The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-02-18

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ribution for their friendihip for him."
Mr. Franklin then read the edito-
rial as it appeared in the Cotulla
Ledger, and it was very bitter To-
wards Alice, charging that since he
had settled in the county property
values, in some instances, had de-
creased over one-half.
Mr.. McMullen, sheriff of LaSalle
county, testified that he knew some
thing of the article Bowen had writ
ten, and then Huff had told him that
some of it had been stricken out. lie
mentioned the part taken out, and
Alice heard of it before the killing.
He came up to surrender to me,
and while talking about the article
| told him that was not all of it nor
the worst of it. That if all of it had
been printed the editor would have
had trouble right there in Cotulla. |
advised Alice not to notice the article
and hesaid he would not. received
letter from Alice dated June Ind,
and he requested me to meet him at
the depot at Cotulla on the 4th."
Mr.. McMullen then testified that he
construed the editorial as published
where it referred to Allee's trouble
some cases to mean the killing of the
colored sleeping Car porter by Alice
1t referred to the dismissal Ofthe case,
but Alice had been indicted again the
second time.
Henry King called, said he was
raised in Seguin, Texas, and was a
farmer. 1 know Alice but am not in
timately acquainted with him. L
have known him some five or six
years. On the 4th of June L was on
the southbound train on the Inter
national. Alice got on the train at
Dilley. I was on the fourth seat from
che end, ON the right hand side going
south. Alice came in, walked up to
me and shook hands with me. A
gentleman was following him, but L
did net know him. Neither of them
so fakas saw had pistols. They only
spoke to me. They passed me and
shortly after L heard the shooting. 1t
was in the rear of the car.
cit was not long after they passed
me. | saw shot in the ceiling. of the
car after the shooting. 1t appeared to
be an angling shot. 1t appeared as if
the ball had come from the direction
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hesitate when he got to the door of
the car. When he came by me he
spoke and shook hands. We both
may have spoken about the same
time. He walked on and | did not
turn back to look at him. The sound
of the shot came from the rear of the
car. | did not hear anybody say,
Now we have got Them At the first
shot l stuck my head out of the
window and tried to get out.
Mr.. Thomas testified he was road
master of the International on June 4.
| was on the north bound train coming
from Laredo to San Antonio. 1t
passed the southbound at Cotulla. /
went into the car there and saw the
body of Mr.. Bowen. [ examined the
bullet hole in the roof of the car andit
ranged as if it came from the north
end of the car. 1t entered at an angle
of about 45 degrees. The ball seemed
to have come from the seats occupied
by the Bowens. The ball went into
the ceiling some ten or, twelve feet
from the end of the Car and about four
seats from where the Bowens sat.
Mr. Hume testified he was on the
car at the time the shooting occurred,
seated on the third or fourth seat from
the forward end. 1 did not see any of
the shooting. 1 knew Mr.. Alice. 1
did not see him enter the car. I was
seated low, doing with my hat over
my eyes. When L heard the first
shot raised up. saw Alice leave
the car. 1 heard nobody say after the
shooting, "Now we have got one OF
the id s-n bis" | heard moth
ing said. Another man went out of
the car ahead of Alice. heard the
first shot and raised up. Other shots
followed instantly. I know the seat
where Bowen sat- l saw the bullet
hole in the ceiling on the opposite side
of the car from where the Bowens
were seated.
1t looked as if the ball came from
the rear end of the car. | afterwards
took stick and ran it into the hole
and it pointed to the water closet.
The ball could not have come from
the forward part of the car. ran a
pencil into the hole and it pointed to
the rear Of the Car or in the direction
of the seat where Bowen sat-"
Court adjourned until O'Clock this
morning.
SATURDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Press Taylor was called. 81 was as
sistant claim agent on the Inter
national railroad in June, 1891. l saw
a bullet hole in the ceiling of the Cal
in which Bowen was shot. Bowen
was shot on the right side Of the Cal
going south. The hole was on the left
side and about seven feet from the
floor. From where Bowen sat the bullet
would have had to cross the aisle to
have made the hole in the ceiling. A
man standing in the aisle some feet
from where Bowen sat, on line fol.
lowed by the bullet it would have
passed him about the breast. If the
bullet came from where Bowen sat
and it was shot from a sitting posi-
tion the man would have been about
seven or eight feet Off for the bullet tC
have passed him as high as the
breast. From where Rowen sat the
bullet was going towards the front OF
the car. | made only casual exam.
ination Of the hole.
Mr.. Boone testified: was employed