met him and he said that he wanted
to leave here. During the conversation he
acted very strange, one moment laughing
and the next crying. Also on other occa-
slons he acted equally as strange. He
would be in conversation and burst into
tears without any apparent cause"
j. W MARTIN
II am brother to George Martin and
live in Red River county. had not seen
George for three years until this occur
renee. My mother was a member of the
church. She was nearly sixty years old
when she died. For few years previous
to her death she was what you'd term
crazy"
The witness related several instances of
his mothers strange actions.
State-'Did you not have a conversation
with three other men yesterday evening
after court adjourned, in which the follow
ing was said: Someone must go and see
him and make him swear its'''
Witness-'.I don't remember any such
thing"
State-"Did you on the day that the trial
came up say to some out there in the hall,
stick to ita''
Witness-'T did not.''
DR.. J. D. FORT.
81 am practicing medicine here. Have
been praoticing eighteen years. I couldn't
say whether l know the defendant or not.''
Defense-''Were YOU ever called to render
him professional service!"
Witness-'Yes. 1 called on him once
when he was under the influence of an
opiate DR.. Gibbs was with me. We
worked with him seven oreight hours. He
would have died if he had not received at
tention. I've seen him once since. l did
not notice anything wrong with him.
G. W. CARSON.
81 live at Fort Worth I came to Dallas
this morning. l know the defendant. I've
known him five years. 1 married a niece
of his. l know Jim Martin. He is a
brother to my WIFE 1 know my wife's
mother. She was a sister to George Mar
tin. I've been married six years. My
wife has two sisters. One is about twenty
five years, married, and lives in Arkansas
The other is sixteen years old. My mother
in-law is dead. She has been dead about
four years. Her mental condition was
somewhat bad few years before her
death. She came to my house to live few
years after I was married She stayed
thare Q month or - and left without the